Google Pixel Watch Leak: Samsung Galaxy Watch 2018 Chip Likely to Power it

The recent Google Pixel Watch leak suggests that it's running a chip that the Samsung Galaxy Watch used way back in 2018.

Google Pixel Watch

It is worth noting that the Pixel Watch has been mentioned countless times in numerous rumors every now and then.

In fact, as per a news story by Android Police, the upcoming Google wearable caught its first shimmer in the spotlight roughly four years ago, suggesting that the search engine giant had been secretly working on it.

While the leak of the smartwatch lineup back then looks promising, it never actually launched. Thus, some have dismissed the earlier speculations of a Pixel Watch.

After a few years since gracing online rumors, the tech behemoth, Google, finally confirmed that it is dipping its toes into the smart wearable market using its smartphone brand, Pixel.

The renowned tech company formally confirmed the rumored Pixel Watch during its Google I/O event, disclosing that we are still a couple of months away from its much-awaited debut.

Given that the upcoming Pixel Watch's release date is still months away, Google kept mum about its specs and other stuff to expect from it.

Google Pixel Watch Leak Chip

Thus, we will have to rely on various rumors and leaks to get an idea of what the upcoming wearable from Google is going to offer consumers.

Thankfully, according to a recent report by 9to5Google, an unnamed source leaked a piece of essential information on the hardware, which the all-new Pixel Watch is predictably sporting.

The clandestine source says that the Pixel Watch of Google runs a Samsung chip, which powered the Galaxy Watch way back in 2018.

It echoes initial rumors claiming that the Pixel Watch is likely to use a Samsung chip, which Galaxy Watch models also feature.

The early reports were guessing that Google is likely going for the latest Samsung chip, known as the Exynos W920, used by the latest Galaxy Watch 4 flaunts these days.

Needless to say, the rumors do not seem far off.

Samsung Galaxy Watch 2018 Chip

Some might have assumed that the upcoming Pixel Watch is supposed to feature the latest wearable chip out there. Not to mention that the W920 boasts both top-of-the-line efficiency and performance, thanks to its Corex-A55 cores and its 5-nanometer chip.

On the flip side, the latest information from the unnamed source of the online news outlet claims otherwise.

The source revealed that the first-ever Pixel Watch runs on a Samsung chip, which debuted last August 2018, that goes by the name Exynos 9110.

While the chipset of the Galaxy Watch 4 sports a 5nm process, the rumored chip of the Pixel Watch is only 10nm. The latter chip also comes with two Cortex-A53 cores.

It was first seen on the first-gen Galaxy Watch and is likely making its comeback on the earliest version of the Pixel Watch.