Amazon's Panos Panay to Pitch a Post-Smartphone Vision at TechCrunch Disrupt

Amazon SVP of Devices Panos Panay will lay out a "post-smartphone future" at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, October 13–15 at San Francisco's Moscone West. Panay, who led Microsoft's Surface and Windows 11, plans to argue that AI assistants, smart glasses, and new form factors will overtake the smartphone — with Alexa+ anchoring Amazon's strategy.