Oh great, here comes 6G

It’s like 5G, but one more. | Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images

It brings me no pleasure to say this, but friends: The next G cometh.

The standard formally known as 6G is still being established, but it's going to be a major topic of discussion at Mobile World Congress 2026, which gets started today in Barcelona.

5G arrived back in 2019, but also, did it, entirely? You may have noticed a distinct lack of the robot surgeons and streets dominated by autonomous vehicles...