Amazon's Panos Panay to Lay Out Post-Smartphone Vision at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

Amazon SVP of Devices Panos Panay will argue for a "post-smartphone future" at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, October 13–15 at San Francisco's Moscone West. Panay, who previously led Microsoft's Surface and Windows 11 efforts, plans to make the case that AI assistants, smart glasses, and other form factors will replace the smartphone as the dominant computing platform, with Alexa+ at the center of Amazon's strategy.