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Qualcomm teases its next-gen Snapdragon Wear chip, and we couldn't be more excited
Get ready for more efficient wearables, at long last
Every time we look, it feels like Qualcomm is coming out with a new chip to power the latest Android phones — like the new Snapdragon we met a few weeks back. But for as frequently as we get a new smartphone SoC, the same cannot be said for the company's processors intended for wearables — it seems like an eternity has passed since it introduced the Snapdragon Wear 4100. Thankfully, a successor appears to be on the horizon, as Qualcomm shares a teaser for what can only be a next-generation wearable chip.
Qualcomm's next-gen Snapdragon Wear 5100 chips could be seriously battery friendly
Even if they may not be much faster than what we have now
Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear 4100 chipset represented a massive upgrade over its predecessor, and the series arrived as the SoC bump Google's Wear OS desperately needed. But almost two years after launch, it's high time to be thinking about a refresh. A new report suggests that Qualcomm’s indeed working on something, detailing what we might hope to expect from the Snapdragon Wear 5100 and 5100+.
The upcoming Snapdragon Wear 5100 chip might not be the major upgrade we were hoping for
Samsung's current Exynos processor could still have the high ground
It's hard to believe with Apple now being the dominant force in the wearable market, but Google and Qualcomm actually introduced their smartwatches earlier. Unfortunately, we all know how Wear OS (or back then, Android Wear) quickly got lapped by Apple's and Samsung's offers, regarding both hardware and software. While Google has given up on Wear OS as we know it and now partners with Samsung for upcoming versions, Qualcomm ist still basically the only manufacturer providing the underlying chipsets for smartwatches not made by Samsung. And according to an investigation conducted by WinFuture, we might soon be in for a brand-new chipset.