Mobile Moves From Apps to Agents

Qualcomm used Snapdragon Summit 2026 to argue that the smartphone will remain at the center of personal computing, even as AI agents begin acting across glasses, watches, earbuds, PCs, cars and other connected devices. In this episode, Neil Barbour examines Qualcomm’s agentic AI strategy, the new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 platforms and demonstrations that showed how on-device intelligence could remember context, coordinate apps and take action on a user’s behalf. Key topics include ➤ Why Qualcomm believes the smartphone will remain the launchpad for the agentic age ➤ How smart glasses, hearables, watches and other wearables could provide the context that makes personal AI more useful ➤ Demonstrations from Joshua Timothy, AGI Inc., Memories AI and Liquid AI showing agents organizing media, operating apps, remembering context and acting proactively ➤ Why trust, privacy, connectivity and cloud-to-edge orchestration remain central challenges for agentic AI and commerce Host Neil Barbour, Analyst, S&P Global Market Intelligence Kagan Produced & Edited By Neil Barbour, Carl Schmidt Published With Assistance From Sophie Carr, Feranmi Adeoshun, Patrick Moroney