Perplexity and Motorola Announce New Partnership To Bring AI To Smartphones

Perplexity and Motorola announced a new partnership this Thursday to bring AI features to the next generation of smartphones. Upcoming devices, including the new Razr series, will integrate Perplexity’s app along with customized features.

According to Perplexity’s announcement, the two companies have collaborated to embed AI capabilities into both the hardware and software of the new devices.

“The Perplexity app will come pre-installed on all new Motorola devices, making our search capabilities immediately available,” wrote the AI startup. “But it’s not just about saving you a trip to the Play Store. We’ve created custom optimizations for Motorola’s hardware and software.”

The company highlighted that the new Razr devices will include an external display AI feature, and users will be able to interact with Perplexity’s AI assistant and will connect with Moto AI—Motorola’s integrated artificial intelligence platform.

“This is one of our first and most comprehensive integrations with a mobile phone brand, designed to provide a seamless search and assistant experience directly within Motorola’s ecosystem,” states the document.

Perplexity also recently announced its new Voice Assistant feature, which will be a key feature in the new partnership with Motorola to assist users in multiple tasks.

Starting today, Perplexity will come pre-installed on all new Motorola phones.

Users will have direct access to search and assistant features across the @Moto ecosystem, including a 3-month Pro subscription. pic.twitter.com/2VuITn1NUT

— Perplexity (@perplexity_ai) April 24, 2025

The AI startup also announced that customers with Razr and Edge 60 devices will get 3 months of Perplexity Pro for free, with access to exclusive features such as Deep Research and Pro Shopping features.

According to CNBC, Perplexity’s new partnership to join the smartphone market to expand AI features—the way Apple and OpenAI recently announced—is focused on distribution and user adoption rather than revenue.

“We’re not making money off their sales or anything like that,” said Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas to CNBC in a recent interview. “We’re looking for usage, and they’re looking for introducing amazing new, cool features, so it’s like a win-win for both of us.”

Srinivas expects to make it easier for users to use AI daily and take advantage of the features. “Your phone is now an answer machine, personal assistant and a research agent,” said Srinivas in a New York event on Wednesday.

Perplexity has been expanding and integrating new features into its AI models as well. A few months ago, the company announced a new integration with the Chinese AI model DeepSeek into its platform.