A day before the official unveiling of its new hardware lineup, the South Korean tech giant samsung has announced the processor that will power its upcoming smartwatch series Galaxy Watch 4. The chipset – called the Exynos W920 – supports the new integrated wearable platform co-developed by Samsung and Google.
Samsung Exynos W920 SoC: Specs and Features
The new chipset designed to power the Galaxy Watch 4 models packs two Arm Cortex A55 cores and an Arm Mali G68 GPU. With this, Samsung claims that buyers will get 20% better CPU performance and 10x better graphics performance than its predecessor.
The company also claims that the Exynos W920 enables faster application launches and a more interactive eye-catching 3D graphical user interface (GUI) on the device’s qHD (960×540) display.
The processor size is also quite small, according to the company, and makes it possible for the smartwatch to house a bigger battery and sport a sleek design.
To offer Always-on-Display (AOD) for wearables, Samsung said that this wearable chipset comes with a dedicated low-power display processor, the Cortex-M55, which, when compared, can display under AOD mode. It is said to reduce power consumption. For your previous Exynos model.
In terms of connectivity, the Exynos W920 comes with a 4G LTE Cat.4 modem as well as an embedded Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) L1 which will allow users to track speed, distance and altitude during outdoor activities.
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Series: What we know so far
At its Galaxy Unpacked 2021 event, Samsung is expected to launch two models in the Galaxy Watch 4 lineup – the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic and the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4.
Both the smartwatches are confirmed to run on Wear OS 3, have Gorilla Glass DX layer on the display and come with IP68 dust and water resistance rating.
While the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 is said to come with a sporty looking design, the Classic variant is characterized by a more traditional watch shape and comes with a rotating bezel.
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