Xiaomi has launched the Xiaomi 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max, both featuring two 200MP Leica sensors alongside a 50MP ultrawide camera. The Pro Max runs on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 with an 8,500mAh battery, while the Pro uses the standard 8 Elite Gen 6 chip with a 7,000mAh battery. Both models add a hardware privacy screen, a functional rear display, UWB support, IP69 water resistance, and a customizable AI button.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-23
Qualcomm has unveiled two high-end mobile processors simultaneously, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, both built on a new Oryon CPU revision with a 5GHz peak clock speed. The chips share the same X105 5G modem, FastConnect 8800 wireless module, imaging tools like Intelligent Pixel Control and Elite Color Engine, and a new Hexagon Element Accelerator for on-device AI, though some AI capabilities differ subtly between the two versions.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-23
According to YouTuber Geekerwan, Qualcomm plans to enhance its official GPU drivers to better support PC game emulation on Android devices. Testing on a Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 phone reportedly showed Cyberpunk 2077 and Black Myth: Wukong running properly in DirectX12 mode via a translation layer, and Qualcomm is said to be considering native DirectX12 driver support as well.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-23
Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 mobile processors at its Snapdragon Summit, built on a 2nm process with dual 5GHz Oryon Prime cores. The chips bring notable CPU, GPU and NPU gains over the prior generation, alongside power efficiency improvements, and will ship in upcoming flagship phones from brands including Honor, Motorola, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi. Qualcomm emphasized AI agent capabilities, such as automated video sorting and location-based notifications, as the lineup's central feature.
techspot.com
· 2026-09-23
Xiaomi launched the 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max in China, adding a hardware-based privacy display that can be set to trigger by app, location or via selfie-camera detection of onlookers. Both phones keep the rear secondary screen from last year's models, pack two 200-megapixel cameras, and use Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 chips, with the Pro Max getting the higher-end Extreme variant and a larger 8,500mAh battery. Xiaomi says a global release will follow later this year.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-23
Motorola has confirmed its Signature 27 smartphone will officially launch in the US market this November, though pricing and an exact release date remain unannounced. The phone features Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset, an upgraded ArcticMesh cooling system, and a camera system built around a 50MP Sony LYTIA 910 main sensor and 200MP periscope telephoto lens. Motorola is also offering pre-order registration and promising seven years of OS and security updates.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-23
Qualcomm introduced two new mobile processors, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, at its 2026 Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. CEO Cristiano Amon and product marketing manager Charlie Beeman described the Extreme variant as the company's most advanced chip yet, built to handle heavier on-device AI workloads than previous generations.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-23
Motorola showed off the Signature 27 at the Snapdragon Summit, marking the debut device for Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chipset. The phone features a 50MP Sony LYTIA 910 main sensor and a 200MP periscope telephoto camera, plus upgraded cooling and Bang & Olufsen tuned audio. Motorola says it will offer seven years of OS and security updates, with a global launch expected in 2026.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-22
Qualcomm announced the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, positioned as a step above its previous flagship mobile chipsets. The company is marketing this variant as its most powerful processor yet, aimed squarely at high-end Android devices competing with Apple's upcoming iPhone lineup.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-22
Motorola has introduced a new device called the Signature 27, built around Qualcomm's latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 processor. The chip choice signals a premium positioning for the handset, though full specs and pricing were not detailed.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-22
Qualcomm has officially unveiled two new mobile processors, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6, both built on 2nm TSMC processes and featuring the first 5GHz CPUs seen in a smartphone chip. Both use a 2+6 Oryon CPU layout with two Prime cores at 5GHz and six Performance cores at 4GHz, paired with 16MB of new Oryon FlexCache. The Extreme variant adds major camera and AI upgrades, including 8K/60fps video capture, 4K/240fps slow motion, a GPU with Adreno Neural Fusion, and more powerful AI hardware.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-22
Qualcomm announced its next flagship mobile chip, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6, built on a 2nm process with an eight-core Oryon CPU, a 35% faster Adreno GPU, and an NPU that's 14% faster with 20% better performance-per-watt. The chip supports 8K video at 30fps, up to 320-megapixel photo capture, and connectivity including Wi-Fi 8, Bluetooth 6 and a new 5G modem, with an unspecified Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 variant offering additional features on the same architecture.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-22
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