Qualcomm has quietly listed an underpowered variant of its flagship Snapdragon 8 Elite chip with one fewer Performance core.

Recent leaks reveal that Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite system on chip (SoC) offers strong gaming performance, especially in emulating high-demand AAA games on the Android platform.

Apple’s recent success with the Vision Pro headset and Google’s rapid strides in AI revived the company’s interest enough to announce Android XR. This vivacious new OS for headsets and smart glasses is off to a strong start,

Qualcomm's latest flagship Snapdragon chip packs an 8-core CPU consisting of two Prime Oryon cores clocked at 4.32GHz and six Performance cores running at 3.53GHz. The special foldable version, carrying the part name SM8750-3-AB, features one less Performance core, meaning it has a seven-core CPU cluster.

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Last month, Google introduced the Android XR platform in partnership with Samsung and Qualcomm, which is "a new operating system built for this next generation of computing". Now, Google has bought part of HTC Vive's engineering team, HTC Vive of course having ample experience engineering VR headsets.

This chip was announced late last year at Qualcomm's Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii and already powers other devices from Android rivals such as Honor and OnePlus.

On the surface, it looks like Samsung did the bare minimum to release a new flagship phone. However, once you spend time with the Galaxy S25 Ultra, you'll

At a glance Expert's Rating Pros ・Slick software ・The most advanced AI around ・Gorgeous anti-reflective screen ・Image processing has improved Cons ・Barely any hardware upgrades ・S Pen has no Bluetooth ・Expensive Our Verdict I didn’t want to love the S25 Ultra.

Sam Bright, the lead at Google Play, said the "ultimate goal" is to have Android games and apps work seamlessly across mobile, XR, and TV.

Verizon is the only carrier currently offering free satellite messaging support for Galaxy S25.

Samsung's Galaxy S25 adopts Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite globally, boosting Qualcomm's market dominance and revenue projections for 2025.