Qualcomm is setting agentic AI as the direction for its Snapdragon portfolio, unveiling two flagship mobile platforms and new PC, audio and wearable platforms at Snapdragon Summit 2026 in Maui. The company said smartphones will remain the central device, agents will require partner software that handles memory, judgement and action on-chip, and personalisation will begin with body-worn devices such as watches, earbuds and glasses that gather context.

Aggregating user data collected by watches, earbuds and AI glasses into a single device to run AI is emerging as a key challenge for wearable connectivity, as users combine iPhones, Android phones, Windows PCs and multiple wearable brands. Qualcomm says sharing information across devices needs an industry standard beyond operating system boundaries. It is developing software and a framework to share context and device capabilities, and is also reviewing adding 5G directly to AI glasses.