Snapdragon Wear 3100 Gives Wear OS Smartwatches A New Lease on Life

Sep. 11, 2018

In line withrecent rumors, Qualcomm hastoday launchedits latest smartwatch chipset platform called the Snapdragon Wear 3100 to give Wear OS watches a shot at fighting off the Apple Watch.

The Snapdragon Wear 3100 platform was shown off at a launch event in San Francisco, where Qualcomm revealed it has beenworking closely with Google to build this next-gen smartwatch chip. It comes a few months after the debut of theSnapdragon Wear 2500platform for kids smartwatches.

In itsofficial blog post, Qualcomm states that Snapdragon Wear 3100 is based on a new ‘ultra-low power hierarchical system architecture’ that will help deliver a rich interactive mode, enhanced always-on display functionality, and an extended battery life.

“The new capabilities are designed to allow consumers to enjoy the beauty of a fashion watch with the power of a smartwatch, the battery life of a sports watch with the richness of a smartwatch and the utility of an analog watch with the flexibility of a smartwatch.”

All of this is thanks to thesecondary low-power chip, the Qualcomm QCC1110, that acts a companion to the primary MSM8909w chip (which is the same as its predecessor). The new co-processor powers the sensors, ambient display and helps improve the audio experience over time.

Qualcomm further goes on to list the benefits of using the Snapdragon Wear 3100 chip with Google’s Wear OS, which is as under:

SnapdragonWear 3100 is already in mass-productionand has started shipping to OEMs. It comes in 3 different variants — Bluetooth and Wi-Fi tethered, GPS-based but tethered, and 4G LTE connected – that target different types of users and price points.

We can expect to see smartwatches from the likes of the Fossil Group, Louis Vuitton, and Montblanc, who are the early adopters of the platform, in the coming weeks. So, are you excited for the flood of Wear OS smartwatches? Do you think they will be able to take on the Apple Watch 4, coming tomorrow? Let us know your thoughts in the comments down below.