Honor Confirms Robot Phone and Magic V6 Launch at MWC Barcelona 2026
The Honor Robot Phone will be launched globally during the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2026). The Honor Magic V6 will also be introduced alongside it. The company first teased the launch of the Honor Robot Phone in October 2025, showing the handset with a pop-up camera on the back.
The Chinese smartphone brand Honor on Thursday stated that the Honor Robot Phone will debut globally alongside the Honor Magic V6 at the Mobile World Congress 2026, to be held in Barcelona. The tech brand will launch these smartphones in the first week of March. Yet, information pertaining to both smartphones, including their features, design, and pricing, is not yet disclosed. Honor teased the launch of the Honor Robot Phone in October 2025, showing off a smartphone design featuring a pop-up camera at the back and a gimbal setup. On the other hand, the Honor Magic V6 is reportedly powered by an octa-core Snapdragon 8 series SoC.
The company's media invite confirms that the tech firm will launch the Honor Magic V6 and Robot Phone at MWC Barcelona 2026 on March 1st. The new phones will be unveiled during the smartphone maker's 'AI Device Ecosystem Era' showcase between 1 pm and 2 pm CET (12:30 am and 1:30 am IST). Honor is expected to reveal more details about both handsets in the coming weeks.
Honor's Robot Phone will be the company's first handset to feature an AI camera assistant that emerges from its rear camera setup and was first shown in October 2025. The robotic camera is shown to be connected to a gimbal and a rotating motor. The smartphone maker claimed that the upcoming handset will feature an 'AI brain', paired with 'robot mobility'.
The company says its Robot Phone integrates multi-modal intelligence with advanced robotics and next-generation imaging capabilities. The Honor Robot Phone will also be able to respond to user queries based on the surroundings and environment. For example, the phone will be able to recommend the best shoes to match a user's outfit or answer questions about the breed of dog.
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The technical specifications of the Honor Robot Phone have not yet been revealed, but features of the Honor Magic V6 have recently surfaced online. According to reports, the upcoming foldable phone will be powered by Qualcomm's octa-core 3nm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chipset. For photography, the Honor Magic V6 may feature a 200-megapixel main camera on the back. It may also feature a periscope telephoto rear camera with 3x optical zoom capability. According to reports, the Honor Magic V6 will have a side-mounted fingerprint scanner for security.
Tipster Experience More (translated from Chinese) on Weibo has posted that the Honor Magic V6 has been spotted on China's 3C database with a dual-cell setup: 2320mAh + 4680mAh, giving a total of 7150mAh. This is in line with previous reports that suggested the handset could feature a dual-cell 7,200mAh battery.
