Samsung Bixby on One UI 8.5 May Integrate DeepSeek and Perplexity AI

Samsung is reportedly preparing a major upgrade for its Bixby Live assistant as part of the upcoming One UI 8.5 update, which is based on Android 16. According to recent leaks, the company has integrated AI technologies from DeepSeek and Perplexity to enhance Bixby’s capabilities, positioning it as a stronger competitor to Google’s Gemini Live.

The new integration was spotted in a beta build of One UI 8.5, suggesting that Samsung is actively testing advanced AI features behind the scenes. With this update, Bixby Live is said to gain more powerful conversational and search abilities, enabling it to deliver richer, more contextual responses to user queries. This move signals Samsung’s intent to modernize Bixby and bring it closer to the latest AI assistant experiences on the market.

One of the notable additions reportedly coming with One UI 8.5 is the ability to export AI-generated responses directly into documents. This feature could make Bixby more useful for productivity-related tasks, allowing users to save, share, or further edit AI-generated content. In addition, users may be able to attach multiple images and videos to their queries, giving Bixby more context to generate accurate and detailed answers.

According to X user Galaxy Techie, who shared screenshots from the beta version, Bixby Live on One UI 8.5 can also respond to queries using Circle to Search. The assistant is further said to support generating a wide range of content, including podcasts, music, audio files, images, videos, and documents. These outputs can reportedly be attached directly to queries, hinting at a more interactive and multimedia-focused AI experience in Samsung’s next software update.