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TL;DR
- Samsung has officially confirmed that the next Galaxy Watch will be powered by the new Snapdragon Wear Elite SoC.
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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