11 things to expect at MWC 2026 — from the Nothing Phone 4a to Honor's humanoid robot

MWC (Mobile World Congress) 2026 officially runs from March 2 to March 5, but announcements from this major mobile trade show will start even earlier than that. You can expect to see numerous new phones in attendance, including handsets from Xiaomi, Honor, and more.

But phones aren’t all we’ll see, as MWC is usually home to all sorts of other tech too, from laptops and tablets to new forms of connectivity and even robots.

So below, we’ve detailed eleven of the biggest things you can expect at MWC 2026, covering all of the above categories and beyond. There'll likely be other surprises in store, and the TechRadar team team will be on the ground to cover them live from the event — but these are some of the likely stars of the show...