Bixby Is All Set To Make A Comeback With The Samsung Galaxy S26, Backed By Perplexity – BGR

A Bloomberg report in June said that the Galaxy S26 might get a surprise AI assistant instead of Google Gemini. It now seems like Samsung and Perplexity are nearing a deal to add Perplexity’s AI features to Samsung Galaxy devices in the form of an integration with Bixby — Samsung’s virtual assistant. The report also noted that Samsung intends to announce the Perplexity integration early next year, likely during the Galaxy S26 launch event. The Perplexity-Bixby assistant would become the default AI assistant on the new Galaxy S26 phones, replacing Gemini. While Google has been a longtime partner of Samsung, the Korean giant supposedly wants to reduce its reliance on Google’s AI services and tools.

A popular Samsung tipster on X — @chuvn8888 — has corroborated this rumor. This is a similar integration to ChatGPT and Siri, where the former does most of the heavy-lifting. In other replies, the Samsung leaker also noted that Samsung chose Perplexity over Copilot and other AI alternatives because of its…