Qualcomm introduced a new line of processors geared at wearables with the announcement back in February of the Snapdragon Wear 2100 geared at smartwatches. It today announced the first addition to the line with the Snapdragon Wear 1100. It is geared at less powerful “targeted-purpose wearables” such as connected kid and elderly watches, fitness trackers, smart headsets, and wearable accessories.
“We are excited to have established a technology leadership position in the highly innovative wearables ecosystem, where the breadth of products and our connectivity, location and compute solutions bring differentiation to our customers,” said Anthony Murray, senior vice president and general manager, IoT, Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd. “We are delighted to add Snapdragon Wear 1100 to our Snapdragon Wear family, thus making it easier for customers to develop connected wearables with targeted use cases such as kid and elderly tracking. We are actively working with the broader ecosystem to accelerate wearables innovation and are excited to announce a series of customer collaborations today.”
The Snapdragon Wear 1100 is focused on devices that require smaller size and longer battery life. At the same time, it offers an always connected experience with support for LTE and 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. It can also work with the Qualcomm iZat integrated location engine to offer features like multi-GNSS, cell-ID positioning and geo-fencing.
The Snapdragon Wear 1100 SoC is already available. A number of manufacturers have already unveiled connected kid watches at Computex where the announcement was made. These include Anda Technologies, inWatch and WeBandz.
Source : Qualcomm