Qualcomm Debuts Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Chips to Power On-Device AI Agents

By Ivan Mehta · TechCrunch · 2026-09-22

TechCrunch reports that Qualcomm has introduced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and an Extreme variant to handle complex artificial intelligence tasks directly on smartphones. These processors feature specialized sensing hubs that allow mobile devices to manage personal assistants a

TechCrunch reports that Qualcomm has introduced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and an Extreme variant to handle complex artificial intelligence tasks directly on smartphones. These processors feature specialized sensing hubs that allow mobile devices to manage personal assistants a