Perplexity powers Samsung Browser's Browsing Assist across Galaxy Android and Windows

What Perplexity announced on X

On March 27, 2026, Perplexity said it now powers Samsung's Browsing Assist inside Samsung Browser on Galaxy Android devices and Windows PCs. The post matters because it is not another AI app launch inside Perplexity's own product boundary. It is an infrastructure claim tied to a major device ecosystem and a mainstream browser surface.

Perplexity's supporting blog goes further, saying the rollout reaches more than 1 billion Samsung devices. The company also frames it as an extension of a broader partnership that already puts Perplexity behind two of the three assistants on the Galaxy S26: the native Perplexity assistant and Bixby, which Perplexity says uses its APIs for search and reasoning.

What Perplexity and Samsung officially describe

Perplexity says Samsung Browser's Browsing Assist runs on a custom-built API endpoint for Samsung Browser and a dedicated single-tenant Perplexity cluster with zero data retention on API inputs. According to the blog, users can ask for sourced answers while browsing any page, summarize webpages including authenticated pages they are already signed in to view, search browsing history in natural language, manage tabs conversationally, and continue synced conversations across devices.

Samsung's March 26, 2026 press release corroborates the product shape from the browser side. Samsung says the assistant is built directly into Samsung Browser, understands natural language and the context of the current page, can work across tabs, and helps users compare or summarize information without leaving the browser. Samsung also highlights cross-device continuity between mobile and PC, plus Samsung Pass support for autofill and sign-in.

Perplexity says Browsing Assist is available now in the US and South Korea, with Android rollout through a Samsung Browser app update and Windows availability in the latest Samsung Browser.

Samsung says Windows support covers Windows 10 and Windows 11, and that more markets are expected later.

Samsung adds examples such as natural-language history search, multi-tab comparison, and video-context search.

Why this matters

The larger signal is distribution. A lot of agentic browsing work has lived inside standalone AI apps or premium desktop tools. This partnership puts similar behavior into a browser experience attached to Samsung's device base, which is a different scale and a different route to user adoption.

An inference from the two official posts together: the browser is becoming an AI execution surface, not just a page viewer with a sidebar. When sourced answers, tab management, history search, and page-aware summarization ship as built-in browser behavior, AI assistance moves closer to default computing infrastructure. If Samsung expands the rollout beyond the initial US and South Korea launch, this could become one of the clearest examples of OEM-scale agentic browsing in the consumer market.

Sources: Perplexity X post · Perplexity blog · Samsung press release