The new update went live in South Korea today and will slowly expand to other countries as well.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones were launched with a new built-in AI assistant named Bixby. This new digital assistant which is supposed to compete with Google’s Assistant, Amazon’s Alexa, Apple's Siri and more, did not feature voice control at launch. However, Samsung released a new update earlier today in Korea, adding the much anticipated voice control functionality. Currently, the update only adds support for the Korean language and hence is only available in Korea. Bixby's voice update will be available in more countries in the coming days.
Bixby’s main feature, as Samsung claims, is its ability to take actions within apps so that you don’t have to touch the screen. Bixby currently works within native apps such as gallery, videos, music and more. However, you can ask Bixby to open various apps and even the flashlight for that matter, and it works just like the Google Assistant. Bixby can also detect what the user is looking at and recognises things to offer shopping cards, translate foreign text, read QR codes and more.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ have a dedicated button to launch Bixby, which also gives you relevant daily information such as weather, news, appointments, etc. Samsung has also locked the button, so that if you aren't using Bixby, you won't be able to remap it to an app or service. However, developers have come with solutions for the same.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 duo go on sale from May 5 and are available for pre-booking on Flipkart. The phones are powered by an Exynos 8895 SoC, feature 4GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable storage. There is a 12MP camera at the rear, with dual pixel autofocus and an 8MP camera with autofocus at the front. The Samsung Galaxy S8 is priced at Rs. 57,900 and the S8+ is priced at Rs. 64,900.
Source: Yonhap news
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