Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
🌍 I've just spent three days at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona — the world's biggest tech show — in my role as Futurist in Residence for @Nokia . Here are the trends and technologies that genuinely stopped me in my tracks. #Sponsored
The overarching theme this year was the IQ Era. AI was everywhere — in the devices, in the networks, and walking around the show floor on two legs.
📱 Here's what stood out:
➀ Devices are smarter than ever — tri-fold phones that unfold into a full tablet, completely waterproof, with built-in generative AI that lets you create photos, music and video from a single prompt
➁ Agentic AI was the biggest buzzword of the entire show — now being built directly into phones and devices, turning them from tools you interact with into assistants that act for you
➂ Smart glasses were the surprise highlight — real displays, real AI, letting you ask questions about what you're seeing, navigate, translate live conversations and even use them as a teleprompter
➃ Physical AI was impossible to miss — humanoid robots performing tasks, industrial automation, connected and self-driving cars. AI is leaving the screen and entering the physical world
➄ Network infrastructure is the theme most business leaders haven't grasped yet — none of the above works without AI-native networks redesigned for the new demands AI places on speed, latency and capacity
⚡ The companies that will lead the AI era won't just be the ones with the best models. They'll be the ones who invested in the infrastructure to carry them.
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🌍 I've just spent three days at Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona — the world's biggest tech show — in my role as Futurist in Residence for @Nokia . Here are the trends and technologies that genuinely stopped me in my tracks. #Sponsored
The overarching theme this year was the IQ Era. AI was everywhere — in the devices, in the networks, and walking around the show floor on two legs.
📱 Here's what stood out:
➀ Devices are smarter than ever — tri-fold phones that unfold into a full tablet, completely waterproof, with built-in generative AI that lets you create photos, music and video from a single prompt
➁ Agentic AI was the biggest buzzword of the entire show — now being built directly into phones and devices, turning them from tools you interact with into assistants that act for you
➂ Smart glasses were the surprise highlight — real displays, real AI, letting you ask questions about what you're seeing, navigate, translate live conversations and even use them as a teleprompter
➃ Physical AI was impossible to miss — humanoid robots performing tasks, industrial automation, connected and self-driving cars. AI is leaving the screen and entering the physical world
➄ Network infrastructure is the theme most business leaders haven't grasped yet — none of the above works without AI-native networks redesigned for the new demands AI places on speed, latency and capacity
⚡ The companies that will lead the AI era won't just be the ones with the best models. They'll be the ones who invested in the infrastructure to carry them.
🔔 Subscribe for weekly insights on AI, technology and the future of business.
#AD @NokiaBellLabs #Nokia #FuturistInResidence #MWC2026 #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AgenticAI #SmartGlasses #PhysicalAI #Nokia #FutureOfTech #IQEra #DigitalTransformation #HumanoidRobots #TechTrends #5G #6G #BernardMarr
