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May 13




SOURCE: GOOGLE PIXEL WATCH RUNS ON THE SAME CHIP AS 2018 GALAXY WATCH

Abner Li

- May. 13th 2022 2:35 pm PT



@technacity



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On Wednesday, Google officially confirmed that it was making a Pixel Watch, but
the provided preview was light on concrete specifications as availability is
still some months away. 9to5Google has now learned that the Pixel Watch is
powered by an Exynos chip that originally debuted with the Samsung Galaxy Watch
from 2018.



According to a source, Google’s Pixel Watch is using the Exynos 9110, a Samsung
chip that was first released in August of 2018.

Late last year, we reported that the Pixel Watch was mostly likely using a
Samsung chipset. Many assumed that Google would be leveraging the just-announced
Exynos W920 found on the Galaxy Watch 4. This would have given the Pixel Watch
the benefit of the latest performance and efficiency associated with a 5
nanometer chip and Corex-A55 cores.

Instead, the Exynos 9110 is built on a 10nm process with two Cortex-A53 cores.
This is similar to the Snapdragon Wear 4100+, though that Qualcomm chip is 12nm,
which is, in turn, less efficient. With the launch of the W920, Samsung touted
“CPU performance around 20-percent and ten times better graphics performance
than its predecessor.”



Google is most likely using the older chip because the Pixel Watch project began
some time ago. When early development on the Pixel Watch started, a time when
the 9110 was new, it was based on Android 9 Pie before later switching to
Android 11. 

By the time the Exynos W920 was available – assuming Samsung is already selling
to third-parties – switching chipsets might have delayed the Pixel Watch’s
development and launch too much to warrant a core component change. As of what
we know today, there’s nothing to suggest that is happening.

Nevertheless, it’s a shame that this long-awaited Pixel device is not using the
absolute latest specs after all this time. The Exynos 9110 was first used on the
original Samsung Galaxy Watch, which was released in Q3 2018. It’s also found on
the 2019 Watch Active and Active 2, as well as the Galaxy Watch 3 from August of
2020. Due to Tizen, it’s not possible to make battery or performance
comparisons.



Of course, the chipset is not everything. For that, we can even look at Google’s
own Pixel 6, which bases its Tensor processor on a technically outdated chip
compared to the latest Snapdragon offerings. Equally important is how Google
optimizes the hardware. The big question is how this old chip impacts battery
life. We previously reported that Pixel Watch would have a 300mAh battery.



For comparison, the Fossil Gen 6 has a similarly-sized battery and chipset
(though at 12nm) and is officially said to get 24 hours, which is what we’ve
also found. That’s also on Wear OS 2, which is supposedly less efficient on
battery. Another consideration is how Google somewhat implied that the
Snapdragon 4100+ is not enough to run Wear OS 3. Specifically, Google said that
– “in some limited cases” – the user experience on existing 4100+ watches on
Wear OS 2 will be “impacted” after the upgrade. It’s unclear if this impacts the
Pixel Watch in any way as it’s launching with Wear OS 3 out of the box and
should be fully optimized.  


9TO5GOOGLE’S TAKE

The Pixel Watch should launch this fall with the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro. It’s likely
that Samsung will release its second-generation Wear OS device before then, and
rumors have already said there will be a bigger battery, as that was a criticism
compared to the Tizen wearables that came before. For those who want the
absolute latest and best specs, the presumed “Galaxy Watch 5” might be the
better purchase, to the Pixel Watch’s detriment. That said, Google’s software
additions, like on Pixel phones, could provide a significant counter, and the
Pixel Watch will presumably excel in health and fitness due to Fitbit.



Ben Schoon and Kyle Bradshaw contributed to this post

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR


ABNER LI

@technacity

Editor-in-chief. Interested in the minutiae of Google and Alphabet. Tips/talk:
abner@9to5g.com



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