‘Hey Plex’ is landing on the Galaxy S26 series as Perplexity joins Galaxy AI

Samsung simply introduced that it’s doubling down on agentic AI for the Galaxy S26 series with a brand new Perplexity integration. The corporate says Perplexity shall be launched as an extra AI agent on the upcoming flagship Galaxy telephones, sitting alongside Samsung’s current AI experiences, together with the revamped Bixby.

The announcement marks an enormous shift in how Samsung sees Galaxy AI evolving. It’s not only a bundle of good AI options, however one thing that may coordinate a number of AI brokers relying on what you’re making an attempt to do on your telephone. The corporate cites current insights exhibiting that just about eight in 10 customers now rely on greater than two completely different AI brokers, selecting completely different instruments relying on the activity.

How will Perplexity work on the Galaxy S26 series?

We had been first to report on “Hey Plex” voice instructions coming to Samsung’s telephones again in January. At the time, we discovered proof in Perplexity’s app, together with code that helps Samsung-specific hotword providers. Now that Samsung has made the integration official, we all know precisely the way it’ll work.

Galaxy S26 customers will be capable to invoke Perplexity utilizing a devoted “Hey, Plex” wake phrase. It can be launched by urgent and holding the telephone’s aspect button.

As for performance, Perplexity can be utilized inside core Samsung apps like Notes, Calendar, Gallery, Clock, Reminders, and choose third-party apps to proceed workflows with out manually managing a number of apps.

This isn’t Perplexity as simply one other app or chatbot. Samsung is positioning it as a system-level AI agent that may perceive context throughout the OS and assist full multi-step duties in the background.

For Galaxy customers, this might imply asking a query, pulling in related info, creating notes or reminders, and scheduling occasions, all with a single immediate with out hopping between separate apps.

Samsung additionally just lately rolled out the beta program for its newest model of Bixby, which is additionally being upgraded to function as a conversational system agent.

Nevertheless, somewhat than locking customers right into a single assistant or expertise, Samsung says it’s constructing an open, multi-agent ecosystem the place completely different AI providers can coexist on the similar system.

Crucially, Samsung emphasizes that Galaxy AI operates at the framework and OS degree, not simply inside particular person apps.

“Hey, Plex” availability

For now, it seems to be like this Perplexity integration is solely headed to the Galaxy S26 series. Nevertheless, Samsung says extra particulars about supported units and experiences are coming quickly, suggesting that older Samsung flagships and different units may additionally help the characteristic.