Pixel Watch 5 specs leak reveals what’s new: ‘Accelerated’ chip, 2nd-gen Active Band, more - 9to5Google
Leaked specifications for the Google Pixel Watch 5 reveal hardware upgrades including a new Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 chip, increased RAM, and doubled storage. The device is expected to run Wear OS 7.0 with integrated Gemini AI features.
Why it matters
These leaks provide insight into Google's hardware strategy and the increasing integration of AI into wearable technology.
Full Pixel Watch 5 specs have leaked today and reveal that Google made a trio of key hardware changes over the previous generation.
Last month , the Google Play Console listed the Pixel Watch 5 as using the Qualcomm SW5100 with the same CPU and GPU:
According to specifications published by Dealabs today, the Pixel Watch 5 will use the Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 Accelerated. That would be a new chip from Qualcomm that has yet to be announced. “Accelerated” seems like it would be a reference to speed.
Meanwhile, this leak confirms the 3 GB of RAM from 2 GB today, while storage is doubled to 64 GB.
Liked by 10 people I'm mostly curious as to the increase of storage to 64 gigs. I'm not saying that people don't use onboard storage for their watch for workouts and stuff, but 64 gigs seems like overkill.
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