Google is about to modify from the Samsung Exynos processors that powered the primary Pixel Watch to Qualcomm chips for the Pixel Watch 2, with the goal of boosting battery life amongst different enhancements.

Based on 9to5Google, Google is alleged to be altering out the Exynos to the Snapdragon W5 Plus Gen 1. The W5 Plus Gen 1 is particularly designed to be extra power-efficient, which Google shall be hoping addresses the Pixel Watch’s frustratingly brief battery life, which (as we highlighted in our Pixel Watch assessment) is one in all its most annoying flaws.

Apart from the improved processor, 9to5Google additionally claims to have some info on different Pixel Watch 2 upgrades. Google will reportedly carry the Pixel Watch as much as par with Fitbit’s newest smartwatches, particularly the Fitbit Sense 2. The way it’s going to do that is not particularly talked about, however there’s been hypothesis {that a} pores and skin temperature sensor may very well be on the playing cards. 

Google is anticipated to debut a temperature sensor with the Pixel 8, including credibility to this aspect of the report. 

 Evaluation: A Samsung failure? 

Essentially the most attention-grabbing half about Google’s return to Qualcomm is Google’s broader technique concerning processors for its Pixel gadgets. Although Google geared up its Pixel-branded telephones and tablets with Qualcomm processors, for essentially the most half, the corporate has switched to Samsung’s Exynos processors wholesale. Because of this, its newest Pixel telephones and the Pixel Watch have suffered from the comparatively poor effectivity of Samsung’s chips.

In contrast to with telephones such because the Google Pixel 6 or Google Pixel 7, Google is ready to simply swap the Pixel Watch line to Qualcomm chips, as the corporate has no funding within the processors it makes use of. The Exynos chips used within the Pixel 6 and seven are branded as Google Tensor, whereas the Pixel Watch processors haven’t any such label. 

It isn’t that Google could not swap to Qualcomm or MediaTek in its telephones, thoughts you, nevertheless it’s seemingly that neither firm will enable the corporate to make customized AI modifications like it will possibly on the Exynos-based Tensor chip. To maneuver to “Tensor by MediaTek” or “Tensor by Snapdragon” can be a black eye for the Pixel telephones vary.

Happily, on the subject of wearables, Google has deemphasized the processor of the Pixel Watch so it is going to hardly matter if individuals are utilizing Qualcomm, Samsung and even MediaTek – so long as it really works.  There’s no disgrace in acknowledging {that a} explicit selection of part could not have been the suitable determination and trying to tackle the difficulty, and on this case, Google’s doing so ought to enhance shopper confidence in its latest merchandise.