Highlights:
- This landmark technical collaboration brings together the strengths of two industry leaders with Google Gemini models and Qualcomm Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions to help automakers create deeply personalized, advanced AI agents that will redefine customer experiences at every point in their journey.
- It combines the best of both worlds: powerful on-device AI for instant, reliable responses and cloud connectivity for richer, ever-evolving capabilities.
- The joint collaboration provides automakers with a direct path to integrate next-generation AI experiences into their vehicles more quickly, ensuring their cars stay ahead of the curve and get smarter over time.
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and Google Cloud announced on September 8, 2025, that they have expanded their relationship to help automakers deliver enhanced in-car experiences through agent-based AI. The new collaboration brings together Google Cloud Automotive AI Agent, powered by Google Gemini models, with Qualcomm Technologies' Snapdragon® Digital Chassis™ suite of solutions to help automakers build and deploy multi-modal and hybrid AI agents from edge to cloud.
As customer expectations for their in-vehicle experiences are rapidly evolving, AI technology to meet them is advancing even faster. This presents a significant opportunity for automakers to differentiate themselves both inside and outside the vehicle.
Google Cloud's Automotive AI Agent enables automakers to rapidly build multimodal agents. By integrating Automotive AI Agent with Qualcomm Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions, automakers will have a robust set of tools to create and deliver intelligent, customizable AI experiences that go beyond simple commands to enhanced, conversational, and personalized agents in and around the vehicle.
With Automotive AI Agent combined with Qualcomm Snapdragon, automakers can also reduce system development times by leveraging an optimized reference architecture and pre-built capabilities for essential use cases such as conversational navigation, media and entertainment, and vehicle controls. Furthermore, the tight integration between the two solutions enables automakers to create interactive, branded experiences—using Google's Gemini and other models running at the edge and in the cloud—benefiting from a hybrid approach that orchestrates inference on the device and in the cloud for maximum flexibility.
These tools are designed to evolve as Google's Gemini models advance in agential capabilities, ensuring that automakers can benefit from Google's continued investment in multimodal AI models. Automotive AI Agent fully supports agential AI experiences across Qualcomm Technologies' broad automotive portfolio.
“AI will fundamentally redefine an automaker’s ability to deliver experiences in and around the car, making them more intuitive, personalized, and helpful for drivers and passengers,” said Shiv Venkataraman, vice president of Applied AI at Google Cloud. “Through our collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, we’re putting automakers firmly in the driver’s seat. This collaboration provides a secure, brand-owned platform that enables automakers to design advanced AI companions capable of multimodal, multilingual, and multi-intentional capabilities. This is a clear example of how our joint innovation is accelerating the future of mobility.”
“The automotive industry is on the cusp of a major transformation driven by advances in generative AI and software-defined vehicles,” said Nakul Duggal, group general manager, Automotive and Industrial & Embedded IoT, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. “Our technology collaboration with Google Cloud is a significant milestone in unlocking new possibilities for automakers, empowering them to create digitally advanced and personalized experiences for their customers. We are excited to combine our industry leadership in automotive technology to help the broader ecosystem bring new AI-driven experiences to market faster and more effectively.”
Building a multi-year automotive relationship
Google and Qualcomm Technologies have a long history of automotive innovation. The two companies' collaboration began in 2016 with the first Snapdragon-powered Android experience, laying the foundation for in-car infotainment. Since then, the relationship has expanded to include AI-enabled cockpit systems with integrated voice control and navigation, as well as efforts to scale Android Automotive OS updates across the industry.
This sustained effort demonstrates a shared commitment to transforming vehicles into intelligent, connected environments by combining the Snapdragon Digital Chassis with operating systems and cloud services to deliver cutting-edge in-car experiences for consumers.
About Google Cloud
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About Qualcomm
Qualcomm relentlessly innovates to deliver intelligent computing everywhere, helping the world address some of its most important challenges. Building on our 40 years of technology leadership in creating era-defining breakthroughs, we offer a broad portfolio of solutions built with our cutting-edge AI, high-performance, low-power computing, and unparalleled connectivity. Our Snapdragon® platforms deliver extraordinary consumer experiences, and our Qualcomm Dragonwing™ products empower businesses and industries to scale to new heights. Together with our ecosystem partners, we enable next-generation digital transformation to enrich lives, improve businesses, and advance societies. At Qualcomm, we are engineering human progress.
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