Qualcomm

At Snapdragon Summit 2025, Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon had an on-stage conversation with Google’s Rick Osterloh. The SVP of Platforms & Devices had more comments about desktop Android, with Qualcomm also working on it and “incredibly excited.”

Ahead of its upcoming launch this month, Qualcomm has confirmed that its next flagship chip for Android will be called the “Snapdragon 8 Elie Gen 5,” and also offered a bit of insight into why it has that name.

It’s been a while since Qualcomm launched an upgrade for Quick Charge, but ahead of the company’s annual Snapdragon refresh, it’s back with some big changes for its proprietary charging standard.

Nearly a year to the day after unveiling its predecessor, Qualcomm is ready to debut its next AI-centric mid-range processor. While we’ll have to keep on waiting for an eventual Snapdragon 8 Elite 2 unveiling, the Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 is here to sate your appetite for new chipsets for at least another month.

According to a new report, Qualcomm has a new Snapdragon chip in the works for Wear OS smartwatches, and it sounds like a pretty big upgrade.

At the Augmented World Expo (AWE) 2025 today, Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon AR1+ Gen 1 chip for smart glasses, while sharing its broader vision for the form factor.

Qualcomm and Xiaomi have announced a new deal that will see Snapdragon chips continue to be used in Xiaomi smartphones, all while a new option is on the horizon.

Qualcomm has confirmed that its next big event to launch the second-generation Snapdragon 8 Elite and other new products will be happening in late September, ahead of schedule yet again.

Qualcomm hasn’t forgotten about the mid-range SoC, and the new Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 proves that the company is still trying to bring faster and smarter AI to more devices. The Sanpdragon 7 Gen 4 makes several key improvements in performance over the previous generation.

It isn’t realistic to suggest that the 3.5mm audio jack is dead, and there are scenarios where that’s the only option for audio. With a transmitter like Twelve South offers, users can turn 3.5mm audio jacks into Bluetooth transmitters, bridging that gap between wireless and wired. The company just announced the AirFly Pro 2 model, bringing some small changes to what’s offered.

At MWC 2025, Qualcomm announced the X85 5G Modem-RF for Android, with peak download speeds of up to 12.5 Gbps and 3.7 Gbps uploads. 

Starting with the Snapdragon 8 Elite, Qualcomm will offer device manufacturers (OEMs) the “ability to provide support for up to eight consecutive years of Android software and security updates.”

The Nothing Phone (3a) series is set to be unveiled next month and, ahead of its launch, Nothing has confirmed a switch to Snapdragon processors.

The dispute between Qualcomm and Arm has escalated with the latter canceling Qualcomm’s ability to use the instruction set for designing chips. 

In addition to bringing Oryon to Android devices, Qualcomm is using its custom CPU in car chips, and partnering with Google on adding generative AI to that form factor.

Qualcomm today announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite that brings its Oryon CPU to Android smartphones after debuting on PCs earlier this year. 

Qualcomm is set to unveil its next chipset soon and, with it being a major update, the company is apparently updating its branding with the new chip to be called “Snapdragon 8 Elite.”

There’s been a lot of excitement around the mysterious mixed reality product that Google and Samsung have been working on for a while now, and it’s now been revealed that the product in question is probably a pair of smart glasses.