Galaxy S26: Samsung would turn its back on Google to integrate this promising AI

From the Galaxy S25, Gemini is fully integrated into Samsung smartphones, in particular via a Prolonged support on the power button To launch the generative AI of Google. But this configuration could well evolve next year thanks to a new strategic partnership between the South Korean and Perplexity firm-a collaboration that could materialize with the Galaxy S26.

Goodbye gemini, hello perplexity on the Samsung galaxy s26?

In an article published on June 2, 2025 in the columns of BloombergMark Gurman shared Samsung AI projects. The journalist reports more precisely that a partnership would be being finalized with Perplexity, well known for his generative AI agent.

Via this alliance, the objective would be simple: preinstall the application and assistant of the start-up on Galaxy smartphones and tablets, while integrating the search functions in the Samsung browser. As a bonus, Perplexity may come to strengthen Bixby’s capacities, the Samsung virtual assistant.

And this could happen very quickly, since the journalist points out that the announcement would be planned for this year – “In order to include the service as a default assistant option on the Galaxy S26”. As a result, Perplexity would appear at the start of 2026 on the Next generation of high -end smartphones from Samsung.

According to information from Mark Gurman, Samsung will go even further by becoming one of the main investors in the next fundraising of $ 500 million in Perplexity.

A way for the South Korean manufacturer to reduce its dependence to Google-and in particular to Gemini-by competing. A strategy fairly similar to Apple, which would plan to welcome Gemini in addition to chatgpt soon. “For Perplexity, this agreement would constitute its greatest mobile partnership to date and follows a recent agreement ofIntegration with Motorola»specifies the journalist.

He ends up stressing that Samsung and Perplexity would also discuss the creation of a operating system boosted with artificial intelligence or a “Application of AI agents capable of exploiting the functionalities of Perplexity and a series of other AI assistants”.

So many things that recall the importance given to mobile AI, which has become a real differentiating point among all the marketed models. With an alternative to Geminithe Galaxy S26 could thus have a significant capital gain compared to the other models of the brand-even if one suspects that an update could deploy Perplexity on more devices.