Όas expected , today the Qualcomm announced its latest chipset intended for w. The Snapdragon Wear 3100 comes to replace the Snapdragon Wear 2100 , which was already quite old.
The good news for the new SoC is that Qualcomm promises some very good improvements in battery life. Obviously you should have 4 to 12 hours of use from a watch that uses this chip, compared to one that uses its predecessor. The exact amount of extra operating time you will benefit from will obviously depend on factors such as screen type, battery capacity and device configurations.
A watch with a 450 mAh battery and the Snapdragon Wear 3100 on the steering wheel, will have autonomy of up to 15 hours with active GPS and heart rate monitoring all the time, and this will be possible thanks to the new personalized sports activities that supports this chipset in Wear OS. On the other hand, the Traditional function as a simple clock in Wear OS, can give you up to a week of autonomy, if you do not mind turning your smartwatch into a simple clock.
With Enhanced Ambient, the Wear OS and Snapdragon Wear 3100 work together to provide a smooth experience, with a live screen and enhanced brightness.
The Snapdragon Wear 3100 features a Qualcomm QCC1110 co-processor, which is optimized for ultra-low-power operation and acts as a powerful companion to the main processor, redefining the quality of sound, screen and sensors for next-generation smartwatches. It also incorporates "a deep learning machine" to dynamically refresh some tasks such as keyword detection.
That's all well and good, but unfortunately the 1,2 GHz quad-core CPU on the Wear 3100 still uses ancient ARM Cortex-A7 cores just like the Snapdragon Wear 2100. In fact, the Wear 3100 has many similarities with the Snapdragon 210 SoC intended for telephones.
The Wear 3100 can come with or without LTE data connectivity. If you buy a 4G smartwatch, the supported speeds are up to 1 Gbps for downloads and up to 150 Mbps for downloads. The chipset is currently in mass production and ready for delivery to Smartwatch manufacturers. Its first customers are Fossil Group, Louis Vuitton and Montblanc.
