Bixby

I struggle to look at any other Samsung smartphone now that I’ve been living with its foldables. The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 has effectively changed how I use Android. Most of the time, I’ll only bother with my Google Pixel 7 if someone is calling the number linked to that phone. Otherwise, you’ll see me primarily on the foldable. It’s just so much more versatile for the life I lead.That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy my time with the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra, but I missed the Fold while reviewing this one. Samsung’s…

By the time Samsung jumped on the voice assistant train with Bixby, it was already too late. Apple’s Siri and the Google Assistant had already been out for some time. Not only did it arrive late but Bixby was also evidently less capable of the lot. It was clear that Samsung’s voice assistant tech had a lot of catching up to do. Bixby had a neat little advantage when it launched. It could control device settings, launch apps, and more in response to your commands. The company did try to aggressively push Bixby on…

Last updated: February 17th, 2023 at 12:43 UTC+01:00 Samsung is making its conversational AI assistant safer for children. Through a new update, Bixby is now available for child accounts on Samsung devices and can provide kid-friendly content and respond to queries in an age-appropriate manner. The Bixby Operation Team confirmed that the feature is now available only in the USA and South Korea but intends to release Bixby for kids in more countries. The process will be gradual, and as of now, there is no precise…

Photo: Florence Ion / GizmodoIt’s the time of year when Samsung trots out the latest in its flagship lineup of smartphones at its annual wintertime Unpacked event. This year’s Galaxy S23 flagships are merely incremental updates to Samsung’s smartphone portfolio, but they’re still quite promising. The Galaxy S23/S23+ even received a slight makeover, and Samsung finally got rid of that rectangular housing around the rear camera lenses. Samsung also opted not to update its tablet lineup this year, and instead, it refreshed…

Digital voice assistants have come a long way since their inception. They have evolved from being simple tools that could only answer basic questions and perform basic conversions to being able to handle a wide range of advanced tasks. In a recent voice assistant test conducted by popular YouTuber MKBHD, Google Assistant emerged as the best voice assistant, outperforming Apple’s Siri, Samsung’s Bixby, and Amazon’s Alexa.There are several reasons why Google Assistant stands out as the top voice assistant. Firstly, it is…

Last updated: December 27th, 2022 at 09:17 UTC+01:00 Digital voice assistants have evolved over time, and now they can handle so many advanced tasks instead of just answering your questions about the weather and doing petty conversions. In the latest voice assistant comparison done by popular YouTuber MKBHD, Google Assistant came out as the best voice assistant, beating Apple’s Siri, Samsung’s Bixby, and Amazon’s Alexa. It is a no-hidden fact that Google Assistant is the most mature voice assistant available out…

Samsung has added the Bixby Routines feature to the Galaxy A33, Galaxy A53, and Galaxy A73. The new feature was introduced on these phones as a part of the update that brought them Android 13 and One UI 5.0. Until now, Bixby Routines was limited to the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S20, Galaxy S21, Galaxy S22, Galaxy Note 10, Galaxy Note 20, Galaxy Z Fold series, Galaxy Z Flip series, and the Galaxy A52. The company has also released a video to let the Galaxy A33, Galaxy A53, and Galaxy A73 users know that their phone now has the…

Samsung is rolling out an update to the Bixby Voice app, which bumps the version of the company’s virtual voice assistant to 3.2.45.16. The update brings a couple of new features, a minor redesign to the user interface, performance improvements, and bug fixes. A couple of months ago, Samsung added a feature to Bixby called ‘Talk to Bixby without wake-up.’ This feature allows users to ask the virtual assistant to answer an incoming call without saying the “Hi, Bixby” wake-up command. However, it works only with the native…

Last updated: November 17th, 2022 at 17:05 UTC+01:00 Samsung’s AI-based voice assistant, Bixby, has just gotten smarter. The company announced today that Bixby Voice gained support for Latin American Spanish. Through today’s update, the voice assistant has become more useful than ever, particularly for customers in the United States, considering that the USA is the second-largest Spanish-speaking country. Add to that the fact that the USA has the highest number of Bixby users among all other regions, and you can see…

Photo: Florence Ion / GizmodoWhen Apple launches a software update on the iPhone, everyone gets it simultaneously. But on the Android side of things, it’s dependent on individual manufacturers. For instance, Samsung’s Android 13 update wasn’t announced until two weeks ago, nearly two months after Google debuted it for the Pixel devices. It’s only now we’re learning when each device will get its bump.The first batch of phones to get the update is the Galaxy S22 series, which includes the Galaxy S22+ and the Ultra. The…