Qualcomm’s annual Snapdragon Summit is here! From next-gen AI chips to the future of mobile gaming, we’ve broken down every major announcement from the 2025 keynote into a fast-paced, easy-to-digest supercut. What are you most excited for? Let us know in the comments!
Read more about the Snapdragon Summit on CNET.com
Google’s ChromeOS Will Combine With Android Next Year to Supercharge Big-Screen AI
0:00 3rd Gen Qualcomm Orion CPU
2:49 Snapdragon 8 Elite
10:25 Snapdragon X2 Elite
16:45 Creative Apps
17:37 Gaming
18:32 Snapdragon Guardian
19:28 Artificial Intelligence
21:01 Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
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@fai8t
September 24, 2025 at 6:26 pm
gpu 404 for mobile
@CtrlAltJ
September 24, 2025 at 6:34 pm
I can tell ai wrote all these presentations 😅
@Brobiee
September 24, 2025 at 7:30 pm
I can tell your ai lil bro
@Guldan1889
September 24, 2025 at 6:45 pm
My snapdragon x elite Laptop is surprisingly cool and quiet, unlike any laptop l had before.
@TechOs19
September 24, 2025 at 8:43 pm
Get a MacBook
@Kennis-0614
September 24, 2025 at 6:46 pm
Crazy single core 3800, multi 12000 on mobile without extra cooling system
@fcukyea5674
September 24, 2025 at 6:50 pm
SOON WE WILL USE DEVICES JUST WITH 6G AND SCREEN INSIDE WITH VERY LOW CPU PERFORMANCE BUT SERVERS WILL HANDLE ALL THUS HAND HELDS WILL BE APSOLUTE
@chrisak49
September 24, 2025 at 6:54 pm
We all know Qualcomm benchmarks well but real world they use 40-50% more power and never sustain performance
@igormarcos687
September 24, 2025 at 7:11 pm
No, I don’t want 80 tops nor the fastest AI chip. Get flopped.
@anyadike
September 24, 2025 at 7:18 pm
Guardian technology sounds creepy. Do the benefits outweigh the risks?
@jacobperez8921
September 24, 2025 at 8:21 pm
Never!
@tomc1380
September 24, 2025 at 7:19 pm
No wonder Meta is waiting until 2027 before releasing a new headset (Q4 Pro?).
@CNET
September 24, 2025 at 7:20 pm
Read more about the Snapdragon Summit on CNET.com: Google’s ChromeOS Will Combine With Android Next Year to Supercharge Big-Screen AI
@RokkuAni
September 24, 2025 at 7:29 pm
23 min… Nobody got time for this bs
@Brobiee
September 24, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Mac still way better 😂
@codelava
September 24, 2025 at 8:20 pm
No one asked. No one cares. Use whatever you like and let others use what they like.
@MooCowMancer
September 24, 2025 at 7:50 pm
Cool processor, someone outta make a VR headset out of it… Looking at you Valve.
@e.v.k.3632
September 24, 2025 at 7:55 pm
What does it matter if the heat of the game crashes the smartphone?
@TechOs19
September 24, 2025 at 8:43 pm
Exactly
@ventaca
September 24, 2025 at 9:11 pm
What phone do you have right now?
@RaawBornAfriKaan
September 24, 2025 at 7:58 pm
Snapdragon Guardian Technology = Intel ME
@perhapsme988
September 24, 2025 at 8:07 pm
When Apple uses its own C chip for modem in all its devices, Qualcomm will lose about 1/3 revenue and 1/3 profit.
Then there will be lots of staff retrenchment and hence R&D and other costs will be cut drastically.
@TechOs19
September 24, 2025 at 8:44 pm
AI, AI, AI
@AmieWea
September 24, 2025 at 8:59 pm
I am not seeing Apple anywhere here.
@TechOs19
September 24, 2025 at 9:23 pm
They only compared the X Elite with the M4 and not the M4 MAX 😂😂
@ventaca
September 24, 2025 at 9:09 pm
hope samsung will not use snapdragon next year
@ventaca
September 24, 2025 at 9:15 pm
I honestly dont know what will happen to qualcomm if samsung switched to all exynos next year.
@ventaca
September 24, 2025 at 9:17 pm
Baaziz Achour the guy wbo presented the cpu looks like that villain from the walking dead series
@TechOs19
September 24, 2025 at 9:19 pm
😂that’s so funny they didn’t compare the X Elite 2n gen with M4 MAX 😂
@Smashed_Potatos
September 24, 2025 at 9:22 pm
I’m getting NVIDIA number fudging vibes.
@thatpitter
September 24, 2025 at 9:26 pm
It may be shot on snapdragon, but it really doesn’t have the same professional video quality we see from shot on iPhone events… Cool concept tho and we’ll see improvement year to year 👀
@real_andrii
September 25, 2025 at 6:58 am
Haven’t seen a single game demo.
Why not just show how something like Cyberpunk 2077 runs on those laptops?
@КириллЯщенко-я2з
September 25, 2025 at 7:36 am
С такой графикой уже не в мобильные игры играть а в компьютерные игры
@lucansanchez5129
September 25, 2025 at 8:04 am
Android, Snap dragon and Google should collaborate with Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft and valve to create os apps for android. You should simply be able to download a console perfect experience from these game platforms from simply downloading 1 or all 4 of the apps from Google play store. For phones like Samsung galaxy fold, pixel fold, OnePlus and other with capable phone hardware range in the next year. The same should be done with streaming service apps by Nvidia, lunar Xbox and ps ultimate for first snap dragon Google android star link service phones who just want to stream current generation games entertainment services like them 4. And obviously express micro SD slots will be essential, maybe two. The perfect phone or handheld device for entertainment. This should be the exact same approach for TVs and laptops as we’ll. Android Google snap dragon phones by the obvious makers should be all anyone would need for anything. These gaming platforms from Sony, Nintendo, valve and Microsoft are the only os apps missing in Google play from a consumers point of view.
@ChristophBackhaus
September 25, 2025 at 2:26 pm
They are doing this already. Google is preparing Android to become a desktop os.
@taffed
September 25, 2025 at 8:32 am
so snapdragon guardian is basically a spy built-in to chip? so exciting
@sudhanshumaurya2860
September 25, 2025 at 8:39 am
Call me when it can run CFD software and CATIA.
@xali2008
September 25, 2025 at 8:50 am
Shame on Snapdragon for abandoning Linux.
@Leonard.L.Church
September 25, 2025 at 3:56 pm
Huh? Isn’t android bringing terminal support next year?
@xali2008
September 25, 2025 at 4:19 pm
@@Leonard.L.Church When Snapdragon launched the X Elite, they promised full Linux support by the end of 2024, but then pretty much dropped it.
Also, Android ≠ Linux. Yes, they share the same kernel, but that’s just the low-level foundation. On top of it, Android and GNU/Linux each have their own layers and abstractions. That’s why you can’t just run an Android app on Linux (or vice versa) without emulation or virtualization.
@driver7227
September 25, 2025 at 9:04 am
I just want a smartphone that runs full desktop OS when docked and can run well everything, including x86/64 apps, a single device for everything, do it already
@mrx10001
September 25, 2025 at 6:28 pm
lol do you see how badly optimized modern software is? Never happening.
@VR_Wizard
September 25, 2025 at 9:04 am
32% more Web browsing is not relevant. I am on a fold 5 with an 8 Gen 2 processor and there is no lag when browsing the web.
Maybe AI on device could be useful one day but the on-device AI is so bad compared to cloud-based that I would say don’t bother.
Maybe on device speech-to-text recognition could benefit from faster processors but not many use it and again online STT systems are available and better and less power hungry.
less power requirements is probably something they should focus on at least in day to day tasks like browsing watching youtube and using apps.
@jaysalomon5298
September 25, 2025 at 9:22 am
OEMs will lock you out of using the hardware , advertise it as a feature then use it for some propriety nonsense, Qualcomm won’t release dev kits to not annoy the OEMs , so it’s all mostly pointless for anyone wanting to actually leverage this technology, which is just going to be wasted because of politics
@legendp2011
September 25, 2025 at 9:50 am
would love to see a passively cooled macbook air competitor
@Triazz_ze
September 25, 2025 at 10:27 am
I wish Google Pixel 11 Pro used this CPU instead of their custom Tensor G6. I really love Pixel, but I don’t like the chip for some reasons. Yeah, I really wish then it’s the ultimate smartphone. Qualcomm’s latest chip plus Pixel 11 Pro.
@alsayedfakhri4597
September 25, 2025 at 10:37 am
I thought sony had stupid product names, but Qualcomm is embarrassing them in that regard.
@vmafarah9473
September 25, 2025 at 11:00 am
7:30 ,worst generational jmprovement 23% on graphics.😢😢
8 elite was 70% better than previous gen.
@supermanggggg
September 25, 2025 at 11:12 am
Perfect for Ubuntu!!!
@coolwinder
September 25, 2025 at 1:28 pm
Is it just me seeing a lot of privacy problems
@arky9002
September 25, 2025 at 1:49 pm
“52% faster gpu performance” against x86 competitors. Snapdragon likes to live in their delulu world😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@gman5218
September 25, 2025 at 2:04 pm
Nobody cares about AI except tech company’s
@Imperial_Dynamics
September 25, 2025 at 2:24 pm
confusing names
@visual_rev6192
September 25, 2025 at 4:05 pm
Thisnstuff is not impressive at all😂
@yujilee112
September 25, 2025 at 4:57 pm
pls stop gate keep linux.
@trexeyesonly55
September 25, 2025 at 6:17 pm
cnet, make your summary videos SHORTER please
@alucard-tepez
September 25, 2025 at 6:55 pm
Mobile chips are becoming more powerful than computer chips. Why? 😢 Will people forget about computers and rely only on mobile phones?
@theangeldesu
September 25, 2025 at 8:17 pm
That asian man at the end was using the Galaxy s26 ultra most people didn’t notice
@pheapkim978
September 25, 2025 at 8:48 pm
why does this video look like is was made in 2005