# AI phones

At MWC 2026 the Smartphone Reimagines Itself: AI Moves From Chatbot to Agent

At MWC 2026 phone makers and chip designers revealed a new generation of AI‑driven devices that shift assistants from passive Q&A to active agents that execute tasks. Approaches diverge between GUI agenting, embodied devices, and distributed on‑device models, each with different trade‑offs for convenience, privacy and reliability.