Samsung TVs Now Can Provide Weather Forecast, Find a Pizza Place
You’re slumped on the couch and watching the latest stream of your favorite show. Why not plan your next vacation while you’re at it? That’s the idea behind Samsung’s latest AI innovation, the Perplexity TV app. It is an autonomous AI agent available on all Samsung 2025 TVs and, later this year, on 2023 and 2024 TVs with the latest OS upgrade.
Earlier this month, at the Berlin consumer electronics show IFA 2025, the company introduced Samsung Vision AI, which allows viewers to access more information about the shows and actors they were watching. Viewers can also use Vision AI Companion in other ways, such as receiving show and movie recommendations. The Perplexity TV application draws on the skills of Vision AI.
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Samsung has integrated AI into a wide range of its products, including smartphones, home appliances, headphones, tablets and TVs, as part of the company’s vision to “leap forward as an AI-driven company that best uses AI, works with AI and grows with AI”, executive Roh Tae-Moon said at Tech Forum 2025 in Silicon Valley last week.
“Curiosity can strike at any time”
Samsung has partnered with Perplexity, a self-described “free AI-powered response engine.” Samsung says its Perplexity TV app can provide the weather forecast, find the nearest pizza place, or tell you the date of the Kentucky Derby.
Ryan Foutty, Perplexity’s vice president of business, said creating an AI application for TVs made sense because “curiosity can strike at any time” and consumers should be able to access AI insights regardless of which AI-driven interfaces they use.
Use the Apps tab on your Samsung TV to access the Perplexity TV app, or press the AI button on your remote to access Samsung’s Vision AI Companion. You can also ask the AI questions by speaking into the built-in microphone on the remote and TV, or using the on-screen keyboard.
CNET’s expert isn’t sold yet
CNET’s David Katzmaier I saw Samsung TVs with AI earlier this year at CES 2025, and isn’t entirely convinced it’s a vital addition.
“At first glance, a built-in AI agent doesn’t seem like a good reason to me to choose one TV over another,” Katzmaier said. “For it to be worth it, Samsung has to prove that it’s better than, say, Perplexity on your phone.”
