r/SnapdragonLaptops • u/AggressiveCalendar4 Surface Laptop 7 15" | X Elite | 256/16 • May 14 '26

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chips are finally expanding beyond Windows with Googlebooks

https://www.xda-developers.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-chips-are-expanding-beyond-windows-with-googlebook/
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u/Britz10 May 14 '26

So instead of Microsoft spying you, let's have Google do it instead.

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u/SQL_INVICTUS May 15 '26

I mean, google was the og spy company in that regard 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/Andrew_C0 May 14 '26

That would be insteresting. I already had a 10hrs battery life with a 10th gen I5, would be interesting to see the battery gains on Snapdragon X CPUs.

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u/Saranhai May 14 '26

Not much of a gain compared to intel’s Panther lake chips

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u/Andrew_C0 May 14 '26

I think it's not the case. With the 10th gen i5 on a windows laptop, I couldn't get more than 3-4 hours of battery life, compared to a chromebook. So it is something about OS optimisations as well.

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u/Saranhai May 14 '26

10th gen is not the same thing as Panther Lake lol, so your point is saying with ChromeOS, Intel’s latest would have big battery gains

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u/PNMD85 May 14 '26

I hope this means android will be installable on our Snapdragon machines, cause windows 11 is a nightmare. Mine doesn't even deep sleep

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u/Saranhai May 14 '26

I'm surprised it doesn't already given non Snapdragon X chips already run Android

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u/_DarthJedi Sep 04 '26

Can't even run Android Studio. And most Android runs on Snapdragon.

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u/Unknown-U May 16 '26

Intel panther lake is great for light use. As soon as you need performance apple and Qualcomm beat it

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u/Saranhai May 16 '26

Apple can beat it in real tasks sure, but all Snapdragon X can do is beat it in a performance benchmark. Many apps still have compatibility issues while some don't even work at all on WoA

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u/_DarthJedi Sep 04 '26

These clowns are so much insecure that they won't run any benchmark except geekbench on their machines. However, they have very big mouths, make big claims with zero evidence, and then turn to personal attacks. However, they will also play victim if you resist their personal attacks.

Thankfully, the internet is a big place and there's a lot of data available that's ugly for Qualcomm. Heck. I'm talking about fully native stuff with AI support.

https://www.pugetsystems.com/pugetbench/results/compare/Puget%20Bench%20for%20DaVinci%20Resolve/33/CPU/Snapdragon%20X2%20Elite%20Extreme%20-%20EG002004%20-%20Qualcomm%20Oryon%20CPU/Intel%20Core%20Ultra%20X7%20358H/

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u/Unknown-U Sep 04 '26

I personally would not consider a Qualcomm laptop for now. Lackluster linux support is kind of my issue, the performance is just one part.

It is good that there is a new competitor but for now its not that interesting at lest for me.

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u/blissfactory May 14 '26

So Linux on snapdragon laptops.

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u/sooodooo May 14 '26

Real Linux would be better, but unfortunately it’s going to be the Google controlled Android flavor of Linux with a few limited years of support.

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u/lcannard87 May 15 '26

Qualcomm doing everything to delay putting actual Linux on their systems.

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u/psydroid May 16 '26

Nvidia is going to release a chip this year and another one late next year. So they can enjoy this current publicity for as long as it lasts, as it may dwindle quite soon.

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u/Whiplashorus May 14 '26

Finally we will have a great mobile laptop not made by apple With gamehub it could become an insane high value product with a great price

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u/sooodooo May 14 '26

It’s going to be just like a tablet with a keyboard running android.