What is Mobile World Congress and when is it?
Mobile World Congress (MWC) is an annual gathering of the biggest companies in the mobile tech world. It's where companies show off their latest devices, software, and everything awesome in-between. Pretty much anything used to keep you connected to the world around you, you'll find here.
The event happens in late February or early March and is always hosted in Barcelona, Spain. This year, it is from March 2 to 5.
Will Android Central be there — and what do we expect to see at MWC 2026?
Yes, Android Central is going this year! Managing Editor Derrek Lee, Senior Editor Harish Jonnalagadda, and senior contributors Brady Snyder and Sanuj Bhatia will all be present at MWC.
We expect a lot of announcements including some phone launches happening this year.
Here are a few of the companies we expect to be present at the event.
- AMD
- Arm
- AWS
- Meta
- Aurzen
- Clicks
- Fairphone
- Honor
- Lenovo
- MediaTek
- Nokia
- NVIDIA
- Qualcomm
- Samsung
- Samsung Display
- TCL
- Tecno
- TikTok
- Xiaomi
Keep checking this page, and check out our home page for all the news coming out of MWC 2026.
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