Samsung could drop Google Gemini in favor of perplexity for Galaxy S26

According to Bloomberg, the agreement is not concluded, although the two parties met in South Korea and agreed with the basic framework. Companies would also have discussed AI construction in operating systems and the design of agent systems that integrate into several AI providers.

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Google works overtime to push Gemini in each product and device possible. The company was caught flat by the popularity of Chatgpt, which has perhaps become the greatest threat to its research domination since Bing fell flat.

Part of this effort is to ensure that new phones have the Gemini application as default assistant. However, Google is a more meticulous examination than ever because it has difficulty getting out of less than three consecutive antitrust losses. The research case addresses the investment agreements it does with smartphones manufacturers like Samsung, which have traditionally required exclusivity for certain Google products. Google even managed to make Samsung make Gemini the default assistant of the Galaxy S25 series, downgrading its Bixby system.

One of the rare dealerships that Google has agreed to make in the case of research was to end its exclusivity requirements in the investment agreements, and it seems that Google already uses a lighter touch. With Google giving its mobile partners a free hand, we expect to see many more AI on phones. For example, Motorola included AI features from Meta, Microsoft, Perplexity and Google on new RAZR phones.

Adding too many AI features to the phones can cause strange conflicts, as we have seen on the Razrs 2025.

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This type of opening is ideal for competition, but it can lead to a crowded experience for users. Having so many active AI agents on razrs did not make them smarter; it just did them more confusing. Hopefully Samsung can remember the desire to overload the Galaxy S26 with redundant AI features, but do not make your hopes.