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Samsung Confirms New Bixby With Perplexity in One UI 8.5 as Beta Nears

A briefly published Samsung post outlines a conversational Bixby entering One UI 8.5 testing with live web answers from Perplexity.

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Samsung revives Bixby with Perplexity web AI, defies Google Gemini
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Samsung’s Bixby to get smarter with Perplexity AI in major overhaul

Overview

  • Samsung posted, then deleted, a newsroom announcement confirming a revamped Bixby that functions as a natural‑language device agent with Perplexity‑powered web results.
  • The update is slated to arrive through the One UI 8.5 beta program for Galaxy S25 testers, with the next beta expected this week.
  • A leaked Beta 4 changelog shared by tipster Tarun Vats lists an “Applied Bixby update” alongside fixes for Phone app search history, Bluetooth call switching, clipboard behavior, and AI Select.
  • Samsung’s example use cases include changing settings by intent (such as keeping the screen on) and surfacing relevant options directly inside Bixby rather than opening a browser.
  • Reporting indicates the stable One UI 8.5 release is planned to coincide with the Galaxy S26 launch window, while a separate January 2026 security patch for the S25 series is expanding in Europe (firmware S93xBXXS7BYLR, ~569MB).