That New Moto Wear OS Watch has a Snapdragon Wear 4100!
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That New Moto Wear OS Watch has a Snapdragon Wear 4100!

When we shared news yesterday that there would be a new series of Moto-branded smartwatches released over the coming months, we missed an important hint at their potential. In one of the slides that showed the backside of one of the watches, the bezel of the case had a list of specs that weren’t obvious unless you worked a bit of image magic. If these specs hold-up, we might finally get another next-gen Wear OS watch to compete with the TicWatch Pro 3.

Below, the image enhancement from a reddit user shows that an upcoming Moto watch will have 5ATM water resistance, GPS, NFC, and what appears to be wireless charging through a coil underneath a glass cover. But the bigger catch here is what looks to be a print of “Snapdragon Wear 4100.”

You can almost see it in the image we captured at the top of this post, but it’s more obvious here. Again, if this holds up, even if this is the Moto G Watch, the processor instantly removes any doubts we had about the branding and should let this watch stand-up next to the best available.

Moto 4100 Watch

We aren’t sure why the industry has been so slow to adopt the Wear 4100, as it dramatically improves performance over watches running the Wear 3100. It’s such a big difference that we wouldn’t recommend anyone buy a watch running the Wear 3100 and would instead suggest they wait for more 4100 watches if the TicWatch Pro 3 isn’t what they are looking for.

Adding Motorola to the mix, even if eBuyNow is the company making the watch, gives us a bit of hope for Wear OS, a platform that feels very much like an abandoned one.

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It’s not often that you get to merge personal passions into a professional life, but that’s what Kellen did when he launched Droid Life in 2009. After working years of unsatisfying jobs in the medical and property management fields, he took a risk to try and create an online community while playing with the coolest gadgets on the planet each day, a risk that has turned out to be incredibly rewarding. Outside of Droid Life, Kellen is your typical Portlander who drinks way too much good beer, complains often about the Trail Blazers, and can be found out on the streets for a run, rain or shine.

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20 Comments

  • What a terrible name for a company. eBuyNow. Reminds me of a dotcom bubble company.

  • Could the shortage in chip production be the reason watch makers haven’t adopted the 4100? Auto manufacturing is down something like 25-30% die to this lacking. And look at gaming consoles.

  • did you know that google pay on smartwatches is not enabled in all countries where google pay is enabled on phones?

  • It’s hard for me to get excited about a smartwatch when Google basically doesn’t support Wear OS anymore.

  • I just can’t bring myself to take anything seriously from a company called eBuyNow…Motorola has fallen so far it’s really sad.

  • Finally I can replace my 2nd gen! Now I don’t care what oneplus is going to offer.

      • I replaced the battery myself. The battery is great the watch itself is just slow now though.

        • I bought mine at release. I also changed the battery myself, super easy. That brought new life to my watch, until I accidentally knocked it onto the kitchen floor and broke the glass.

      • Mine still works but I have the Sport version and the band is broken where I need the latch so I cant wear it. Never getting a silicone band again.

  • This looks promising, but if I remember correctly ebuynow overprice the last motowatch they tried to sell. I prefer the 2 button layout also but have become used to have extra short cuts, hopefully I’ll bump them less when I bend my wrist.

  • At this point, I would trust eBuyNow more than Moto, they seem more committed to this than Lenovorola.

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