Oh, the Enjoyable We Had: A Behind-the-Scenes Have a look at CNET’s MWC 2026

Mobile World Congress has drawn to a detailed and the CNET staff has seen every thing from backflipping robots to furry AI companions. It’s been a packed few days, with just about each main tech firm doing one thing on the present. But masking all these bulletins is not any straightforward job. CNET’s staff on the bottom needed to actually pull out all of the stops to deliver you the form of high quality journalism you’ve got come to anticipate from us. 

Instead of telling you about superior digital camera telephones or unimaginable hypercar ideas, I needed to point out you a uncommon glimpse behind the scenes at what goes on throughout commerce reveals equivalent to CES. Scroll by means of to see the CNET staff in motion, doing what they do greatest. 

First up, Andrew Lanxon (that is me, hello!) captures a shot of video producer Celso Bulgatti creeping on Abrar Al-Heeti’s Galaxy S26 Ultra. He’s not usually this invasive — it is only a method of demonstrating the telephone’s new Privacy Screen. 

Allyza Umali does a fantastic impression of a statue.

Tara Brown and Katie Collins had their press passes able to enter Honor’s convention, the place they noticed Honor’s backflipping robotic.

Tara had a packed convention schedule. Here we’re ready for Xiaomi’s keynote to start. I look thrilled, do not I?

A candid second of debate between David Lumb and Patrick Holland. Who is aware of what high-level selections have been being made… 

A typical scene at MWC: tons of journalists crowding round a show, giving one another no house to get the pictures they want. Rather than be a part of the melee, I stood again and took a photograph of them as a substitute. Why? Because I already had the telephone in my pocket.

Katie Collins will get her hairline and scalp checked for a tech demo. The outcome? Beautiful hair. But we knew that already. 

It cannot all be darkish convention rooms and neon-lit demo areas — this is a part of the staff having fun with a few of that Barcelona sunshine.

And, in fact, giving their greatest Cheetah Girls impression.

A second of calm and caffeine at a Motorola occasion overlooking the town. 

A CNET staff dinner. Our staff is scattered all over the world, so it is superb to have the ability to come collectively and collaborate on occasions like this. 

The staff waited not-so-patiently for a taxi. Well, a lot of the staff waited — I used to be clearly posing as if I have been attempting to land a modeling contract.

Some occasions — like Showstoppers, a mini tech convention in itself — are held away from the primary Fira conference middle. In this case, it was in an precise palace, so naturally we needed to take a photograph proper exterior.

The palace was stuffed with mirrors, which I clearly took full benefit of.

The palace ceiling and chandeliers have been fairly rattling high quality.

I took a second to movie a fast social video on my orange iPhone turning pink with Tara Brown. 

It may be cliché to say, however we actually made one another chortle this week, and it felt nice coming collectively as a staff. MWC, like many huge tech occasions, generally is a problem, and whereas it is definitely an immense quantity of labor for all of us, it is also a tremendous alternative to get collectively and have enjoyable with like-minded tech nerds.