Bixby has largely been ignored over the past couple of years. Google’s Gemini AI has taken center stage on Samsung’s mobile devices and the company hasn’t made any meaningful improvements to its own voice assistant. That may be set to change with the Galaxy S26 series next year. A new rumor claims that Samsung will introduce a major Bixby overhaul with the new lineup that will deliver enhanced AI functionality powered by Perplexity. Samsung may expand AI agents on the device The rumor, originally posted on X, Bixby will receive Perplexity integration. Basic tasks, such as setting up alarms, will be handled by the assistant. More advanced tasks, particularly those requiring AI input, will be pawned off to Perplexity. This integration would be similar to how Apple has integrated ChatGPT for Apple Intelligence. This isn’t entirely outside the realm of possibility. Many reports have suggested that Samsung has been evaluating partnership opportunities with Perplexity. Earlier this year a one-year free subscription of Perplexity Pro, which costs $200, was offered to Samsung smartphone and tablet owners in the US. There were even reports that Samsung was interested in buying a stake in the company. A version of this integration has already been released on Samsung’s TVs. An upgraded Bixby experience provides AI capabilities backed by LLMs from Perplexity and Microsoft. So even if this rumor is a shot in the dark, there’s enough circumstantial evidence here to support the theory that Perplexity might have a bigger role in Samsung devices in the future. It’s unlikely that Samsung would completely shift its reliance from Google’s Gemini to Perplexity. It may choose to work with multiple partners to offer a broad range of AI capabilities on its devices, even if that means there may be some overlap.
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