On-Device AI Enables Instant Agentic Mobile Experiences

In February 2026, on-device generative AI has matured from Qualcomm's February 2023 Stable Diffusion smartphone demo into widely deployed, privacy-focused mobile features. Mobile NPUs now deliver roughly 50–80 TOPS enabling sub-second multimodal generation, driving projected consumer spending above $10 billion and powering AI in over 80% of mobile interactions. The shift implies hardware–software co-design and SLMs enable offline agentic assistants across phones, cars, and robotics.