Perplexity, the company behind the AI answer engine, has announced that through a strategic partnership with Samsung it has integrated its AI technology into the new "Samsung Browser." The browser includes Perplexity's conversational assistant "Browsing Assist," which works across Galaxy Android devices and Windows PCs. Perplexity's technology has also been deeply adopted in the voice assistants of the next-generation smartphone "Galaxy S26."

Browsing Assist Integrated into Samsung Browser

Perplexity AI, headquartered in San Francisco, announced that it has integrated its own AI technology into Samsung's new "Samsung Browser" through a strategic partnership with Samsung[1]. The Samsung Browser features "Browsing Assist," a conversational assistant built with Perplexity's latest AI technology[1].

Browsing Assist is available on both Galaxy Android devices and Windows PCs, and supports real-time coordination across devices[1]. It offers three main capabilities. The first is advanced browsing support, including answers with clearly cited sources, web page summaries, and natural-language history search[1]. The second is conversational tab management, which lets users carry out operations across multiple tabs simply by giving natural-language instructions through voice or chat[1]. The third is operation on dedicated, independent infrastructure built for Samsung (a single-tenant cluster), which combines strong security with stable performance[1].

Browsing Assist is built on the same foundation as "Comet," the AI browser that Perplexity developed in-house[2]. It is designed for device-agnostic use—for example, picking up a page you were reading on a Galaxy device and continuing it on a PC with a single tap[2]. According to Perplexity, Browsing Assist is launching first in the United States and South Korea, and is rolling out gradually through a Samsung Browser app update on Android and through the latest version of the Samsung Browser on Windows[2].

Also Adopted in the Galaxy S26 Voice Assistants

This partnership is also deeply tied to the AI ecosystem of Samsung's next-generation smartphone, the "Galaxy S26." Of the three main assistants on the Galaxy S26, two adopt Perplexity's technology[1].

One is "Hey Plex," a device-specific assistant provided directly by Perplexity[1]. The other is the next-generation "Bixby," which fully adopts Perplexity's APIs as its engine for search and advanced reasoning[1]. The Galaxy S26 comes with the Perplexity app preinstalled, and it can be launched by saying "Hey Plex" or by pressing and holding the side button[2].

Perplexity says that no other AI company has achieved OS integration at this depth on the world's most widely used Android devices[1]. Search and assistants on smartphones have been an area where Google has long played the central role. With Perplexity now entering as a core function of the device, this is a notable move from the standpoint of the Android browsing experience and the broader contest over who leads in search.

The Custom API and Search Infrastructure Behind the Partnership

What supports Browsing Assist and the Galaxy S26 assistants is a browser-specific custom API jointly built by Perplexity and Samsung[1]. It combines Perplexity's publicly available "Search API" and "Agent API" into a single endpoint, building on the technology cultivated in developing the Comet AI browser[1].

This custom API currently processes more than 15 million requests per day, and its usage is said to be expanding at 623 percent year over year[1]. Perplexity's infrastructure is reportedly used by more than 6,000 developers and organizations worldwide[1].

The underlying Search API is described as having the processing power to index 200 billion URLs and update information at a rate of tens of thousands per second[1]. On the "SEAL benchmark," which measures the accuracy and recency of information, Perplexity says it recorded a score twice that of competitors[1]. Perplexity is an AI search engine founded in 2022 by alumni of companies including OpenAI, Meta, and Quora, and it says it now answers more than 200 million questions every week[1].

Summary

A defining feature of this partnership is that it goes beyond simply providing search functionality, reaching into browser automation and OS-level assistants. Perplexity's AI will become part of everyday smartphone use—first through the Samsung Browser, and on the Galaxy S26 through "Hey Plex" and Bixby. It will be worth watching how far the Android browsing experience changes, along with the expansion of the regions where these features are available.

Source:https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000022.000157647.html

Source:https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/perplexity-apis-power-ai-browsing-on-samsung-devices