"We are going to move from a smartphone-centric, app-centric digital ecosystem to an agent center. The agent becomes the center. They don't only respond to you. They observe, they interpret, they act. In place of the current approach, where the user initiates everything via a specific application, future technology will be more geared toward enabling agents and tasks."
"These services capable of performing complex, multistep tasks or proactively doing things for the user require vast amounts of data and real-time context, which will elevate the importance of all manner of devices as data sources. That could potentially make a smartwatch, smart glasses or a wearable camera device as important as the smartphone in providing continuous awareness of the user's environment."
"Qualcomm introduced its new Snapdragon Wear Elite chipset, designed specifically to power smaller and wearable gadgets with on-device AI processing. The company envisions its customers building everything from pendants and pins to smart headphones and watches with integrated AI and sensors to feed personalized agents."
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon predicts 2026 will mark the year of AI agents, fundamentally reshaping how users interact with technology. Rather than users initiating actions through specific apps, future systems will feature agents that proactively observe, interpret, and act based on real-time context and vast data inputs. This shift elevates the importance of wearable devices and sensors as continuous data sources, potentially making smartwatches, smart glasses, and wearable cameras as critical as smartphones. Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon Wear Elite chipset to enable on-device AI processing in smaller devices. Samsung, Google, and Motorola have committed to developing products using this technology, with initial releases expected in summer. Lenovo similarly promotes a decentralized approach with multiple AI-enabled devices working together.
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