{"id":232174,"date":"2026-04-07T11:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/get-ready-for-hey-perplexity-as-app-preps-new-wake-word\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T11:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T15:55:13","slug":"get-ready-for-hey-perplexity-as-app-preps-new-wake-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/07\/get-ready-for-hey-perplexity-as-app-preps-new-wake-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Get ready for &#8220;Hey Perplexity&#8221; as app preps new wake word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/hey-perplexity-3655439\/\">Get ready for &#8220;Hey Perplexity&#8221; as app preps new wake word<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/hey-perplexity-3655439\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/hey-perplexity-3655439\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-04-07 11:08:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Calvin Wankhede \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Samsung and Perplexity announced tight Galaxy S26 integration, but users have been confused by wake word support.<\/li>\n<li>Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas teased that \u201cHey Plex\u201d would change to \u201cHey Perplexity,\u201d but deleted his tweet.<\/li>\n<li>Changes in the Perplexity Android app appear to confirm work on the new wake word.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Last month, new Samsung Galaxy S26 owners found themselves scratching their heads a bit over what was going on with their phones\u2019 supposed integration with Perplexity AI. The companies announced that the S26 would support the platform\u2019s \u201cHey Plex\u201d wake word for quick access to the AI agent. Right from the start, something seemed off, with the app not appearing in the phone\u2019s voice wake-up list, and even users who manually installed later found that \u201cHey Plex\u201d had stopped working. What in the world was going on?<\/p>\n<p>While the statement Samsung ultimately shared with us insisted that this hiccup amounted to only an \u201congoing product refinement process\u201d and \u201cdoes not affect the availability, integration, or scope of the Perplexity experience on the Galaxy S26 series,\u201d that didn\u2019t do a lot to actually explain the \u201cwhy\u201d of this mess. Maybe our biggest clue arrived courtesy of a since-deleted tweet from Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas, where he claimed his company was in the process of transitioning to a new <strong>\u201cHey Perplexity\u201d<\/strong> wake word.<\/p>\n<p>With the release of Perplexity\u2019s new 2.81.2 update on Android, we\u2019re now seeing the actual evidence of this transition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Wg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Wg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>These screens aren\u2019t yet being publicly used in the app, but they\u2019re now prepped in anticipation of the new wake word:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Wg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" title=\"perplexity hey 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-1-scaled.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-1-29w-64h.jpg 29w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-1-1000w-2223h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-1-648w-1440h.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-1-486w-1080h.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-1-389w-864h.jpg 389w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-1-171w-380h.jpg 171w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-1-540w-1200h.jpg 540w\" alt=\"perplexity hey 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-1-scaled.jpg\"\/><img class=\"e_Wg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"calc(min(calc(100vw - 1.875rem), 51.25rem) \/ 2)\" title=\"perplexity hey 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-2-scaled.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-2-29w-64h.jpg 29w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-2-1000w-2223h.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-2-648w-1440h.jpg 648w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-2-486w-1080h.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-2-389w-864h.jpg 389w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-2-171w-380h.jpg 171w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-2-540w-1200h.jpg 540w\" alt=\"perplexity hey 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/perplexity-hey-2-scaled.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As you can plainly see, \u201cHey Perplexity\u201d is coming to the app. Why would the company feel the need to backtrack on its existing wake word like this?<\/p>\n<p>Well, we haven\u2019t yet publicly seen it offer any explanation, but the reigning theory kicking about is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/hey-perplexity-3655439\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready for &#8220;Hey Perplexity&#8221; 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