Counterpoint expects a further steep drop in the fourth quarter, with 2027 shipments roughly flat, so the market is steadying at a lower level rather than recovering.
The biggest change is that agents can now run entirely on a personal machine, keeping user data on the device.
Buyers can now order RTX Spark laptops, with Best Buy units due on October 16 and some direct models reaching 128GB of unified memory.
The new lower-capacity model ships Oct. 23 and gives teams a cheaper entry point while still allowing two units to be clustered for larger models.
Early Debian-based images give maintainers a head start on bringing Snapdragon X2 laptops into the mainline Linux ecosystem.
On-chip Wi‑Fi and efficiency gains could make Wi‑Fi audio more practical in everyday earbuds and headsets.