AI gadgets, bendy phones, and more from MWC

The Vergecast

Today on the flagship podcast of region locked phones:

The Verge’s Allison Johnson and Jon Porter report back on all the tech we saw at Mobile World Congress this past week.

• MWC 2024: all the phones, wearables, and gadgets announced in Barcelona
• Peering through Lenovo’s transparent laptop into a sci-fi future
• What if phones actually bent to our needs?
• The Phone 2A makes a guest appearance at Nothing’s MWC event.
• The Humane AI Pin worked better than I expected — until it didn’t
• Samsung has big ambitions for the Galaxy Ring
• A short gif of Infinix’s color-changing charging E Ink phone concept.
• Now there’s a 28,000mAh battery with a phone in it
• Xiaomi’s new Watch S3 has a bezel you can swap as easily as a strap.
• Honor’s Magic 6 Pro launches internationally with AI-powered eye tracking on the way
• HMD is making a Barbie flip phone alongside a smartphone for tinkerers

Later, David answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about web crawlers and AI.

• With the rise of AI, web crawlers are suddenly controversial

The Vergecast and Decoder are live at SXSW this weekend, March 8th and 9th. SXSW attendees can see both shows live on the official Vox Media Podcast Stage at the JW Marriott, presented by Atlassian. Learn more at voxmedia.com/live.

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