Qualcomm has seemingly confirmed to XDA Developers that Wear OS 3.0 will work on both Snapdragon 4100 and 3100 generation chips.
The upcoming Wear OS 3.0 is expected to be the first major overhaul for smartwatch operating systems, one that smartwatches are really crying out for because of just how dated even most new generation wearables are right now (barring Apple, of course). However, while Google and Samsung’s big plan to fuse Wear OS and Tizen have created some excitement in this space, one clear concern among those who use either of the two wearable ecosystems have been that the new OS will almost certainly not be compatible with older generation smartwatches. On this note, giving a glimmer of hope to existing smartwatch users, a Qualcomm spokesperson has reportedly told XDA Developers that the company’s Snapdragon 4100 and 3100 SoCs are at least “capable” of supporting the new Wear OS 3.0. In the exact words of the spokesperson that XDA spoke to, “We are working with Google on bringing Wear OS 3.
