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Written by Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 18 April 2025 11:59 IST

Perplexity AI Said to Be in Talks With Samsung, Motorola for Virtual Assistant Integration Deal

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Perplexity is reportedly planning to take on Google and OpenAI with its virtual assistant

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Perplexity’s partnership with Samsung is said to be in the talking stage
Samsung could reportedly pre-install the Perplexity app on its phones
Perplexity Assistant was launched in January

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introduced the virtual assistant for Android devices in January. It can answer questions, generate messages, as well as perform some app-based tasks.

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According to a Bloomberg Motorola devices. Citing unnamed people with knowledge of the matter, the report claimed that the deal with Motorola has already reached an agreement and could be announced in April itself.

Notably, the Lenovo-owned smartphone company is said to be hosting a product event in New York City on April 24. The two companies could formally announce the partnership at the event. Details of the partnership and the financial are currently not known.

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The partnership with Samsung is still in the discussion stage, the report claimed. Perplexity and the tech giant are said to be exploring the nature of the tie-up. The options reportedly include making Perplexity Assistant the default AI assistant option or pre-installing the app on its phones. The South Korean company is said to also be considering promoting the app within the Galaxy Store.

While preloading the app on phones or promoting Perplexity in its app marketplace is relatively straightforward, making it a default assistant could be trickier for Samsung, given its existing partnership with Google.

The Mountain View-based tech giant powers several AI-powered features in Samsung phones. The Circle to Search feature, which was created by Google, also debuted first on the Samsung Galaxy S24 series.

As such, adding Perplexity Assistant as a default virtual assistant on its phones could negatively impact Samsung's partnership with Google, which is also trying to push its Gemini AI assistant to more s.

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