The long-awaited Google Pixel Watch was lastly unveiled at this yr’s Google I/O, although the corporate was notably cagey about its specs. We didn’t really get to listen to an entire lot, apart from the truth that it was additionally going to be launching alongside the Pixel 7 collection. Now, although, a brand new report from 9to5Google means that it’s going to pack the Exynos 9110, a chipset that launched 4 years in the past.

Whereas clearly it’s irritating that Google isn’t packing the most recent Exynos W920 chipset in its first smartwatch, there are probably causes as to why. The almost certainly motive is that the Pixel Watch has been in improvement for a protracted, lengthy, time. The corporate has been planning it because the very first Google Pixel smartphone, and rumors once more picked up steam in 2018 forward of the Pixel 3 collection launch.

Given all of that, it’s very potential that that is being developed on older {hardware} as a result of it’s technically an older system. As 9to5Google experiences, the Pixel Watch started improvement on Android 9 Pie. If Google ultimately switched to the Exynos W920, it may have delayed improvement even additional.

It’s not all dangerous, although. The Exynos 9110 is constructed on a 10nm course of, packing two Cortex-A53 cores. Which means it’s extra environment friendly than Qualcomm’s newest providing, and can hopefully pair properly with the reported 300 mAh battery. For reference, Qualcomm’s newest wearable chip is the Snapdragon Put on 4100 Plus, produced on a 12nm course of and packing 4 Cortex-A53 cores.

Actually, the one concern within the case of the Pixel Watch is that it probably gained’t be capable of compete with the most effective of Samsung, with a Galaxy Watch 5 collection anticipated to launch someday earlier than the Pixel Watch will. The Galaxy Watch 5 will probably pack, at minimal, an Exynos W920 which signifies that it’ll nonetheless beat the Exynos 9110, although most likely not by an enormous quantity in real-world utilization.

Whereas it could be good to have the most recent and biggest chipset in Google’s first premier smartwatch outing, processors aren’t all the pieces. We discovered as a lot with the Google Pixel 6 collection and the way Google Tensor remained aggressive in opposition to the present technology of chipsets due to Google’s optimisations, regardless of being primarily based on a theoretically weaker Exynos chipset. We’ll be ready to see if the rumors are true, and if that’s the case, what Google can pull off with an older chip.

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Supply: 9to5Google