You probably already know this but don't wear that thing. Google will probably overnight you a new one and a fireproof box for that one. I'm sure they don't want stories of them exploding on people's wrists floating around.

The bulge is pretty apparent in the photo.

Plus atmospheric heat isn't enough to make the adhesive fail - who would choose such an adhesive? They'd have failures where it's normally hot, like the US Southwest.

Sun load can heat such things significantly, manufacturers use adhesives for such conditions.

Looking forward to it! Was supposed to ship in June but apparently they took more time to enter production than expected.

I checked the repebble site a bit and it seems interesting. I didn't see much on the OS though, can it get notifications or reply to said notifications? And can it be used without the connected phone nearby (with service obv; I forget my phone sometimes)

No, it's from the swollen battery.

Those adhesives take more heat to make them fail, or they'd be failing in the US South/Southwest all the time.

OP is over on the Google Pixel comm and might not see it

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OP will see this thread now.

From what I could figure out, it seems like the glue they are/were using to keep the screen in place isn't that good. Whether it's weakening from the heat or the watch or general movement or what, it's not if it comes apart but when. Now those were the older generations, but it doesn't seem like too much has changed design wise in that time..

I never had a problem with the battery but that could be because they never lasted long enough or you got unlucky, I honestly couldn't say. I think your biggest thing for replacing the battery is just going to be about getting that screen to actually stick in place once you're done.