Qualcomm has a new wearable chip for smartwatches. Actually, there are two of them. They’re the Qualcomm Snapdragon W5 Gen 1 and W5+ Gen 1, and Qualcomm thinks they’re the next big revolution in ...

Qualcomm today announced the Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 and W5+ Gen 2 as its latest chip for smartwatches. This comes just over three years after the first generation in July 2022, with the primary upgrade ...

Qualcomm has launched its new Snapdragon W5+ Gen 2 and W5 Gen 2 wearable platforms, which are the first to offer two-way emergency satellite messaging in smartwatches. Qualcomm today announced the new ...

Snapdragon-based Wear OS smartwatches haven't typically kept pace with rivals from Apple and Samsung. The Wear 4100+ was built using relatively old manufacturing processes, and the performance was ...

In context: In the early days of the wearables market, devices like smartwatches used components that were primarily designed for smartphones. From a practical perspective, this made complete sense.