Is Qualcomm's New Smartwatch Chip Worth Waiting For?
A recent teaser fromQualcomm hints at the arrival of a new Snapdragon Wear chipset for smartwatches, but should buyers wait for its launch before purchasing a new smartwatch? The second half of 2022 will bring new Wear OS smartwatches, with the major ones being Samsung's Galaxy Watch 5 series and Google's first smartwatch, the Pixel Watch.
Both Samsung and Google's smartwatches will be the flagbearers for Wear OS, but they won't be powered by Qualcomm chips. Instead, they will rely on Samsung's Exynos chipsets. It is believed that the Galaxy Watch 5 will use the Exynos W920, the same one in last year's Galaxy Watch 4 series. In contrast, the Pixel Watch will use the Exynos 9110, the chipset that shipped with the Galaxy Watch released in 2018.
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The official Snapdragon account posted a short video teaser on Twitter last week for a new processor that's coming soon. While no details of the new chip were provided, it is strongly believed to be the next generation Snapdragon Wear chipset for smartwatches, expected to launch as the Snapdragon Wear 5100. Back in February 2022, details of the processor leaked alongside those of a more powerful variant called the Snapdragon Wear 5100+. The upcoming SoCs are expected to be successors to the 2020 Snapdragon Wear 4100 and Snapdragon Wear 4100+.
The clock is ticking on something big.
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