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title: "Perplexity deeply integrated into Samsung phones, one-click to activate AI assistant, first to obtain system-level access permissions"
type: "News"
locale: "en"
url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/277135277.md"
description: "AI startup Perplexity has reached a deep collaboration with Samsung Galaxy S26 smartphones, allowing users to activate the assistant through \"Hey Plex\" or by long-pressing the side button. The Perplexity app is pre-installed on the S26 phone, gaining system-level access for the first time, enabling it to read and write to Samsung's native applications. Perplexity will become the backend engine for Samsung Bixby, combining real-time search and reasoning capabilities to provide the latest answers, while the Samsung browser will also integrate Perplexity's API"
datetime: "2026-02-27T03:12:24.000Z"
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# Perplexity deeply integrated into Samsung phones, one-click to activate AI assistant, first to obtain system-level access permissions

AI startup Perplexity announced that it has reached a deep collaboration with Samsung's latest Galaxy S26 smartphone. Users can activate the Perplexity assistant simply by saying "Hey Plex" or by long-pressing the side button. Additionally, the Perplexity application is pre-installed on every S26 phone, requiring no downloads or extra setup.

This also marks the first time Samsung has opened system-level access permissions to applications not developed by Samsung itself or Google. As a result, Perplexity is allowed to operate at the system level, with permissions to read and write to Samsung's native applications, such as Notes, Calendar, Gallery, etc. Users can directly query information through conversation, save answers to Samsung Notes, and even set calendar events.

## Perplexity as the Engine Behind Samsung Bixby

Furthermore, Samsung Bixby will utilize Perplexity's API for real-time search and reasoning on the backend, combining real-time web search with large language model reasoning capabilities, enabling Bixby to provide answers that are sourced and up-to-date.

At the same time, the Samsung browser will also integrate Perplexity's API, introducing features similar to its AI browser Comet, and allowing users to set Perplexity as their default search engine

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