By Mark Jansen
Publication Date: 2026-01-09 15:33:00
I remember when Bixby was announced, and outside of why YouTube’s automatic subtitles called it “Dick Speed”, my major question was how it was going to compete with Google Assistant. Ultimately, it didn’t, and Bixby was consigned to a footnote in Samsung’s mobile history.
Or so we thought. Evidence has been mounting that Samsung is bringing the ill-fated Bixby back from the dead, and is using the Perplexity AI assistant to do so. Now, a significant leak has shown exactly how we can expect Bixby and Perplexity to work together.
Bixby will outsource the hard thinking
We’ve known Samsung was looking to incorporate Perplexity for some time now, but we weren’t quite sure how. But, a massive leak of screenshots from GalaxyTechie on X has shown us exactly what we can expect (via SamMobile).
One of Bixby’s strengths was its ability to control its own device intimately, and you could ask the digital assistant to change your screen brightness, volume, and even turning off your WiFi. The revived Bixby will keep these abilities, but will shun tackling anything more complex than that.
This is where Perplexity comes in. For any questions that might require deeper research or abilities will be passed over to…
