Google Pixel Watch 5 to have a custom Tensor chipset

Google’s Pixel Watch 5 might get a custom Tensor chip, giving up on Qualcomm as a supplier. This makes sense since Google is also using Tensor chips for its Pixel smartphones, but interestingly the switch will only happen in 2026, so the Pixel Watch 4 will presumably still use a Qualcomm SoC.

That said, the roadmap document that this leak is based on is itself from early 2023, which means a lot could have changed from then and up until now, keep that in mind.

Google Pixel Watch 3

Now, this Tensor chip’s CPU would have one Cortex-A78 core and two Cortex-A55 cores, according to the…