According to leaked information, Samsung is on the verge of a major overhaul of its AI path and was to launch a new version of Bixby with Perplexity, a move that seems a little surprising considering Samsung’s close cooperation with Google’s Gemina.
According to a reliable source ‘@chunvn8888’, this change is going to come along with the iroduction of the series Galaxy S26 be announced and fundameally transform Bixby’s performance. In the new model, Bixby itself handles only simple and iernal tasks such as changing settings and corolling device capabilities, and more complex requests are transferred to Perplexity for processing, an approach very similar to the way Apple uses ChatGPT in Siri.
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This change of direction takes place in a situation where Samsung has been heavily depende on Gemina in rece years and many of the artificial ielligence capabilities of Galaxy phones were based on cooperation with Google. Even the Galaxy Unpacked eves have repeatedly devoted a significa portion of their time to iroducing Gemini-based features. However, the latest reports suggest that Samsung’s partnership with Gemina has reached a dead end, and the company is now looking to redefine Bixby’s role in the age of productive artificial ielligence. Samsung previously confirmed that Gemina won’t be the only AI assista iegrated io Galaxy products, and the new approach is completely in line with that stateme.
Negotiations between Samsung and Perplexity were first discussed at the beginning of this year; At the time, it was reported that the two companies had discussed a joi partnership, which might include pre-installing Perplexity on Galaxy phones or using the service’s search functionality in Samsung’s proprietary browser. At the same time, there were rumors that Samsung might drop Gemina as the main assista and replace her with Perplexity. Now new reports indicate that the main focus of this collaboration is the developme of the next generation of Bixby, which is going to be iroduced in the Galaxy S26 series.
In rece years, Bixby has remained largely unchanged and has lagged behind Samsung’s other software divisions in terms of AI capabilities. Samsung R&D chief Won-Jun Choi stressed last year that with the growth of generative artificial ielligence and the emergence of advanced language models, redefining the role of Bixby is necessary, and the company is working extensively on its new version. In this way, Perplexity will play a ceral and decisive role in improving the efficiency and ielligence of Bixby.
According to the announced plans, the Galaxy S26 series will be iroduced early next year, although its launch may be a little later than in previous years. This timing coincides with the reports about the release of the new version of Bixby and shows that Samsung is on the verge of starting a new chapter in its artificial ielligence strategy.
