Google announced that the pause started on September 26, 2024, and the company is currently working to resolve the problem. The company has stated that it has a plan to resume the Wear OS 5 rollout later this year once the issue is addressed. However, there's no guarantee it can do so, so it could always be delayed even further.

Google does offer a couple of potential fixes for the blank screen issue, but one involves resetting your watch to factory settings.

Google is currently fixing the Wear OS 5 update and will rollout to the Pixel Watch series smartwatches in the coming weeks.