Posted Jan 20, 2026 at 11:40 AM UTC
Samsung’s new AI Bixby is coming to phones.
The new “conversational” Bixby sounds similar to the one already rolled out on some Samsung TVs, bolstered by web search powered by Perplexity. It’s available in beta in One UI 8.5, which we’re expecting to launch alongside the Galaxy S26 series some time next month.
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