Snapdragon-powered drones will be smarter and more affordable

Commercial and consumer drones are exploding in popularity right now, and Qualcomm wants a piece of the action. Naturally, the company doesn’t want to sell its own drones, it wants to sell the hardware that powers the drones, which it intends to do with a modified version of its Snapdragon chipset that it unveiled earlier this year. Traditionally used to power smartphones and tablets, this chipset not only allows drones to be more affordable and efficient, it also gives them a number of advanced features that regular drones simply don’t have. The company teased some of these features and talked about the benefits of a Snapdragon-powered drone in a recent YouTube video.