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Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 for AI Earbuds and Glasses

Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 for AI Earbuds and Glasses

Starts 09/23/2026 7:30PM

Maui County, Hawaii, United States

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The release is dated 'Sep 23, 2026 | MAUI' ('today announced') and Qualcomm's^[1][2][3] page stamps it 19:30 UTC, the 9:30 AM HT Personal AI & Sound keynote.

Start: Sep 23, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Qualcomm Launches Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 for AI Earbuds and Glasses

Qualcomm launched Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 at Snapdragon Summit 2026, an audio-wearable platform with twice its predecessor's AI capability, micro-power Wi-Fi 6E for direct-to-cloud assistants and support for camera-equipped earbuds and audio glasses.

Qualcomm announced Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 on Day 2 of Snapdragon Summit 2026, its first audio platform built for AI-agent experiences^[1]
Ziad Asghar said Qualcomm's research found up to 70% of users want advanced AI in their wearables, used through conversation rather than a screen^[1]
It targets earbuds, headphones, open-ear designs, camera-equipped earbuds, audio glasses and future multimodal wearables, with reference designs for OEMs; Cleer showed an early audio-vision-AI wearable at the summit^[1]

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Up to 2x the AI capability of its predecessor, up to 40% lower power and up to 30% smaller footprint^[1]
Integrated micro-power Wi-Fi 6E for direct-to-cloud assistants via Snapdragon Sound Apps & Agents^[1][2]
eNPU with up to 128 GOPS of AI acceleration^[2]
aptX Lossless, XPAN extended range, 5th-generation Qualcomm ANC, cVc voice and Snapdragon Audio Sense microphones^[1]

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qualcomm.com/news/releases/2026/09/snapdragon-sound-elite-gen-2-advances-intelligent-audio-wearable
qualcomm.com· Posted Sep 25, 2026· Starts Sep 23, 2026 ✓· 33% of score
The release is dated 'Sep 23, 2026 | MAUI' ('today announced') and Qualcomm's^[2][3] page stamps it 19:30 UTC, the 9:30 AM HT Personal AI & Sound keynote.
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Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 product brief (Qualcomm, PDF)
qualcomm.com· Added Sep 25, 2026· 33% of score
Spec sheet: micro-power Wi-Fi 6E direct to cloud, eNPU up to 128 GOPS, aptX Lossless, XPAN, Bluetooth LE Audio; earbuds, headphones, audio glasses and camera buds.^[1]
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Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 product page (Qualcomm)
qualcomm.com· Added Sep 25, 2026· 33% of score
The product page for the platform.^[1]

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