India, Sept. 24 -- Qualcomm has officially announced its new generation flagship mobile processors, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. Built on a 2nm process node, the new platforms mark a major architectural shift for Android smartphones, introducing 5GHz CPU speeds and native support for on-device agentic AI.

Qualcomm's latest silicon is set to power the next generation of flagship Android smartphones from brands including HONOR, iQOO, Motorola, OnePlus, OPPO, REDMI, RedMagic, vivo and Xiaomi.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 features a next-generation Qualcomm Oryon CPU, a rearchitected Adreno GPU and an advanced Hexagon NPU. Qualcomm says the platform can reach up to 5GHz and is designed to deliver perfor...