What you might want to know
- Samsung just lately launched the Galaxy Watch 6 sequence, which comes with a new wearable processor.
- The Exynos W930 guarantees to ship 18% extra CPU efficiency whereas sustaining low energy consumption for sure duties.
- The Galaxy Watch 6 is out there now for preorder and will go on sale on August 11.
Samsung simply launched a new smartwatch, and whereas there aren’t many apparent modifications within the Galaxy Watch 6 design, apart from the smaller bezels, there’s loads occurring internally. The firm is now highlighting the advantages of the new Exynos W930 chipset and how it goals to raise your wearable expertise.
According to a web page on Samsung’s web site, the new Exynos chip comes with a 1.4GHz Cortex-A55 dual-core processor, which is clocked increased than the earlier chip’s 1.18GHz and guarantees to spice up CPU efficiency by 18%. This chip additionally lets Samsung bump the Galaxy Watch 6 RAM to 2GB, the identical because the Google Pixel Watch. This will assist with app efficiency, permitting customers to change between apps as much as 25% sooner than the Exynos W920 used within the earlier fashions.
The chip is constructed on a 5nm course of, and due to the packaging expertise used to design the chip, it takes up much less house within the watch, permitting Samsung to construct a thinner smartwatch whereas stuffing bigger batteries and shows in every variant.
The added battery capability ought to assist with extended use, though Samsung cites as much as 40 hours on a single cost, relying on utilization. While earlier fashions didn’t dwell as much as battery life claims, the new chip could hopefully change that due to decrease energy consumption for sure duties just like the always-on show and Bluetooth connectivity.
Of course, we’ll have to completely check the smartwatch to see simply how correct these claims are, however Samsung noticeably lowered the anticipated battery life in comparison with the Galaxy Watch 5. On the one hand, that is a little bit of a letdown, however alternatively, maybe it means we’re lastly getting extra correct figures.
Other specs of the Exynos W930 chip are largely unchanged when in comparison with its predecessor, from the GPU to the storage capability. However, given the spectacular efficiency of the earlier chip on the final two Galaxy Watch fashions, which simply leaves different Android smartwatches within the mud, it most likely does not even matter.
The new Galaxy Watch 6 brings not solely a bigger show and smaller bezels, however it additionally comes with an upgraded chipset and extra RAM for higher app efficiency. It’s additionally the primary smartwatch to return with Wear OS 4.