These 3 Major Upgrades Could Be Heading to Your Next Flagship Android Phone

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 chip will be in the top phones of 2026 and 2027. Here's what it can do.

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The Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 will poer the next lot of flagship phones. Katie Collins The year’s not nearly over, but 2026 has already delivered a glut of exciting Android phones . Still, we can’t help but think about what might come next . Every phone-maker has distinct ideas about what features they’d like to add and improve with every generation. Some of these things, like design, they can do alone, but others require close collaboration with their partners.