S-Voice to Bixby- Samsung’s evolved voice assistant
Samsung comes with S-Voice currently, but it falls flat in front of the other available options to say the least. Bixby is Samsung’s new digital voice assistant and is going to debut with the much awaited Galaxy 8. One of the coolest things about Bixby is that it is going to have a button dedicated to it. The home button has too much pressure on it to perform with a lot of functions dependant, but with this button- it becomes like your own personalized walkie-talkie.
Samsung has built Bixby on the belief and trend that Digital Assistant is going to be the next big thing. Joining the bandwagon of Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa, Microsoft’s Cortana and Google Assistant as well- Bixby is just going to be a tip of the ice-berg in terms of the services Samsung will unleash for tech enthusiasts.
What does it have in store?
Bixby is going to stand out for a lot of reasons. Instead of just telling you to find a topic online, it will help you become the true master of your phone without any effort. For instance, you can say- ‘Find a picture of the Eiffel Tower to message Harry’ and Bixby will do just that. Samsung is going to amalgamate the best of touch and integrate voice in its interface. As per Injong Rhee, the head of R and D for mobile software and services at Samsung, the voice can control just about anything that a touch can.
On March 29th, 2017- Samsung will unveil S8 and its digital assistant in New York. Initially available in English and Korean, the Chinese and Spanish version will be kept under the wraps for a while. In the beginning, Bixby will have to face a lot of challenges because of its limited functionality. For instance, you can access the ‘Bixby home’ which comes with cards that are built on suggestions. If you want to call your son at 5:00 pm every day, the phone will suggest just that before you even access the phone function.
At the moment, apart from the ten integrated Apps, the next thing to look forward to is the ‘Bixby Vision’. It is built more or less on the principal of Google Goggles, but goes a step further. It does not only recognize the images, text or products; but in the US also takes you to the Amazon page if you wish to purchase it.
Rhee also suggested that Bixby might just be the next big innovation of Samsung in terms of it being included in almost all of the premium products made by the company including TVs and Fridges.
How did it come into existence?
About a year and a half ago, Bixby was conceptualized and Samsung brought AI Viv Labs and Joyent to make the product work much better. The aim was to start with technologies created at Samsung in-house, but will eventually adopt a lot of other technologies to make its spine stronger. At the moment, they have integrated Viv’s functionality which will roll out in the advanced versions of Bixby!
What does it have to stand against?

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