Google Pixel Watch Could Be Powered By 4-Year-Old Exynos Processor

Last Updated on May 16, 2022 by Asif Iqbal Shaik

In an unexpected turn of events, Google unveiled the Pixel Watch at the 2022 Google I/O keynote. The company demonstrated the watch and some of its features but did not discuss the full specifications, what the watch can do, or how much it will cost. All of these details will be available in October when Google will officially debut the watch in global markets.

Despite the fact that the Pixel Watch has been widely leaked in the past, we did not know which processor would power it. However, according to a 9to5Google report, it may use the Exynos 9110 chip, which was released four years ago. According to the publication, the Pixel Watch has been in the works since 2018, around the time Samsung launched the Exynos 9110. The watch was supposed to be released in the fall of 2018 but has since been delayed.

Although opting for the Exynos 9110 SoC may sound like a bad idea on the surface, delving into why the company may have chosen it reveals that it may not be a horrible idea after all. If the Pixel Watch has truly been in development for the past four years, switching to a new chipset now could further postpone the market release. The Exynos 9110 is set to be powered by two Cortex-A53 processors which are based on a 10nm architecture. This puts it far ahead of Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon Wear 4100, which is built on a 12nm architecture and is not particularly efficient.

Aside from that, the Pixel Watch is believed to include a 300mAh battery, a 1.2-inch AMOLED display, a 24/7 heart rate sensor, a sleep tracker, 4GB RAM, 8GB of storage, as well as the newest WearOS 3.1 update. It’s still unclear what apps the watch will come with and how optimised they will be for a four-year-old SoC; we’ll have to wait until the fall launch to find out.