"AI will be in the majority of premium smartphones and wearables within a few years - bad news for anyone who doesn't like or trust the overhyped pixie dust. Counterpoint Research forecasts that more than 80 percent of premium smartphones will have agentic AI capabilities by 2027, while a similar proportion of so-called wearable devices are on track to be AI-enabled by 2032."
"To some degree, this appears to be a push from the vendors, who see AI as a "premium" feature to justify the inflating price tag attached to devices. Counterpoint says that MediaTek became the first chipset maker to commercialize agentic AI capabilities via its Dimensity 9400 series, followed by Qualcomm with the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 platforms."
"This marked the start of a new smartphone technology cycle in which devices increasingly shifted from sporting AI assistants to boasting "autonomous, context-aware AI experiences," Counterpoint claims. It defines an agentic AI smartphone as one capable of running software agents that can understand context, plan actions, make decisions, and execute multi-step tasks on behalf of the user."
"This places more emphasis on memory bandwidth and sustained AI throughput rather than just having a neural processing unit (NPU) to boost processing, hence the appearance of newer silicon designed with agentic AI in mind. With the memory shortage pushing up the price of phones, the device makers also need something to convince buyers to part with more of their hard-earned cash."
AI capabilities are expected to become standard in premium smartphones and wearables. Counterpoint Research forecasts that over 80% of premium smartphones will have agentic AI capabilities by 2027, with a similar share of wearable devices becoming AI-enabled by 2032. Vendors are seen as pushing AI as a premium feature to justify higher prices. MediaTek commercialized agentic AI first with Dimensity 9400 series, followed by Qualcomm with Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 5. This shift moves devices from AI assistants toward autonomous, context-aware experiences. Agentic AI smartphones are defined as running software agents that understand context, plan actions, make decisions, and execute multi-step tasks. This increases focus on memory bandwidth and sustained AI throughput, driving new silicon designs.
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