Qualcomm said its new silicon achieves better battery life by reducing the chip’s size to 4nm.
“The rest of the SoC is power collapsed so you get longer battery life,” Kedia said.
Qualcomm’s steady drumbeat of wearable advances are arriving as smartwatches are becoming more common.
Smartwatches have alreadyoutsold the entire Swiss watch industry.
That focus on battery life is also likely why the Snapdragon W5 series doesn’t support 5G.
The newer cellular technology promises faster web surfing butis still a battery hog.
Qualcomm declined to comment on when we’d see a wearable with 5G capabilities.
That 4G LTE ceiling also applies to other devices using the W5 too.
W5 Series: An actual Dick Tracy watch?
You may not know it, but Qualcomm chips have supported cameras since 2018.
Qualcomm said it’s notched 25 products that are currently being developed with its W5.
The first will be the next-generationOppo Watchcoming in August with the W5 chip.
Qualcomm’s Kedia also declined to say whether any of the remaining 23 devices were AR glasses.
