As you may know, the Pixel Watch is here. It’s been a product of the imagination of tech enthusiasts for a long time, but this year it’s a reality. Google itself has confirmed it as well, and even though the launch is only done “this fall”, it seems that it can not be kept secret. This probably corresponds to October.
So, we have a few months of Pixel Watch leaks ahead of us, and the latest one from about a week ago told us that the wearable would use Samsung’s Exynos 9110 chipset. That’s a bit concerning since that SoC came out in 2018 and is built on a 10nm process.
Today, new sources seem to support the above information with a twist. The PixelWatch seems to actually use the Exynos 9110, but it also has a coprocessor. This is reminiscent of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear 4100+ SoC. The SoC has a main CPU and a secondary ultra-low power coprocessor that powers the always-on display and some sensors.
This will extend battery life as the main CPU will only be used if the device is actively used. It also offloads light workflows from the main CPU, giving you a little better performance when you need it. Does the same apply to Pixel Watch? It’s not enough to mention the coprocessor. We need more details, but rest assured that it will definitely be available in the coming weeks and months.
Going forward, the Pixel Watch is also said to be “slightly more than” the 1.5GB of RAM on the Galaxy Watch 4. 1.55GB? 2GB? Your guess is as good as our guess, but it seems pretty clear that PixelWatch isn’t left to want memory. In addition, 32GB of storage is available. This is twice as much as any other Wear OS device currently available.
The sensor on the back of the wearable is visually the same as the sensor array used in Fitbit Luxe and Fitbit Charge 5. The hardware in question supports heart rate monitoring, SpO2 (blood oxygen), ECG, and Google owns a Fitbit reuse sensor. It makes perfect sense like this.
