Snapdragon Wear Elite arrives with on-device AI capabilities, performance and battery gains Comments
Anonymous, 05 Mar 2026Yes, it's a rebranded Exynos W1000 built on same 3nm but higher clocked like all their El... moreThe Samsung Watch 2 Ultra has an 800mAh battery, while the Samsung Watch 9 40mm has a 382mAh battery, and the Samsung Watch 9 44mm has a 485mAh battery. (This is still a rumor, but we'll have to wait for the exact release date on July 22, 2026.)
LosEstupido, 06 Mar 2026they have a pentonic lineup of socs for tvs, which really isn't impressive. but it would ... moreMediatek dont populer making hardware wearable. Television maker, made hardware custom. Cost cut production used hardware arm cortex and used gpu arm mali.
danterra, 04 Jun 2026Why Samsung using this instead of their own Exynos though. But at least hoping Moto 360 succes... moreThe Moto 360, a smartwatch with ARM Cortex A7 and A8 processors, is considered outdated. Samsung's reason for making the Exynos wearable SoC is to reduce its dependence on Qualcomm SoCs. Since the successor to the Exynos W1000, built on the 3nm process, isn't available yet, they chose the Snapdragon Wear Elite SoC, which uses 3nm.
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Why Samsung using this instead of their own Exynos though. But at least hoping Moto 360 successor from Motorola
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LosEstupido, 06 Mar 2026they have a pentonic lineup of socs for tvs, which really isn't impressive. but it would ... moregintonic?
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Remind me again, why do we need a prime core on a smartwatch? 30% better battery life, should I be excited? I want 200% better battery life, so it can at least last 5 days.
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Leanzazzy, 04 Mar 2026People keep their TVs for DECADES; they are probably the oldest "tech" that you will... moreI wish hardware gets better for tvs, im not gonna lie.
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Dometalican, 04 Mar 2026Considering MediaTek doesn't make Wear processors, this would be their time to shine woul... morethey have a pentonic lineup of socs for tvs, which really isn't impressive. but it would be impressive if they make tv socs that have the power of a Helio G99
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NeustatdHbf , 04 Mar 20261x Cortex A78 + 4x Cortex A55 with LPDDR5 supportYes, it's a rebranded Exynos W1000 built on same 3nm but higher clocked like all their Elite SOCs with adreno 622 (from Qualcomm official spec sheet). Don't expect this to bring any battery improvements at all for Samsung's wearables but in a long run this will be a good thing as Google and Samsung will optimize everything for one soc only.
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Leanzazzy, 04 Mar 2026Time for your nap and some medication. You're very cute...
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LosEstupido, 04 Mar 2026genuinely hilarious how literal smartwatch SoCs are getting actual updates... meanwhile smart ... moreIts entirely hardware costs, newer and powerful chips are more efficient. Even if they used an extra 5w for something demanding itd barely be noticaeable on the overall power draw since the display itself uses 100w.
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AntiPlannedObsolesce, 03 Mar 2026Priorities is data harvesting and constant surveilance.Don't forget the targeted Ads. So harmless right?
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LosEstupido, 04 Mar 2026genuinely hilarious how literal smartwatch SoCs are getting actual updates... meanwhile smart ... moreThere's WAAAAYYY more money harvesting your wearable data versus what you watch on your TV.
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JimmyTheGreatest, 03 Mar 2026It's a matter of time for this nightmare to be surgically operated into infants' bra... moreTime for your nap and some medication.
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LosEstupido, 04 Mar 2026genuinely hilarious how literal smartwatch SoCs are getting actual updates... meanwhile smart ... morePeople keep their TVs for DECADES; they are probably the oldest "tech" that you will ever own apart from your car(which will be even older and weaker) whereas computers, laptops, tablets, smart watches/fitness trackers, earbuds/headphones and finally phones are all increasingly short-lived and change very quickly. Phones and headphones in particular are extremely high volume and move millions of units, so are probably the major money-maker for most companies.
So it makes sense that phones and laptops receive extremely quick and modern upgrades whereas TVs and cars are the lowest priority because they barely move any volume. There's no point in pushing out software updates to TVs and cars because their hardware is so weak it probably couldn't even support it.
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I'm genuinely impressed by how powerful this SoC seems to be. I've no idea why a smartwatch even needs so much power(would prefer improvements in battery capacity and longevity) but a win is a win.
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LosEstupido, 04 Mar 2026genuinely hilarious how literal smartwatch SoCs are getting actual updates... meanwhile smart ... moreConsidering MediaTek doesn't make Wear processors, this would be their time to shine wouldn't it? Make something of a 7400 Ultimate for TVs with Wifi 6/6e, latest Bluetooth, Ethernet 10/100/1000, and running Android that can get at least 5 years of updates? Doesn't have to be pricey.
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Anonymous, 04 Mar 2026What cores are used? Cortex or snapdragon x? 1x Cortex A78 + 4x Cortex A55 with LPDDR5 support
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genuinely hilarious how literal smartwatch SoCs are getting actual updates... meanwhile smart TVs are barely getting anything at all.
I genuinely find it so funny how the a Watch half the size of my small hands with its puny Exynos W1000 can literally do more than and outperform alot of smart tvs i've tested, which have quad core low end 2015 mobile SoCs inside of them most of the time; Keep in mind, Exynos W1000 is a Arm64 SoC crippled by Android's Software being Arm32. hell even the most expensive TVs can barely outperform any Current Snapdragon 6 Series SoC. ik it's for power efficiency, but i feel that's part of the reason why tvs are underpowered, the other part is assumingly hardware costs, it prolly went to the huge ahh displays.
ntm, Watches barely have any ads in them, meanwhile TVs are literal billboards in your house, therefore use up a crap ton more resources than the average watch.
