Deutsche Telekom has presented, in his own Mobile World Congress panel that Barcelona welcomes these days, A new mobile focused on generative AI. The terminal will have an artificial intelligence assistant called Magenta AI, and will leave aside the traditional apps to deliver a clean interface that will offer personalized functions without hardly any frictions for the user.

The nucleus of the “ai phone” – as the teleopeora is called – will be precisely this new intelligent assistant, which is being developed and fed by perplexity ai And that can from “offer reliable answers with the best sources“, until “Make reservations in restaurants, ask for a taxi or make the purchase from home without having to change their application, intuitively and preferably by voice”, Explains Claudia Nemat, a member of the Teleoperadora Technology and Innovation Administration Board of Directors, in a press release.

And this will be the main differential value of the terminal. Although in addition to Magenta AI, too It will include the services of Google Cloud AI, Elevenlabs and Picart Because the idea of ​​use goes through not having to enter or leave any application, but to have everything within reach of a simple voice command. With the help of Perplexity the terminal will be able to “Process language, text and images, create calendar inputs, write emails, summarize and translate content”, Points out from Deutsche Telekom in said statement.

On the other hand, Magenta AI will also be available independently for other mobiles without the need to acquire the new AI Phone. These users can, since this summer, make use of some of the assistant’s functions through The MeinMagenta applicationwhere Google Cloud AI, Elevenlabs and Picart will be.

At the level of hardware specifications there is nothing official, but what was presented by the company on stage and in the press release, points to a terminal of Minimalist design with rounded edges and pink touches in reference to the corporate colors of the German teleopeora.

For its part, Perplexity has published a brief video on its X account with more details about the new Magenta AI; an assistant who will be further focused on actions that on the answers. The demonstration shows how the assistant solves without problems and instantly commands such as: “Tell me what are the best tapas bars near the Ramblas” either “Please reserve a table for tomorrow night”

As for the software, Deutsche Telekom has not wanted to give more details in view of the official presentation of the terminal at the end of the year. It could be based on Android, with a very personalized layer oriented to artificial intelligence, but we will have to wait to confirm it from the company itself.

What is known is that integration with Google Cloud AI will allow translate real -time conversations as well as texts with the mobile camera; ELEVENLABS will facilitate the transcription of web page information and text documents to audio files; and Picart will favor converting Selfies in avatars with different styles.

“We believe that Deutsche Telekom will have an active role in the democratization of access to generative the AI ​​technology for our clients”, Points out Jon Abrahamson, director of Digital Products and Technology at the company. “Magenta ai is synonymous with services of the rupturists, useful and safe”

A constant approach to AI

Perplexity and Deutsche Telekom began working together last April 2024, and the first news of the new terminal based on AI have already met in the last edition of the Mobile World Congress. So it is a product that It has been developing a year now.

This movement responds to the conscious approach of the artificial intelligence company to different telecommunications companies to market its model. Last year, in fact, they already allied with SoftBank in Japan to offer perplexity to the clients of the bank operators And! Mobile and Linemo.