Rumor: Google Pixel Watch 2 has better battery life thanks to a soc from another maker

The Google Pixel Watch 2 would have a Snapdragon W5 SoC, instead of a Samsung SoC like the first Pixel Watch. This should lead to better battery life than in the first model.

The Snapdragon W5 is a 5nm SoC, much newer than the 10nm processor of the Exynos 9100. The battery itself, which is 290mAh in the Pixel Watch, is not much larger in the second version of the watch, reports 9to5Google. There are new sensors, such as a way to measure skin temperature and track stress levels throughout the day, the site believes. These come from Fitbit, the fitness tracker company that has been owned by Google for several years.

It is unknown whether it is a W5 or W5+. The latter is included in the recently presented TicWatch Pro 5. The W5 is included in the OPPO Watch 3. Samsung itself uses its own, newer SoCs for its Wear OS watches. Google bases its Tensor Socs in smartphones, among other things, and its tablet has also so far also been based on Exynos Socs.

Google would like to release the Pixel Watch 2 in the fall. That should happen at the same time as the Pixel 8 phones. Google typically announces new hardware around early October, with a release later in the fall.

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