A new report claims that Motorola has already finalised a deal with Perplexity, whereas the talks with Samsung are still in early stages.

Perplexity AI is causing ripples in mobile circles as it prepares to take on Google’s Gemini assistant head-on on Android smartphones. The AI search firm, according to a recent report carried in Bloomberg on April 17, is in serious talks with leading smartphone makers Motorola and Samsung.

Startup company Perplexity AI is reportedly engaging in talks with Motorola and Samsung to have its software preloaded or available as a "default" assistant option. A deal has supposedly been met with Motorola to have its AI pre-loaded onto devices as a secondary option besides Gemini.

Google’s Gemini is currently the default assistant on smartphones running Android 15. This might soon change, as Perplexity is in talks with Samsung and Motorola—two major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs),

The AI-powered web search startup is finalising a deal with Motorola and is in talks with Samsung to rival Google Gemini and OpenAI on Android devices

Google Gemini is the default AI assistant for almost all modern Android devices, but two of the world’s biggest phone makers may soon offer an alternative. As Bloomberg reports, Samsung and Motorola are negotiating with Perplexity AI to have its technology built into phones.

AI startup Perplexity is reportedly in talks with Samsung and Motorola to have its chatbot preloaded on the company’s Android phones.