T-Mobile’s parent company is making an AI Phone with Perplexity
Mar 03, 2025 - digitaltrends.com
In 2025, Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's parent company, announced plans for an "AI Phone" developed in partnership with Perplexity, an AI company backed by Nvidia and Jeff Bezos. This phone will feature Perplexity's AI assistant at a system-wide level, allowing users to interact with it even from the Lock Screen. The phone will also include access to Google Cloud AI, Picsart, and ElevenLabs through a dedicated Magenta AI app, offering features like vision-based AI analysis, podcast creation, and image generation. The Perplexity assistant may also have agentic capabilities, such as shopping and email writing, similar to OpenAI's Operator tool. The AI Phone is set to launch in the second half of 2025 and will be priced under a thousand dollars, with availability expected in 2026.
In other tech news, Apple's AI overhaul for Siri might not arrive until 2027, as its foundational AI models are reaching their limits. Xiaomi's Watch S4 introduces a crown for improved navigation, while Honor announced a $10 billion Alpha Plan to transition into an "AI device ecosystem company," aiming for better cross-device integration and global product launches. Honor's plan includes collaborations with Google Cloud and Qualcomm to enhance human-to-device interaction with AI.
Key takeaways:
Deutsche Telekom is developing an AI Phone in partnership with Perplexity, featuring system-wide AI integration.
The AI Phone will offer additional AI tools from Google Cloud, Picsart, and ElevenLabs through a dedicated Magenta AI app.
Perplexity's AI assistant on the phone will have capabilities like voice interaction, translations, and executing tasks such as shopping and writing emails.
The AI Phone is expected to launch in the second half of 2025, priced under a thousand dollars, and available in 2026.
