While delivering a keynote address Tuesday at the mobile industry’s biggest annual gathering, Amon said 2026 will be the year of agents. These services — capable of performing complex, multistep tasks or proactively doing things for the user — require vast amounts of data and real-time context, which will elevate the importance of all manner of devices as data sources, Amon argued.
Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon at MWC Barcelona 2026. on March 3.
Photographer: Angel Garcia/Bloomberg
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