We’ve partnered with Samsung to bring Perplexity directly into the upcoming Galaxy S26. Every new S26 will ship with Perplexity built in as a system‑level AI, with its own wake word: “Hey Plex.”

This is the first time Samsung has given system OS-level access to an app that isn’t made by them or Google. Galaxy users will be able to choose from multiple AIs on one device instead of being locked into a single assistant.

Their new AI assistant, Bixby, uses Perplexity API's for complex, web‑based, or generative queries on 800M devices in 2026. Bixby handles all on-device actions while routing any research, questions, and tasks to Perplexity in the background.