Samsung's Bixby Reboot Will Copy Google with 'Bixby Live' and 'Circle to Ask'

Samsung's Bixby reboot will copy Google with 'Bixby Live' and 'Circle to Ask'

Samsung is reworking its long-standing Bixby assistant this year with AI, and new screenshots are showing off how that will...

Samsung’s Bixby on OneUI 8.5 Said to Be Powered by DeepSeek, Perplexity AI Features

Bixby, on an unspecified beta version of the upcoming Android 16-based OneUI 8.5 update, was spotted using Perplexity's capabilities to answer complex queries. Now, an X user claims that Samsung could also integrate DeepSeek's generative AI features to power Bixby Live on OneUI 8.5, along with Perplexity. Samsung is reportedly making the move to compete with Google's Gemini Live assistant. Bixby could also get new features in the future, includi…

Look At How Perplexity AI Supercharges Samsung's Bixby In The Background

Instead of revamping Bixby by trying to imbue it with enhanced AI capabilities, Samsung appears to be borrowing a page out of Apple's playbook by tethering a much more capable LLM from Perplexity at the backend of its bespoke voice assistant. And now, you can see real-time snapshots of this complex interplay, courtesy of @GalaxyTechie. Samsung's Bixby offloads complex queries onto an LLM from Perplexity or DeepSeek We explained recently how Sams…

This is our first look at how Samsung will save Bixby

Credit: Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Bixby could be getting a real AI upgrade in One UI 8.5 by handing complex questions to Perplexity AI. We now have our first visual proof that Perplexity AI is Bixby’s new brain. A new Bixby Live interface hints at real-time AI conversations, mirroring Gemini Live capabilities. Samsung’s Bixby has spent the better part of the decade being the assistant we love to disable, but the new One UI 8.5 updat…

One UI 8.5 could finally bring Bixby's long-awaited major AI upgrade

It has long been rumored that Bixby will be resurrected as a much-improved AI chatbot, powered by large language models (LLMs) and third-party integrations. While that didn't happen with One UI 7.0 and One UI 8.0, it looks like the upgrade could finally come with the One UI 8.5 update. Several leaked screenshots reveal how the upgraded Bixby could work. Upgraded Bixby could have Gemini Live-like features and Perplexity integration A developer …