Samsung is likely to upgrade Bixby with Perplexity AI

According to leaked information, Samsung is on the verge of a major overhaul of its AI path and wants 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 introduction of the series Galaxy S26 be announced and fundamentally transform Bixby’s performance. In the new model, Bixby itself handles only simple and internal tasks such as changing settings and controlling device capabilities, and more complex requests are transferred to Perplexity for processing, an approach very similar to the way Apple uses ChatGPT in Siri.

Upgrade Samsung Bixby with Perplexity artificial intelligence

This change of direction takes place in a situation where Samsung has been heavily dependent on Gemina in recent years and many of the artificial intelligence capabilities of Galaxy phones were based on cooperation with Google. Even the Galaxy Unpacked events have repeatedly devoted a significant portion of their time to introducing 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 intelligence. Samsung previously confirmed that Gemina won’t be the only AI assistant integrated into Galaxy products, and the new approach is completely in line with that statement.

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 joint 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 assistant and replace her with Perplexity. Now new reports indicate that the main focus of this collaboration is the development of the next generation of Bixby, which is going to be introduced in the Galaxy S26 series.

In recent 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 intelligence 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 central and decisive role in improving the efficiency and intelligence of Bixby.

According to the announced plans, the Galaxy S26 series will be introduced 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 intelligence strategy.