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Oct 28, 2024GA-003Wrong

Wojciechowska: Google's NPT watch chip to pair A78, A55

The NPT wearable chip plan used a 1x Cortex-A78 + 2x Cortex-A55 CPU configuration.

Kamila Wojciechowska reported that Google's early wearable chip plan, code-named NPT, used a core configuration of one Cortex-A78 and two Cortex-A55 cores, similar to Samsung's Exynos W1000.

How to read this record

  1. What was reportedThe NPT wearable chip plan used a 1x Cortex-A78 + 2x Cortex-A55 CPU configuration.
  2. Who said it, and whenKamila Wojciechowska reported it on Oct 28, 2024 in Android Authority.
  3. What happened, and whenPixel Watch 5 was announced on Aug 12, 2026, 653 days after this report.
  4. The verdict, and whyWrongIt did not turn out this way.Why: The final processor is Snapdragon W5 Gen 2, so the reported NPT Cortex-A78/A55 configuration did not ship.
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Reported by
Kamila Wojciechowska
We read it in
Android Authority
Product
Pixel Watch 5
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The story of this report

  1. Oct 28, 2024Kamila Wojciechowska reported it · Android Authority
  2. Aug 12, 2026Pixel Watch 5 was announced
  3. VerdictWrongWhat it means, and why, is in the box above.

Who reported it

Kamila Wojciechowska · Journalist

94 reports in the Reporting Record. Of the 53 we have checked, 48 held up. The other 41 are not part of that number: 8 moving target, 27 never settled, 6 not comparable.

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Questions about this report

Did this Pixel Watch 5 report turn out to be true?
Wrong. It did not turn out this way. The final processor is Snapdragon W5 Gen 2, so the reported NPT Cortex-A78/A55 configuration did not ship.
Who reported it first?
Kamila Wojciechowska reported it on Oct 28, 2024 in Android Authority.
How far ahead of the announcement was it?
That was 653 days before Pixel Watch 5 was announced on Aug 12, 2026.