The Google Pixel Watch 5 may have been spoiled by… the creator of Borderlands

Randy Pitchford, creator of Borderlands, posted images of a watch on X that a friend reportedly found underwater while scuba diving near Saint Martin. The device’s back apparently identifies it as a Google Pixel Watch 5, an unreleased product, and it still showed the correct time despite an empty-battery indicator.

If authentic, the find would be an unusually public hardware leak and suggests Google may already be testing next-generation Pixel Watch units in real-world conditions. The incident also highlights how prototype devices can surface through unpredictable channels, complicating product secrecy for major tech companies.

We may just have gotten an early look at the Google Pixel Watch 5 - and from an unusual source. Randy Pitchford, the creator of the Borderlands game franchise, posted a pair of images of a watch on X, saying that his friend found it underwater while scuba diving near Saint Martin, as reported earlier by Kotaku. "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," Pitchford writes. "It seems to be fine. The face indicates an empty battery, but seems to have enough reserve power to display the correct time." After putting out a call to find its owner, Pitchford s … Read the full story at The Verge.