Xiaomi crashes Qualcomm’s keynote to announce the Xiaomi 14 series, touting Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Xiaomi said the upcoming flagship phones fully utilise all of Qualcomm’s SD8G3’s generative AI tricks and features. #snapdragonsummit #qualcomm #xiaomi
Note: This article was first published on 25 October 2023.
Xiaomi 14 series to be fully revealed on 26 October 2023.
At Qualcomm’s behest to attend their sponsored Snapdragon Summit 2023 in Hawaii was a special guest that no one else was expecting — Xiaomi.
CEO of Xiaomi Group, William Lu.
Its CEO, William Lu, took the stage during the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3’s keynote and announced the upcoming Xiaomi 14 series.
Xiaomi 14 series.
Xiaomi will do a full product launch for the Xiaomi 14 series on 26 October 2023, 7PM SGT. However, the company has already shared a few teasers.
Xiaomi 14 series taps into the generative AI features offered by SD8G3.
First, the Xiaomi 14 series would be carrying the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, which was the main reason why the Chinese smartphone brand was invited to present at Qualcomm’s summit.
Second, is Xiaomi and Qualcomm jointly saying that the Xiaomi 14 series uses all of the generative AI features available on the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.
Xiaomi 14 series is said to use SD8G3's NPU fully for its generative AI computations, with power savings to match.
By “everything”, we’re assuming that it also has features such as Video Object Eraser, Photo Expansion, and all the AI voice assistant smarts that’s aided by its on-device parameters.
Xiaomi 14 series global debut at Qualcomm Snapdragon Summit 2023.
We’re still learning more about the new Snapdragon mobile processor and Xiaomi’s new phones, so stay tuned for more coverage here.
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