Samsung voice assistant. Bixby voice features for Samsung Galaxy S8 are coming to Russia
Finally presented its flagships Galaxy S8 and S8+. Both smartphones received new voice assistant Bixby.
And here’s what Samsung actually says regarding Bixby:
Bixby is not your average voice assistant, but rather an intuitive and comprehensive interface that uses contextual awareness to learn the user's habits and respond accordingly.
This looks like a truly new way to interact with your smartphone.
Other assistants, such as Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa and Cortana, receive information upon request on the Internet and then deliver it to the user. Bixby is different in that it is not a search engine. It is an assistant aimed at simplifying the user experience when using the phone, applications and services.
To call Bixby, just say its name out loud or press a special button. The assistant performs 4 main functions:
Bixby Voice
Bixby recognizes natural speech. Thanks to voice control, the user can perform various tasks connected to your smartphone. We're talking about calls, gallery, settings, and so on. Bixby will initially support English and Korean, but other languages will be added later.
Bixby Vision
Bixby Vision uses an augmented reality camera to detect objects around you. In general, you can learn everything you need about everything around you and useful information. The functionality also allows you to translate text, scan QR codes and determine location.
Bixby Reminder
Based on the user's routine and location, Bixby provides contextual reminders. Users can create alerts for tasks at a specified time or location. What's more, Bixby Reminder can remind you on which page you finished reading your book.
Bixby Home
This is a collection of everything you need in one place. Everything the user needs: applications, services, routine obligations and much more appears on the screen.
Bixby is an ambitious project from Samsung. But so far it only works with about 10 Samsung Android apps. At an event dedicated to this innovative assistant, the manufacturer assured that Bixby will work using third party applications and with Samsung Connect (smart connection of home devices).
Hello, dear readers. Not long ago, the world saw the birth of a new, highly intelligent assistant. Samsung manufacturers, especially for quick access to it, even allocated a separate button on the left side of the smartphone.
This assistant has an advantage over the already known Siri in the language segment. While she has the ability to communicate in 21 languages, her opponent has a whopping 52!
It is worth noting that so far only the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus models are equipped with it, but the developers have made it clear that in the near future they will place it on their other devices. Let's quickly find out what Bixby Samsung is, how to use it, and how this artificial intelligence of the future works.
You won't be bored with Bixby So far, Bixby has four main functions in its arsenal:
- Bixby Voice. Voice recognition function. The main advantage of this assistant is the ability to control its applications, launch the camera, call mode and much more without touching the smartphone. The developers tried their best and made it as human as possible. If you do not dictate a command correctly, Bixby will still understand you, or at worst, it will ask you Additional information to be sure. Manufacturers set ambitious goals for it, and plan to use the smartphone one hundred percent through an assistant in the future. Bixby, unlike its competitors who specialize in searching for information on the Internet, is positioned as an internal assistant. Designed to simplify work, directly on the phablet itself.
- Bixby Vision. Activation of additional reality. This feature allows you to use the camera to identify various objects in live mode. Bixby Samsung Galaxy recognizes literally everything, various objects, landmarks, QR codes, and even locations. And immediately makes it known to everyone, detailed information. This feature is launched in the camera application or Bixby home.
- Bixby reminder. Intuitive reminders. One of the useful features of Bixby is that it allows you to program reminders at a specific point in your life. If you wish, it will remind you where you stopped when reading your favorite novel, or where you didn’t finish watching the movie.
- Bixby home. Mix of hot applications. All the most popular programs for the user, located in a separate window, appearing on the screen upon command.
Let's reveal a little secret to make Bixby more effectively identify your voice message, communicate with it more. Samsung developers have thought of a system whereby for regular conversations with an assistant, you can receive a reward in the form of bright colors for its interface.
Video: How Bixby works
How to enable Bixby on Samsung Galaxy S8
There are two ways to summon our assistant. You don't even know which one has easier access. The first is when it can be activated by simply pressing a button specially designated for it on the left. Or, activate it with a voice command by calling him by name, Bixby!
How to disable Bixby and assign a button to another application
To turn it off, just touch the toggle switch to activate it. There is no comrade for taste and color, as they say. In principle, you can understand those users who want to disable Bixby. After all, not all of its capabilities have yet been revealed, and work is underway on it. active work to realize its full potential. Let us remind you that Samsung manufacturers themselves have prohibited the option of changing this key for other programs. However, in Google Play There are already specific applications for this.
So, we will need to download Bixby Remapper from Google Play. After successful download and installation, do the following:
- Let's go to settings
- Choosing universal access
- Click on services
To enable universal access, we need the program to identify whether the Bixby button is active. Then go to Bixby Remapper and activate the toggle switch in the upper right part of the screen. Now, when we turn on the Bixby key, it will initially open, then immediately minimize and then open our desired application.
Write your reviews about Bixby in the comments, do you like how it works?
Video: How to disable Bixby on Samsung Galaxy S8
Bixby features
New flexible algorithms for human interaction have been developed, which will help perform various tasks faster. In Russia, unfortunately, the functionality of this option is currently limited, but manufacturers promise to fix this in the near future.
The manufacturer places such high hopes on new feature, that he even created a special button on the device’s body to launch Bixby.
How to change the function of the Bixby button
Craftsmen have already created separate application All In One Gestures, which can correct this annoyance. This application can be downloaded from Google Play, it does not require root rights to use.
Any owner (and any other Android device) will be able to change the functions of the buttons to any other tasks.
Many users prefer to “hang” on the appeared new button: Turn on the camera, flashlight, screenshot, answer a call or silent mode.
According to many smartphone owners, a separate camera button with two degrees of pressure would be a truly useful know-how.
“This is more necessary and important than a new virtual assistant,” a user of a newly purchased product shares his opinion Samsung smartphone Galaxy S8.
At first, Bixby will work exclusively on Galaxy smartphones, but over time the manufacturer promises to extend the program to other devices.
For the first time Samsung launched digital assistant with AI on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ and even added a dedicated hardware button for calling Bixby. A lot of people have been left behind by Bixby and would like to change either the function of the Bixby button to open another app or disable it completely.
For a long time, Samsung didn't offer a way to disable or remap the Bixby button. But soon it released updates that made it possible to reassign the Bixby button. In a recent Bixby Home update that was released in several markets, Samsung finally offered to disable the Bixby button. If you've already disabled the Bixby button but want to enable it again, the situation can be quite tricky.
There are two ways to re-enable Bixby Home: request Bixby via a voice command or by swiping left from the home screen. This is only possible on phones that came with a dedicated Bixby button. Here's how to do it using both methods.
Re-enabling Bixby Home by asking Bixby
Step 1. Long press the Bixby button to activate Bixby Voice and prompt “Open Bixby Home.”
Step 2: Click on the gear icon on the right top corner screen, and then turn on the Bixby Key option by sliding the switch to the right.
Re-enabling Bixby Home from the Home screen
Step 1: If you've turned off Bixby's Home screen, tap on the Home screen and swipe left.
Step 2: Toggle the Bixby Home switch.
Step 3: Now open the Bixby Home screen and click the gear icon in the top right corner of the screen. Now enable the Bixby Key option by sliding the switch.
Ready! You've now re-enabled the Bixby button to open Bixby Home.
Rate this article:Forget Google Assistant: Samsung's Next Flagships Powered by Android platform, will be able to boast of their own voice assistant – Bixby.
The company has already confirmed that Bixby does indeed exist (in the virtual world, of course), and that it will not be limited to just mobile devices, but will become commonplace across a wide range of Samsung devices.
This new AI has only just arrived, but in this article we've rounded up everything we know and everything you need to know about Bixby.
So what is Samsung Bixby?
In November 2016, at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, the company announced the development of its first voice assistant, based on technology obtained through the acquisition of Viv, an artificial intelligence firm run by Dag Kittlaus, who was directly involved in the creation of Apple's Siri personal assistant. A month ago, Samsung bought Viv to compete with Apple's Siri, Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa and Microsoft Cortana.
Alleged Bixby logo
At the same time, it became known that Samsung had filed documents to register a trademark in South Korea, designed to protect the word “Bixby”. The annex to the registration application explained that the brand would be used for computer software intended to manage personal information, use in mobile and computer applications for voice recognition, as well as software, making it possible to use mobile phone using voice commands without holding it in your hands.
Now that the information has been fully confirmed by a post made on Samsung's blog, we know that Bixby is an artificial intelligence system that was designed to make interacting with your device easier, and especially to avoid the complexity of using devices that purchase more and more new features. The system will debut on March 29 at a presentation Samsung models Galaxy S8.
How does Samsung Bixby work?
The company has already confirmed a number of fundamental principles of the assistant's work, saying that Bixby has three things that will help its promotion:
- Bixby is a complete solution: the assistant is designed to help you complete a full range of interactions, rather than just, for example, launching an application or performing a single task. The company says that Bixby will be able to do almost everything you can do with the app using touch controls.
- Bixby is sensitive to the context of its use: in 2017, “Bixby” became one of keywords voice control of artificial intelligence, an example of which is, for example, Google Assistant. This means Bixby can recognize the state an app is in and perform the correct actions, while also allowing for a combination of voice and touch control.
- Bixby understands your native language, meaning you don't have to use preset phrases. Instead, you can speak snippets of information, and the assistant will interpret them and take the necessary actions.
Despite the fact that the company talked about the existence of its Bixby and that the service would soon be available to everyone, almost nothing was said about the actual functions of the new service.
What can Samsung Bixby do?
Here's what we've learned from the company itself, as well as what's been revealed through leaks and rumors:
Bixby button on Samsung S8
The company has confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy S8 will have a dedicated button for Bixby, meaning the service will be central to the phone's experience. Instead of having to unlock your phone and open an app that lets you make calls, the company says you can simply use Bixby to do all of those things, which will do them much faster.
System-wide successor to S Voice
Previously, Samsung promoted S Voice as a service, but, in general, this service has fallen into decline, because Google system Voice works much better. Google Voice is now tied to Google Assistant, and Bixby is on the scene for Samsung. The company said that Bixby is a voice service, so it should be the only point of interaction on the device. So we don't know yet whether you'll get Google Assistant on the Galaxy S8.
Contextual and visual search
According to community site SamMobile, thanks to Bixby's system-wide functionality, a user will, among other things, be able to ask his virtual assistant to dig through information and show him a certain picture from the gallery app. Just like Google Assistant, new system will also suggest answers and actions based on context and provide you with visual search, acting like a camera-enabled optical character recognition tool Galaxy phone S8. IN standard application The camera will have its own Bixby button. Although, again, all this still requires confirmation.
Bixby Pay payment system
There is a chance that the company will include technology in the system that will allow you to process payments using voice commands. Presumably, this option has the working name Bixby Pay, as indicated by discussions in the SamMobile community.
Third Party Application Integration
Injeong Ri is the head of the department information technologies part of Samsung's mobile devices division. And so, in November 2016, he told the Korea Herald that the company was in the process of developing a core AI interface based on an open platform. This interface will allow you to perform tasks across multiple apps using only voice commands, meaning you won't have to jump from app to app to separately order a pizza or hail an Uber.
The company also confirmed that a development kit is planned for release that will enable integration with Bixby. Based on expectations, large companies producing mobile devices, will rush to take advantage of this chance.
Appliances
In October, Injeong Rhee gave an interview to The Wall Street Journal in which he said that the Galaxy S8 will come with technology from Viv Labs, which will offer us services that are “significantly differentiated” compared to the services of Siri, Google Assistant, etc. According to Samsung's chief information officer, the company plans to use the Galaxy S8 as a “springboard to expand” its artificial intelligence technologies, which will later be used in other company products, such as household appliances.
The company itself has already confirmed these words, saying that with the help of Bixby (for example), you can control your air conditioner, and all you need for this is an Internet connection and some kind of device capable of detecting voice.
Multi-language support
According to information provided by ET News, Bixby will be able to support seven or eight different languages, including English, Korean and Chinese, so this system can launch in many territories at once without the need for subsequent updates.
By comparison, Google Assistant on Pixel phones is this moment can only support English and German, although Siri understands 36 languages from different countries. But we still have to wait for confirmation of this information. There is no official word yet on whether Bixby will be able to understand Russian.
