Mobile World Congress, the annual conference all about phones and mobile gadgets, is here and should be one of the most exciting tech events of 2025. MWC runs March 3-6, and CNET is covering it on the ground in Barcelona, checking out all the new product launches and finding breakthroughs that will define phone and mobile tech through the next year and beyond.
We’ll be looking for Chinese phone makers such as Xiaomi, Honor and Oppo to dominate MWC. But we expect smaller players such as HMD and Nothing to unveil new phones and gadgets. There’ll likely be some interesting wearables, including smartwatches and AR glasses, with bonus laptops and earbuds. We might even learn more about Samsung’s Android XR headset nicknamed Project Moohan.
We also expect to see AI everywhere, just like CES, mostly flavored by Google’s Gemini, with a sprinkle of interesting features from the phone makers on top.
