The 5G radio access network (RAN) brings new requirements, with higher spectral efficiency to accommodate the needs of emerging applications. In this context, massive multiple‐input multiple‐output (m‐MIMO) is becoming one of the key enabling technologies for 5G and beyond. However, the current communication technologies are based on coherent transmission techniques, which require the transmission of a huge amount of signaling. Therefore, the differential encoding (DE) and non‐coherent (NC) detection are interesting alternatives. New constellation schemes for NC m‐MIMO have been proposed based mainly on energy detection and phase detection, combined with channel coding schemes to reduce the required number of antennas.