TL;DR
- Samsung confirmed at MWC 2026 that the next Galaxy Watch will feature Qualcomm’s 3nm Snapdragon Wear Elite SoC.
- The chip includes a dedicated Hexagon NPU, enabling on-device AI features like smart replies, text summaries, and AI fitness coaching.
- This move suggests a pivot away from Samsung’s Exynos W1000 toward Qualcomm to better support “holistic wellness” and potentially AI use cases.
At MWC 2026, Qualcomm just announced the Snapdragon Wear Elite chip for smartwatches and other AI-centric wearables. This chip marks a major step up from previous Snapdragon Wear chips like the already pretty good Snapdragon W5 Plus Gen 1. There’s more big news flowing in from Qualcomm’s press conference, though, as Samsung took to the stage to confirm that the next Galaxy Watch will feature this new Snapdragon Wear Elite SoC.
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