Qualcomm CEO: AI Agents Will Replace Apps as the New Computing Interface — Company Developing 40+ AI-Powered Device Designs Including Camera Earbuds, Pins, and Jewelry

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon told CNBC on June 16 that AI agents will become 'the new app,' predicting a fundamental shift in how users interact with devices as smartphones move from the center of digital life to a supporting role for agents. The company is developing more than 40 AI-powered device designs — including camera-equipped earbuds, wearable pins, jewelry, and watches — engineered to run agents continuously with contextual awareness. Amon also predicted smart glasses could scale from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of annual shipments within a couple of years, potentially approaching smartphone market scale as the agent-first paradigm takes hold.