The Pixel Watch 4 is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 chipset. The chipset supports Narrowband Non-Terrestrial Network satellite connectivity. The watch can send and receive messages without a mobile carrier connection when a compatible plan is included. The 41mm model has an advertised 30-hour battery life, and the 45mm model has an advertised 40-hour battery life. The larger battery capacity helps sustain satellite communication use. Other Wear OS devices are expected to adopt Qualcomm's new chipset and satellite communication support in future models. Pricing and availability vary across the Pixel 10 family.
The watch is powered by Qualcomm's newly announced Snapdragon W5 Gen 2 chipset, and one of the perks of this chip is its support for Narrowband Non-Terrestrial Network, aka satellite connectivity. So the Pixel Watch 4 should let you send and receive messages without a mobile carrier connection, provided you have some sort of plan that includes that.
Its bigger battery provides an advertised 30 hours of use on the 41mm version and 40 hours on the 45mm iteration and that should also come in handy when you're trying to use satellites to communicate. We are of course expecting to see other Wear OS devices using Qualcomm's new chipset and its satellite communication support in the future, but for now, this is the only one.
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