Upcoming Android watches will get a big battery boost thanks to new Qualcomm chip

Smartwatches were once the Next Big Thing of tech, but after a few years on the market, their adoption has been somewhat underwhelming – especially among the Android crowd. The biggest reason for this is possibly lackluster battery life, but that may soon start to change thanks to Qualcomm’s latest wearable chipset. Snapdragon Wear 3100 will replace the existing 2100 unit that’s basically ubiquitous among devices running Wear OS (formerly known as Android Wear). Though it won’t bring much in the way of a speed boost – not a priority on a wearable device anyway – it promises major improvements…

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