India, Aug. 20 -- Qualcomm is about to make its flagship Snapdragon lineup a lot more interesting. The company has teased two Snapdragon 8 Elite processors for Snapdragon Summit 2026 on September 22, signaling a move away from the usual single-chip flagship strategy. The teaser from @Snapdragon on X frames the event around the "agentic AI era", with "Dual 8 Elites" and "When Two Changes the Game" appearing throughout the video.

The expected lineup is the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and a higher-tier Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Pro. If the current hardware picture holds, Qualcomm is effectively creating two performance tiers within its flagship platform. That gives phone makers more room to balance raw compute, sustained performance, thermals, ...