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Description
SuperCDMS SNOLAB is a cryogenic experiment projected to achieve world-leading sensitivity for dark matter particles below 10 GeV/$c^{2}$ using semiconductor crystal detectors. The experiment employs two detector types: iZIP detectors, which utilize both phonon and charge channels to provide excellent nuclear recoil/electron recoil discrimination, and HV detectors, which utilize the NTL effect to amplify the measurable phonon signal in proportion to an applied external electric field to achieve lower detection thresholds. Commissioning of the full 24 detector payload, comprising both silicon and germanium iZIP and HV detectors, began in early 2026. This talk presents preliminary results from the characterization and commissioning of the full detector payload, along with a first look at early SuperCDMS SNOLAB data. As the experiment begins its first science run, this talk will also discuss the experimental outlook and ongoing R\&D efforts aimed at developing the next generation of low-background detectors for sub-GeV dark matter detection.