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Your next Garmin watch could have better battery life than ever –thanks to major platform upgrade

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Qualcomm has revealed its latest Snapdragon Wear Elite chipset, designed for wearables, which promises up to a 30% improvement in 'day of use' from a given product's battery life.

That could mean your next Garmin, Samsung or other fitness wearable or sports watch could last for longer than ever before – not that, as yet, any specific products are confirmed to ship with the forthcoming chip.

However, confirmation of Motorola, Samsung and WearOS by Google was included in official communications from Qualcomm, giving a taster of where to expect this new platform will appear first.

It's Mobile World Congress this week, which means lots of inevitable mobile announcements – but not just the best new phone handsets by any means.

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