CES2023 has revealed a few cool smartwatches, but none make use of the latest Qualcomm processor we know is waiting in the wings, and it's a serious problem.
Check out our complete coverage of CES 2023 live from Las Vegas Disappointment is an emotion familiar to anyone with an interest in smartwatches that aren’t made by Apple or Samsung, and that all-too-common sinking feeling brought on by an opportunity missed has been present at CES 2023. It’s not that we didn’t welcome a handful of attractive smartwatches; we seem stuck in time, where the envelope remains steadfastly unpushed.
Related Good software is only part of the smartwatch puzzle, and a next-generation processor is as important to reinvigorating Android wearables as Google’s Wear OS 3. There are multiple companies that really know how to design a great smartwatch, as Montblanc proved with the lovely Summit 3 and Tag Heuer with the Connected Calibre E4, but they can only get so far without a strong chip and reliable software.
Wear OS 3 is suffering If the Snapdragon Wear W5+ Gen 1 isn’t here to power smartwatches with Google’s Wear OS 3, what’s being used instead? Citizen brought the most interesting smartwatches to CES 2023: the CZ Smart Sport and CZ Smart Casual. They look good, have Wear OS 3 installed, and come with an unusual app that may add to the wellness experience. But power is still being delivered by a Snapdragon 4100+ chip.
All the time, Apple and Samsung are laughing In its CES 2023 announcement, Google claims that since Wear OS 3 launched in 2021 , there have been “three times as many active Wear OS smartwatches around the world.” If it’s only talking about Wear OS 3 and not Wear OS 2 models, which many manufacturers have continued to release, then all these new smartwatches must have been made by Samsung. It has been the only game in town for Wear OS 3 since the beginning.
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