Randy Pitchford says his friend found an unannounced Pixel Watch 5 in the sea
Key takeaways
- This is one of the most bizarre product leaks in recent memory.
- These days, product leaks tend to emerge from reporters and analysts with sources in the supply chain or people who datamine websites.
- "A friend of mine found this watch a few days ago underwater when he was scuba diving near the island of St.
This is one of the most bizarre product leaks in recent memory.
Leon Bennett/Getty Images. These days, product leaks tend to emerge from reporters and analysts with sources in the supply chain or people who datamine websites. It's been a long time since an Apple employee accidentally left an i Phone 4 prototype in a bar for it to wind up in the hands of Gizmodo. Still, it feels like we're living in a simulation in 2026, so strange things still happen — like the co-founder of Borderlands maker Gearbox Software claiming that his friend found a Google Pixel Watch 5 in the Caribbean Sea.
"A friend of mine found this watch a few days ago underwater when he was scuba diving near the island of St. Martin," Randy Pitchford wrote on X. "He noted that the reverse of the watch indicates that it is a Google Pixel 5, which has not yet been announced, let alone released."