Qualcomm is holding a crucial keynote at MWC 2026, where it officially showcased that the market of AI wearables is expected to hit the 5.3 billion mark by 2032.

During the keynote, Qualcomm presented a slide, backed by a prediction from Counterpoint Research, that there is a 5.3 billion opportunity in the market of AI wearables by 2032.

Insider Max Weinbach, reporting live from Qualcomm’s MWC 2026 keynote. He also refers to the potential “Rise of Personal AI,” which would help Qualcomm achieve this massive figure.

In the presentation, Qualcomm showcased a variety of wearable products, including smart glasses, a ring, a smartwatch, an XR headset, headphones, earbuds, and so on.

Qualcomm can’t hit this ambitious goal alone and Samsung will play a crucial role in it. Samsung has a wide range of wearable devices, including watches, buds, headset and glasses are coming.

It is a pretty ambitious figure, which signals a massive surge in the wearable devices in the years ahead. It comes after the US chip designer introduced its next-generation mobile modem, elite Wear OS chipset, and other technologies.

Image credit – Max Weinbach

Recently, Samsung’s MX Business executive confirmed that the Snapdragon Wear Elite chipset will be used in the next-gen Galaxy Watch. It’s highly likely that the second-generation Galaxy Watch Ultra could use a Snapdragon chip.

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