You'll see the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 this fall, shortly after the new Snapdragon 7 Gen 1.
Premium Android smartphones will have a new Qualcomm Snapdragon processor option when they debut this fall: The Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1, which will boost GPU performance by about 10 percent while tacking on an extra hour of battery life.
Qualcomm also announced the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1, a similar upgrade to its next performance tier of Snapdragon processors.
According to Qualcomm, the new Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 will power phones by Asus ROG, Black Shark, Honor, iQOO, Lenovo, Motorola, Nubia, OnePlus, Oppo, OSOM, Realme, RedMagic, Redmi, Vivo, Xiaomi, and ZTE when the phones debut in the third quarter. Honor, OPPO, and Xiaomi will use the Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 beginning in the second quarter.