#snapdragon wear 2500

Qualcomm just unveiled a new member to their wearable chipset line dubbed Snapdragon Wear 2500. Despite the rather old internals the Wear 2500 does have a new 5th generation 4G LTE modem and can support cameras of up to 5MP. Qualcomm has announced the Snapdragon Wear Elite, a new processor designed for smartwatches and other wearable devices, bringing on-device AI features along with improved performance and battery life. According to Qualcomm, the Snapdragon Wear Elite offers up to five times faster CPU performance and up to seven times better graphics performance compared with the previous Snapdragon W5+ Gen 2 chip. Snapdragon Wear Elite also includes a Hexagon NPU, which allows devices to run AI features directly on the device without relying heavily on the cloud. Qualcomm said devices powered by Snapdragon Wear Elite may support fast charging, allowing a smartwatch to reach 50% battery in less than 10 minutes. Read more in our articles including "Qualcomm announces Snapdragon Wear 2500 chipset" and "Qualcomm announces Snapdragon Wear Elite chip for smartwatches".