Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android AuthorityQualcomm is working on a new wearable chip, the “SW6100”, also called “aspena”The processor is not based on any previous Qualcomm product, unlike its previous wearable chipsThe specs include 1x Arm Cortex-A78 + 4x Arm Cortex-A55, an LPDDR5X RAM controller, all built on a TSMC process nodeWear OS smartwatches have been in a bit of a standstill lately. After releasing Snapdragon W5/+ Gen 1 in 2022, Qualcomm hasn’t given the platform any attention, with only Samsung continuing to develop new chips for wearables. Google smartwatches, for example, have been stuck on the same Qualcomm platform for three years now. There was some talk about possible RISC-V-based SoCs as well as next-generation chips for a while now, but without any concrete details.That is, until now. Android Authority has viewed credible evidence that Qualcomm is working on a new wearables platform and some of its specs. If it does see the light of day, it could give the next generation of Wear OS wearables a much-needed performance jump.