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Google’s onstage tease at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit has moved from industry whisper to a concrete roadmap: the company is formally re-basing ChromeOS on Android and pushing a unified, Android-powered desktop platform that brings Gemini AI, native Android apps, and Arm-first hardware to...

Google’s plan to fuse ChromeOS and Android into a single desktop platform — an initiative Google executives publicly teased at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit — marks the most consequential reshaping of the PC landscape in years and could deliver a true Android for PC experience that runs native...

Windows 11’s roadmap for 2026 reads like a study in contrasts: incremental and overdue usability fixes sit alongside ambitious silicon-driven features that require Microsoft to change how it ships the OS — and, in places, how it manages user privacy and platform fragmentation. The last year left...

Lenovo’s leaked lineup of Snapdragon X2-powered Copilot+ laptops for CES 2026 redraws the map for Windows on Arm devices: a premium Yoga Slim 7x built around Qualcomm’s top-bin X2 Elite silicon sits alongside three IdeaPad models that favor the newly revealed Snapdragon X2 Plus platform...

Lenovo’s IdeaCentre Mini X arrives as one of the most consequential Windows-on-Arm mini PCs yet: compact, quietly powerful for everyday productivity, and priced aggressively enough to force a rethink of compact Windows desktops — especially for organizations and users who want a near-silent...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a focused component update—KB5072095—that refreshes the Qualcomm QNN Execution Provider for ONNX Runtime to version 1.8.21.0, bringing targeted improvements for hardware‑accelerated AI on Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms running Windows 11, version 24H2 and 25H2. This...

TUXEDO Computers’ decision to pause its Snapdragon X Elite (X1E) Linux laptop project is a stark reminder that raw silicon and community enthusiasm alone don’t guarantee a polished, fully supported Linux system — the underlying platform and vendor tooling matter just as much. The company...

Windows on Arm has taken a concrete step toward becoming a genuine gaming platform rather than a hopeful experiment, after a coordinated push from Microsoft and Qualcomm that pairs improved emulation, updated GPU drivers and a new Snapdragon Control Panel with the Xbox app’s ability to download...

Qualcomm’s late-2025 course correction for Windows on Arm gaming transforms a long-standing pain point into a workable, if still imperfect, platform for PC players — downloadable GPU drivers, a fully released Snapdragon Control Panel, and AVX2 emulation together address the practical blockers...

Qualcomm’s long‑promised GPU management app for Snapdragon X‑class Windows on Arm PCs has arrived, and it comes at a critical moment: the company’s new Snapdragon Control Panel (branded in early betas as Adreno Control Panel) gives owners of Snapdragon X‑series laptops per‑game tuning, in‑app...

Microsoft’s latest Insider preview quietly lays the groundwork for a new class of on‑device automation: an Agent Workspace and an experimental toggle that prepares Windows 11 to let AI agents act on your behalf inside a contained session — a move that shifts the OS from suggestion to action...

A quietly explosive engineering signal — internal Android 16 build manifests and a public stage-level pact between Google and Qualcomm — has renewed the prospect that Android as a laptop OS may arrive in earnest on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X family, with engineering previews and silicon...

A recent set of repository screenshots and a short social-media thread have reignited talk that Google and Qualcomm could be preparing Android 16 for full laptop-class silicon — specifically Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X family — a move that would place a first-party Android desktop experience within...

Microsoft has quietly flipped a switch in Canary: Windows 11 is now carrying a new version number — 26H1 — but it isn’t the typical consumer-facing feature update; it’s a platform-only release built to enable the next wave of Arm-based PC silicon from Qualcomm and NVIDIA without disrupting the...

Microsoft has quietly pushed a Canary-channel build that relabels Windows 11 as version 26H1 — but the company says this is not the next mainstream feature update; it’s a targeted, platform-only branch intended to enable next‑generation Arm and AI‑centric silicon such as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2...

Microsoft appears to be preparing a narrowly scoped Windows 11 platform release—commonly discussed as version 26H1—that is built on a new internal platform codename Bromine and specifically targeted to enable the next wave of Arm-based Copilot+ hardware, most prominently Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2...

Microsoft’s Canary-channel build has made one thing abundantly clear: Windows 11 version 26H1 is a platform branch, not the next mass‑market feature update, and most users—home consumers and enterprise fleets alike—do not need to change course today. The Windows Insider team pushed Build 28000...

Microsoft has quietly opened the door to a new Windows 11 platform branch: Insider Preview Build 28000 has landed in the Canary Channel and updates the visible version string to Windows 11, version 26H1, but Microsoft stresses this is a platform-focused flight for specific silicon and not the...

Microsoft has quietly confirmed a new, unconventional Windows 11 release: Windows 11, version 26H1, now appearing in the Canary Channel as Build 28000 and labeled by Microsoft as a platform-only update intended to support specific new silicon. Insiders running the Canary Channel will see the...

Microsoft appears to be preparing a narrowly scoped Windows 11 platform release — internally codenamed Bromine and widely discussed as 26H1 — that will ship early in 2026 primarily to enable Qualcomm’s next-generation Snapdragon X2-powered Copilot+ laptops. This is not a conventional, broad...