Samsung and Motorola negotiate with Perplexity AI to integrate his smart assistant. Does Google Gemini worry about? Not really, but you might have more choices.
Do you have an Android smartphone? So you probably know Google Gemini, the AI assistant who answers your questions and manages your daily tasks. On Android, Gemini is almost a compulsory passage.
But beware, a new actor, Perplexity Ai, could well come and shake things up. According to a recent article from Bloombergwritten by Mark Gurman, Samsung and Motorola negotiate with this startup to integrate its artificial intelligence in their phones.
Perplexity, what is this new assistant?
Perplexity AI, it is a startup created in 2022 that makes waves in the world of artificial intelligence. Unlike Google Gemini or Chatgpt, Perplexity presents itself as an ultra-effective assistant for real-time research.
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Basically, it is a search engine boosted at AI, capable of answering your questions with clear, precise and often accompanied sources. For example, if you ask “What is the best Italian restaurant in Paris?” », Perplexity is not content to give you a list, he can get you out of the recommendations based on recent opinions, and even help you book a table.
-What makes special perplexity is his ability to get up -to -date information on the web and synthesize it for you. Where Google Gemini relies a lot on Google data, Perplexity combines several models of AI (including those of Openai, Xai or Anthropic) to offer various and rich answers.
Besides, did you know that Frandroid is a partner of Perplexity? Our data is used to enrich their answers.
Motorola in pole position, Samsung facing a giant
After BloombergMotorola is already well advanced in her discussions with Perplexity. The agreement is even signed! The idea? Preinstall the Perplexity assistant on the next Motorola smartphones, like the future Razr, these foldable phones that are all the rage. But beware, Perplexity will not replace Google Gemini by default. Motorola will rather offer it as an alternative, with a personalized interface for its devices. And to convince users, the brand provides for a big marketing campaign to show what Perplexity has in the belly. An event is scheduled in New York on April 24, 2025, where Motorola should formalize this partnership and perhaps reveal its new models equipped with this AI.
Samsung, for its part, would be more prudent. Negotiations are underway, but nothing has yet been engraved in marble. Why this hesitation? Samsung has a very narrow relationship with Google. Gemini feeds a lot of Galaxy AI features, such as real -time translation or photo editing tools.
Google has an overwhelming presence in the Android ecosystem to impose Gemini, especially on Galaxy devices where it is integrated in depth. That said, Android offers a certain flexibility: on most smartphones, you can replace the AI button or the default assistant with another, as Perplexity, if you wish.
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Samsung seems interested in several options: to make Perplexity available as default assistant, preinstall the application, or even put it forward in the Galaxy Store. One thing is certain, Samsung does not want to miss the AI train. Moreover, its investment branch, Samsung Next, has already put money in Perplexity in 2024 and could put the cover soon.
