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

It will boot a custom Magenta AI operating system with Perplexity Assistant baked in. Deutsche Telekom shared more details about its AI Phone at MWC

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