The Snapdragon 8 Elite brings more than just a naming convention change. There’s a lot to look forward to on the upcoming phones from OnePlus, Oppo, Xiaomi, and more.

Qualcomm has announced its new smartphone chip. No, it's not the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4. It's the Snapdragon 8 Elite, and it sounds mighty impressive.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

Qualcomm has touted some pretty eye-opening benchmarks for its new silicon, with the Snapdragon 8 Elite posting numbers of the Geekbench test of general performance that top Intel’s new Lunar Lake chips — impressive since the latter is built for laptops while the Snapdragon 8 Elite powers phones.

Qualcomm today unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile platform, which features a next-generation custom Qualcomm-designed Oryon CPU instead of

Qualcomm's Oryon-powered Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset offers the biggest leap in performance over last year's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.

Qualcomm just launched the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip for smartphones today, but the second-generation Oryon CPU core within could hint at a possible new Snapdragon X Elite chip.

On its face, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Qualcomm's new chipset destined to power the vast majority of flagship Android devices over the next 12 months falls into that boat. Much of the discussion and demos spread out over the grounds of Snapdragon Summit in Maui are focused on showcasing AI pet photography,

At the annual Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit, the company announced it would be supporting the new Snapdragon 8 Elite for eight years. That's great to see, but it doesn't mean what you're probably thinking it means.