- An enterprising Reddit user discovered a reference to the Snapdragon Wear 4100 chipset on a promotional image for a watch with a Moto.
- Theoretically, this emerging Moto watch could include the advanced chip, Wear OS and wireless charging.
- So far, there is only one watch on the market with the SD4100, so this will be a welcome competition.
Earlier today, on Reddit, a Wear OS fan found interesting information (h / t 9to5Google). Using an investor package launched last week around the upcoming smartwatches from Moto brands, the user found that one of the non-released watches can carry the latest wearable processor from Qualcomm: Snapdragon Wear 4100.
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Reddit user “TheMacJezza” found this information using Photoshop. They used one of the promotional photos from the investor suit and increased the contrast and highlights. Once they were done, they could better read the text around the rear sensors of the watch.
If you look at the picture above, you can see what they found. The white text was added by the Reddit user to better explain what you are seeing. If this image is accurate, it looks very likely that this watch may have the Snapdragon Wear 4100.
Moto watch with a Snapdragon Wear 4100
This watch from the Moto brand and the other two seen in the investor suit are not manufactured by Motorola. Instead, the Canadian company eBuyNow creates the watches and then marks them with the Moto name, which licensed them from Motorola.
So far, we have not seen anything too incredible from eBuyNow when it comes to Wear OS watches. However, a watch with the Snapdragon Wear 4100 will put it in direct competition with the only other commercial watch with the processor: the TicWatch Pro 3. That watch has a very clear design that may or may not be your cup of tea. Another watch with the same power can be a real winner.
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In addition to the processor, the watch in the picture above also has wireless charging coils. This is another feature that most Wear OS watches lack – they are usually connected to their own charging cables. Not even the TicWatch Pro 3, for example, has wireless charging.
Hopefully eBuyNow will make some announcements about this Snapdragon Wear 4100 watch soon, as Wear OS fans now have something to be very excited about.