MWC 2024: AI in focus at world’s top mobile fair in Spain

Samsung Galaxy S24 series smartphones at a Samsung store in Seoul. Google and Samsung have both recently unveiled new flagship handsets with flashy AI-power tools such as advanced photo editing and easier online search which they are expected to highlight at MWC 2024. — AFP

BARCELONA: The world’s biggest mobile phone fair throws open its doors in Barcelona on Feb 26 with the sector looking to artificial intelligence to try and reverse declining sales.

Phone makers are expected to focus on the unique AI-powered tools of their latest handsets at the four-day Mobile World Congress in Barcelona where 95,000 attendees and 2,400 exhibitors from around the world are awaited for an event that lasts until Thursday.