Many devices, one experience: This year’s MWC is all about ecosystems


Samsung and Huawei highlighting notebooks at MWC, an vent meant for mobile phones, shows how offering an ecosystem is becoming increasingly important for consumer tech companies. — ZUMA Press Wire/dpa

It's no coincidence that Samsung and Huawei are suddenly showing off notebooks at a tech industry event meant for mobile phones. At this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the Apple strategy of offering an ecosystem of various devices is gaining momentum.

Apple paved the way – and now other tech companies are building up their own ranges of connected devices and services, with laptops, phones, earbuds and tablets all built to work seamlessly together and form one whole.

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