7 days ago | By GSMArena

After a teaser announcement yesterday, today on day two of its Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii Qualcomm has finally detailed the upcoming 865 chipset, that will certainly power most high-end Android smartphones next year.
The Snapdragon 865 promises to have 25% faster CPU performance and 20% faster graphics compared to the Snapdragon 855.
The CPU gains are primarily achieved from using the ARM Cortex-A77 performance cores. That said, the configuration of the CPU is pretty much the same, with even...
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 and 765 will support Android Identity Credential API

7 days ago | By GSMArena

Today at the Qualcomm Snapdragon Tech Summit, the company announced that its latest two chipsets will support a virtual driver's license or identification document via Android's Identity Credential API.
We're very excited to announce that Snapdragon will be the first mobile SoC to support Android Identity Credential APIs, which means that mobile drivers' license and electronic ID will be possible with Android R.
This API was first spotted earlier this year via XDA-Developers in a post detailing Android's intentions to create a secure framework for storing identification documents...
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The Snapdragon 865 is all new and so much more than was expected

7 days ago | By Android Central

The Snapdragon 865 is a bigger upgrade than anyone thought it would be. And I love it when that happens.
Another year means another new version of Qualcomm's high-end Snapdragon mobile chip. It's always a good thing to see and even though it never measures up to Apple's A-series processors in raw computing numbers (and it doesn't need to because raw numbers usually don't mean anything), you know Qualcomm is going to bring its A-game. There will always be a thing or two that turns out to be a significant upgrade from last year's model.
This year, what's a significant upgrade is best...
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What we know about Qualcomm's next-gen Snapdragon 865 and 765 chips

7 days ago | By TechCrunch

Qualcomm's holding its big annual get-together this week in Hawaii, portioning off Snapdragon news, piece by piece. Yesterday's event was the big unveiling of the Snapdragon 865 and 765, the chips that will power most of next year's premium and mid-tier handsets, respectively.
Today, the components came into sharper focus. Expect more from both tomorrow, as well, as the company continues to milk them for the multi-day event, but we're starting to get a pretty solid picture of what these chips will be able to do.
Let's start top-down with the 865. Expect the premium chip to start showing up...
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