By Rajesh Pandey
Publication Date: 2026-02-23 05:57:00
Samsung will unveil a revamped Bixby with One UI 8.5 and the Galaxy S26 later this week. It has already detailed some of its capabilities in an official announcement last week. But Bixby won’t be the only AI assistant on the upcoming Galaxy phones. Samsung has confirmed that it will expand the Galaxy AI to offer a multi-agent system, with deep Perplexity integration leading the charge.
Samsung has always offered Bixby alongside Google Assistant — and now Gemini — as virtual assistants on its phones. With One UI 8.5, the company will expand this lineup further by adding Perplexity to the mix as part of its multi-agent expansion.
Thanks to the deep Perplexity integration, Galaxy S26 users can trigger the assistant using the “Hey Plex” hotword. Or, they can press and hold the side button to trigger it. Perplexity will also work with most of Samsung’s system apps, such as Samsung Notes, Clock, Gallery, Reminder, Calendar, and even some third-party apps for “multi-step workflows.”
Galaxy phones already support the “Hey Google” and “Hi Bixby” wake words. With Perplexity joining the lineup, that number will rise to three. Samsung will presumably offer Galaxy S26 users a choice to pick their default assistant during the initial setup process.
Perplexity will also integrate directly into the new Bixby, allowing it to source and summarize information from across the web.
The deep Perplexity integration should expand to older Galaxy flagships as part of the…
