5 breakthroughs unleashed at Snapdragon Summit 2022: Your guide to our most exciting releases powering connected devices
Whether you attended in person or online, Snapdragon Summit 2022 was an exciting three days packed with extraordinary announcements and a forward-look into Snapdragon’s inspiring technology breakthroughs across all your next-generation connected devices. There were powerful keynotes, hands-on demonstrations, new experiences, Tech Talk deep dives, big-hitter industry walk-ons, and more.
The most extraordinary moments were undoubtedly our groundbreaking announcements in mobile, artificial intelligence (AI), computing, augmented reality (AR), and sound — all major, next-level Snapdragon advances.
We can’t wait to see Snapdragon’s industry-leading, premium device experiences come to life in your smartphone, connected laptop, gaming, AR glasses, earbuds, smartwatch, smart vehicles, and more.
The show may be over, but the excitement is sure to last because Snapdragon’s latest innovations will surely elevate the device experiences that keep you safe, deliver the fun, and help you live your best life.
1. Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1: the first purpose-built platform for augmented reality
Our new Snapdragon AR2 Gen 1 Platform enables what you’ve been waiting for: slim, light, and more comfortable AR glasses.
This groundbreaking AR technology unlocks a new generation of highly capable glasses that can be light, sleek, and worn more easily than ever before. Our new AR2 platform is designed to revolutionize AR glasses and usher in a new era of spatial computing experiences.
Built from the ground up, its innovative multi-chip architecture distributes processing between AR glasses and a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 powered smartphone, using Wi-Fi 7. This enables experiences that are optimized for interaction-rich AR without compromising on power and comfort.
Mainstream is in the making
The capabilities of the AR2 — better performance, less power consuming, and designed for thin, light glasses — make it attractive to the OEM community. Multiple of them are collaborating with us to fuel the development of AR glasses based on Snapdragon AR2. We are also collaborating with Adobe and Niantic to continue building an ecosystem of content creators and XR developers leveraging Snapdragon Spaces.
2. Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 unleashes extraordinary experiences with integrated AI
Simply put: The new Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is an AI marvel. This is the new standard of mobile innovation, with cutting-edge technologies, industry-first features, and all things inspiring. Our latest and greatest mobile platform integrates AI system-wide for smarter photo captures, videos, gaming, security, and several other features, taking intuitive device interactions to the next level. The Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 can fuel seamless, superior experiences in everything from your smart home to your gaming devices, fitness gear, connected car, and beyond.
3. Qualcomm S5 and S3 Gen 2 Sound Platforms delivers next-level sound experiences
Our most advanced Bluetooth audio platforms ever — the Qualcomm S5 Gen 2 Sound Platform and Qualcomm S3 Gen 2 Sound Platform, with support for Snapdragon Sound technology — delivers your next-level sound experience for pure listening bliss on even more of your connected devices.
These second-generation sound platforms are broadening our Snapdragon Sound portfolio, bringing Snapdragon Sound technology to wireless speakers for the first time, to mid-range earbuds for the first time and adding support for Snapdragon Sound with lossless music streaming for stereo headsets.
These new platforms have been designed to deliver the experiences we know consumers want most and include some new features and improvements to Snapdragon Sound including support for lossless music streaming over the new Bluetooth® LE Audio standard, which dynamically adapts in very busy RF environments to minimize annoying audio drop-outs and glitches. For gamers, we’ve improved the end-to-end latency which means more immersive and lag-free gaming, with added voice back-channel enablement for crisp in-game chat.
Plus, our latest spatial audio technology enables dynamic head-tracking with low sound-to-motion latency, delivering a more natural and all-encompassing premium sound experience over Bluetooth. This means that devices powered by our new sound platforms can help you stay on task, get lost in the music, or binge watch with ease.
4. Snapdragon compute platforms: unlocking best-in-class AI accelerated user experiences and a new level of mobile computing performance for Windows laptops
The way we use our laptops has fundamentally changed over the last several years. Online collaboration is essential to the way we live, work, and play. At Snapdragon Summit 2022, we detailed how dedicated on-device AI is vital to powering new, more intuitive, premium experiences across all connected PCs so you can move upward and onward every day.
5. Qualcomm reveals new next generation CPU name, Qualcomm Oryon
At Snapdragon Summit 2022, we unveiled the name of our next generation custom CPU for Snapdragon platforms, Qualcomm Oryon CPU.
Reports from the Inside
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1Compared to the Wireless AR Smart Viewer Reference Design powered by Snapdragon XR2 Platform.
