Samsung and Google jointly developed the Tensor chip that powers the Mountain View giant's latest phones and rumours had said that the Pixel Watch would be underpinned by a Samsung chip, leading many to assume that it would feature the Exynos W920 chip that powers the Galaxy Watch 4 and 4 Classic, which are one of the best smartwatches of 2022.

9to5Google has learned that that's not the case and the Pixel Watch will instead be powered by the Exynos 9110 chip which Samsung released in 2018.

The Exynos 9110  debuted on the 2018 Galaxy Watch and also powers the 2019 Watch Active and Active 2, and the 2020 Galaxy Watch 3

While it's certainly disappointing to hear that the Pixel Watch may feature an old chip, knowing Google, we can expect a lot of software side enhancements that may make up for an older chip to some extent