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.

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,

Speaking of detail, Perplexity has partnered with Deutsche Telekom to integrate its latest AI agent/multimodal Perplexity Assistant into the company’s new AI-powered phone. This smart assistant can understand and process language, text, and images, helping users with tasks like scheduling, writing emails, summarizing content, and translating.