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[Snapdragon Summit] Qualcomm Unveils Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2

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Qualcomm has launched its next-generation audio wearable platform, Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2, a system-on-chip designed for intelligent hearables.

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Qualcomm has unveiled Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2, its next-generation audio wearable platform. Ziad Asghar, senior vice president and general manager of XR, Wearables and Personal AI at Qualcomm, introduced the platform at Snapdragon Summit 2026 in Maui on Sept. 23. "We are seeing the beginning of a new category of intelligent hearables formed by the convergence of AI agents, audio and the user's voice," he said. "Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 is the first premium audio platform designed for the Personal AI era." Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 is a system-on-chip (SoC) designed to support intelligent audio wearables, or hearables, across a range of form factors including wireless earbuds, headphones and audio glasses. The platform integrates premium audio technologies, on-device AI processing, security-focused cloud-connected AI capabilities and micro-power Wi-Fi 6E. Devices can collect voice signals and surrounding data, quickly analyze them and naturally respond to users' needs. AI computing capability has increased by as much as twofold from the previous Snapdragon S7 Gen 1 Sound Platform. Peak AI performance reaches 128 billion operations per second, or 128 GOPS, at 250 MHz, with 256 multiply-accumulate operations per clock, or 256 MACs. This enables multiple on-device AI workloads to run simultaneously without delays. The previous generation delivered 64 GOPS and 128...

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Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2
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Sep 23, 2026
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Hawaii, United States

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