Editorial photo #13457359 Science and Technology
Mobile World Congress
A large-scale Google Android mascot dressed in the official papaya orange and black team kit of the McLaren Formula 1 Team is showcased at the Android pavilion during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2026. The display highlights the multi-year technological partnership between Google and McLaren, focusing on the use of Android devices, including the Google Pixel 10 Pro and the Pixel Tablet, within the team's race operations and engineering workflows. The mascot stands adjacent to a visualization powered by ChromeOS and Google Cloud's data analytics platforms running on NVIDIA H200 Tensor Core GPUs, demonstrating real-time telemetry processing from a theoretical MCL38 F1 car utilizing a private 5G-Advanced network infrastructure. The exhibit emphasizes the integration of Gemini AI for predictive race strategy and performance optimization, bridging the gap between mobile technology and elite motorsport engineering. (Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto)
