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 falls in the first week of March.
Will Android Central be there — and what do we expect to see at MWC 2025?
Yes, Android Central is going this year! Managing Editor Derrek Lee and Senior Editor Harish Jonnalagadda will both 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.
- TECNO
- Honor
- Nothing
- Xiaomi
- Samsung
- RedMagic
- Motorola
- Qualcomm
- MediaTek
- Arm
- Meta
- TCL
- OPPO
- ZTE
- Huawei
Keep checking this page, and check out our home page for all the news coming out of MWC 2025.
Latest about MWC 2025
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Google takes home 'Smartphone of the Year' award at MWC for the second straight year
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OPPO promises to bring monthly AI specific upgrades for its devices
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Google's new feature drop brings killer features including scam detection and loss of pulse
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TECNO launches the Camon 40 series, unveils new AI smart glasses to take on Meta
TECNO is expanding its product portfolio with AI smart glasses.
Nothing's new Phone 3a and 3a Pro come packed with impressive cameras and AI features
Finally here Nothing's mid-range flagship device, the Nothing Phone 3a series launched at the MWC today, with a unique set of features.
HMD makes an Android phone that teens might actually want to use
Fusion HMD debuted the Fusion X1 at MWC, a device with sensible controls and secure messaging that's aimed at teens.
Honor just scored a huge win against OPPO, Vivo, and Xiaomi
This is Alpha Honor is now delivering seven years of Android OS updates to its phones, and the manufacturer detailed its bold AI vision at MWC 2025.
Nothing Phone 3a isn't even out yet, but this brand has already cloned it
Nothing to see Chinese rugged phone maker Doogee clearly likes what Nothing is doing on the design front, because it just rolled out devices at MWC 2025 that are nearly identical.
This ultra-thin 5.75mm phone destroys the Galaxy S25 Edge — and it has a huge battery
Take that Samsung I went hands-on with the world's thinnest phone at MWC 2025, and it was amazing. Tecno's Spark Slim is just 5.75mm thick, but it somehow has a 5200mAh battery.
TCL's 60 series phones pack premium features without the high-end price
AI for everyone TCL has unveiled fresh phones and a tablet rocking NXTPAPER 4.0 screens.
