Qualcomm would have tested Snapdragon processors compatible with the faster and smaller operating system

Google has not yet had huge success with its Wear OS smartwatches, a problem some observers have blamed for performance gaps between Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear processors and competing chips developed by Apple and Samsung. But if a new WinFuture report in Germany is accurate, that could change in the near future, as Qualcomm is supposed to test two new advanced portable platforms that could end up being the same chip or variations from one chip to the next .

According to the report, the platforms currently use the code names "WTP2700" and "WTP429W", but could eventually be marketed under the names "Snapdragon Wear 2700", "Snapdragon Wear 429" or something completely different. While the name "2700" looks like a mid-range chip between Wear and Wear 2100 and Wear 3100 from Qualcomm, the name 429 indicates that the new processor will be a ready-to-view version of the smartphone-centric Snapdragon 429. not for the future. Wear a series of chips.

Each of the new platforms would have 1GB of LPDDR3 RAM and 8GB of EMCC flash memory. WinFuture also suggests that the new chips will be smaller, built on a 12-nanometer process rather than on Qualcomm's 28-nanometer predecessors, and will include 64-bit support including four ARM Cortex-A53 cores running at about 2, 0 GHz. The Bluetooth 5.0 and LTE versions should also be included, as well as a feature called "Track3", meant to be an auxiliary chip for tracking low-power activities.

As its name indicates, the release date of the new chip (s) remains ambiguous: WinFuture suggests that it could take several months, or even wait until next year. Given recent progress made by Wear OS competitors, we hope it will arrive as soon as possible. The adoption of the Snapdragon Wear 3100 iterative has been slower than expected, while sales of rival Apple watches, Galaxy Watch smartwatches and low-end clothing from Xiaomi and Huawei have increased sharply. Qualcomm announced the 2100 models in February 2016 and 3100 last September. There is no particular pace for its main portable processors: one or two new chips could arrive at any time.