Qualcomm Announces Next Google Wear OS-Based Smartwatch Platform
Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon Wear 3100 smartwatch platform Monday, announcing Fossil Group, Louis Vuitton and Montblanc as the first customers. The platform’s low-power system architecture enables a “rich interactive mode,” new personalized experiences and extended battery life,” Qualcomm said. Wear…
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OS by Google-based smartwatches will support personalized experiences including enhanced ambient mode, supporting a smooth second hand, up to 16 colors, live complications and improved brightness, Qualcomm said. The new platform is designed to help reduce power usage in low power modes, GPS/location batching, per minute/second clock updates, sensors processing, MP3 playback, and Wi-Fi/Bluetooth voice queries, said Qualcomm, resulting in battery life improvements of four to 12 hours vs. the previous generation platform, depending on display type, battery capacity, and device configurations. Dedicated sports experiences will allow GPS and heart-rate tracking to last the duration of long-distance sports activities with up to 15 hours battery life, it said, and traditional watch mode supports week-long battery life for users who only want to use basic functions for an extended period. The platform is in mass production and shipping, Qualcomm said.