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Leaked marketing materials confirm Galaxy Watch 9 runs on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear Elite, but the focus is on health software: a Vitals dashboard flags out-of-range metrics, a guided running coach with time targets, and a sleep apnea recheck, alongside four colors and only a small battery bump over the Watch 8; hardware/design appears similar to the previous model.
Ahead of Samsung's July 22 Unpacked event, the Galaxy Watch9 lineup will switch from Exynos to Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear Elite on a 3nm process, with 2GB RAM and 32/64GB storage. The Galaxy Watch9 40mm uses a 325 mAh battery, the 44mm 445 mAh, and the Galaxy Watch Ultra2 ups to 800 mAh, signaling better performance and longer battery life—potentially justifying a higher price.
New leaks claim Samsung will use Qualcomm's Snapdragon Wear Elite (no Exynos) for the Galaxy Watch 9 and Watch Ultra 2, promising faster charging, improved performance, and on-device AI. Battery upgrades include an 800mAh cell for the Ultra 2, with the Watch 9 rumored to use 325mAh (40mm) or 445mAh (44mm); Bluetooth 6.0, dual-band Wi‑Fi, LTE variants, and titanium for many Ultra 2 units are also noted. A higher launch price is suggested, a point of contention amid competition from Apple Watch.
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear Elite processor, codenamed Vienna, has surfaced in Geekbench listings as a 3nm smartwatch chip with a 5-core CPU (1x Cortex-A78C at 2.11GHz and 4x Cortex-A55 at 1.96GHz) and an Adreno 622 GPU (1 CU). In a test device with 4GB RAM running Android 16, it scored about 573 in single-core and 1,069 in multi-core, outperforming Samsung’s Exynos W1000 (371/683) by roughly 54% and 56% respectively, with the GPU compute score around 1,459 vs 993 (≈47% faster). If used in the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, the chip could bring a meaningful performance boost, alongside rumors of a brighter display (up to 5,000 nits), 64GB storage, and an 800mAh battery for longer life.
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 is expected to be revealed around July 22, 2026 with on-sale in early August; while official specs are scarce, leaks point to a Samsung Health app overhaul, a Snapdragon Wear Elite chip (with uncertainty about which models get it), no Galaxy Watch 9 Classic in regulatory filings, and 40mm/44mm variants with 1.34” and 1.47” displays, larger batteries for the 40mm, 2GB RAM/32GB storage, Wear OS 7 plus One UI 9, 5ATM/IP68 durability, and satellite messaging on the Ultra 2; pricing is not leaked but is expected to be near the Galaxy Watch 8’s launch prices.
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 9 moves from Exynos to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Wear Elite, promising faster performance, AI-powered health insights, longer battery life, and deeper Wear OS integration with Google, supported by advanced connectivity like 5G, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth 6.0, UWB, and GNSS for a more proactive, connected smartwatch experience.
Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon Wear Elite at MWC 2026, a wearable-focused chip with a Hexagon NPU for on-device edge AI and ultra-low‑power Micro-Power Wi‑Fi, delivering ~5x CPU performance and ~7x faster app launches, plus about 30% longer daily battery life and 50% charge in 10 minutes; Qualcomm envisions wearables—smartwatches, glasses, rings, and AI pins—becoming independent AI hubs in a distributed ecosystem, extending computing beyond smartphones.