2021 could be a good year for smartwatches with Wear OS as the operating system. From Motorola there are now apparently not just three, but four new models planned. The fourth smartwatch should be a particularly powerful companion on the wrist – finally a really good processor is used.

Motorola Mobility

New Moto smartwatch with a powerful processor

Under the brand Moto will no longer just appear three new models in 2021. According to new reports it is still a fourth smartwatch is plannedbased on the powerful processor Snapdragon Wear 4100 should put. This is very good news for fans of Android smartwatches. The powerful processor in a new smartwatch with Wear OS could finally provide the necessary performance.

Not much information has yet reached the public about the fourth smartwatch, which bears the name Moto but does not come from Motorola itself. In addition to the operating system and processor, the only thing that is certain is that NFC for Google Pay will be part of it. Also a GPS module will be housed in the as yet nameless intelligent watch. Wireless charging is also made possible according to the first pictures.

This is what the planned Moto smartwatch looks like:

First pictures of the planned Moto smartwatch. Image: 9to5Google.

Android Smartwatches: New processor hardly used

With the Snapdragon Wear 4100, the manufacturers of smartwatches are responsible very capable ultra-mobile processor to disposal. So far, however, have only few producers busy with the processor and built it into their own products. With the new Moto smartwatch, the spell could be broken in the near future. Maybe we can look forward to some other Snapdragon Wear 4100 watches later this year.

You should consider this before buying a smartwatch:

Other processors are likely to set the pace for the other three planned Moto smartwatches. For the year 2021 is a Moto G, a Moto Watch and a Moto One planned. The Moto G should be released in June. The other two Moto models will appear a month later.