It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort at building a smartphone with a top AI company.

The AI Phone will offer system-wide access to Perplexity, while an in-house app will serve Google Cloud AI, Picasart, and ElevenLabs AI tools.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

The AI Phone, featuring the Perplexity assistant, aims to enhance user experience by serving as a digital companion capable of handling various tasks.

Artificial intelligence is the emphasis of Mobile World Congress this year, and T-Mobile’s parent company is making an AI concept from last year’s show a reality in 2025. On Monday, Deutsche Telekom formally announced its AI Phone, which ditches traditional apps and interaction in favor of voice commands powered by Perplexity Assistant.

T-Mobile’s parent company Deutsche Telekom and AI firm Perplexity are partnering to build an AI Phone that will be launched next year.

Aravind Srinivas, Perplexity’s co-founder and CEO, said, ‘Perplexity is transitioning from just being an answer machine to an action machine’

It was inevitable that this year at MWC in Barcelona, at least one carrier would announce a major effort at building a smartphone with a major AI company. And here it is: T-Mobile, the mobile telco owned by Deutsche Telekom,

Deutsche Telekom is building a new Perplexity chatbot-powered “AI Phone,” the companies announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona today. The new device will be revealed later this year and run “Magenta AI,” which gives users access to Perplexity Assistant, Google Cloud AI, ElevenLabs, Picsart, and a suite of AI tools.