Understanding the natural language of speech. Many voice assistants are still very limited in their vocabulary. For them to understand you, you need to say some special phrase. Bixby understands natural speech. At least in English. Only as a last resort he asks the interlocutor again. This will be most noticeable after voice assistant will become very popular. After all, the service needs to actively study natural speech, only after that it really learns to understand it. And this takes time.
Reminders. The basic function of reminders of certain upcoming events has also been expanded for the voice assistant. The user has the ability to ask the assistant to remind about something when he is in a certain place. Again, it is assumed that the command will be delivered in the usual colloquial speech: "Remind me to take the documents when I am near Chapaev 42".
How do I use Bixby?
As mentioned above, while the service works only on Samsung Galaxy S8 and its enlarged sibling. You cannot install the voice assistant on any other devices (at least as of April 2017). Roughly speaking, buyers of the new flagship are still testing this service. When the South Koreans realize that their creation is working almost perfectly, they will make it possible for the owners of some others to use it. Samsung smartphones... The assistant will arrive with the next firmware update, replacing S Voice. It will hardly be possible to download it somewhere on a third-party resource. Although the creators of all kinds of mods may well somehow implement this.
It should also be noted that the first buyers of the new flagships will not be able to play with Bixby. The fact is that it took South Koreans a little longer to finalize their service. It will become active only in late May or early June 2017. It is not yet known whether Bixby will speak Russian immediately, or it will have to wait for several months or even years.
Using the voice assistant is very simple. It is enough to press the appropriate button and say a question or command. Also, after pressing the button, you will see the assistant start screen. It collects all kinds of tips and other helpful information... For example, it will contain notifications about your friends' actions, the number of steps you have taken, and much more. The order of the blocks on the screen will constantly change, depending on what information is in this moment is more important.
Hello dear readers. Not so long ago, the light 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 well-known Siri, in the language segment. While she has the ability to communicate in 21 languages, her opponent has as many as 52!
It is worth noting that so far only the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus models are equipped with it, but the developers 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.
With Bixby, you won't get bored So far, Bixby has four main features in its arsenal:
- Bixby Voice... Voice recognition function. The main advantage of this assistant is the ability to control its applications without touching the smartphone, launch the camera, call mode and much more. The developers have tried, and made it as human as possible. If you dictate the command incorrectly, Bixby will still understand you, or at worst, ask for additional information to clarify. Manufacturers set ambitious goals for him, and plan to use the smartphone one hundred percent in the future through an assistant. Bixby, unlike its competitors, which specialize in finding information on the Internet, is positioned as an internal assistant. Designed to simplify work, directly on the phablet itself.
- Bixby Vision. Activating augmented reality. This feature allows the camera to identify various objects in live mode. Bixby Samsung Galaxy recognizes literally everything, various objects, points of interest, QR codes, and even locations. And immediately provides everyone about it, detailed information... This feature is launched in the camera application, or Bixby home.
- Bixby reminder. Intuitive reminders. One of the useful features of Bixby, which allows you to program reminders for a specific moment in your life. If you wish, it will remind you where you left off while reading your favorite novel, or where you did not finish watching a movie.
- Bixby home. A mix of hot apps. All the most popular programs for the user are located in a separate window, appearing on the screen by command.
Let's reveal a little secret so that Bixby can better identify your voice address, communicate with it more. Samsung developers have thought of a system when for regular conversations with an assistant, you can get 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 the dedicated button on the left. Or, activate by voice command, calling him by name, Bixby!
How to turn off Bixby and set a button to a different app
To turn it off, just touch the toggle switch to activate it For taste and color, there is no comrade, as they say. Basically, you can understand those users who want to disable Bixby. After all, not all of its capabilities have yet been revealed, and active work is underway on it to fully disclose its potential. Recall that Samsung manufacturers themselves have banned the option of changing this key for other programs. However, in Google play certain applications are already located for this.
So, we will need to download Bixby Remapper from Google Play. After successful download and installation, we do the following:
- We stomp into the settings
- Choosing universal access
- Click on services
We need to enable accessibility for the program to identify if the Bixby button is active. Then go to Bixby Remapper and activate the toggle switch in the upper right of the screen. Now, when we turn on the Bixby key, it will initially open, then immediately close with the subsequent opening of our desired application.
Write your feedback on Bixby in the comments, do you like how it works?
Video: How to Disable Bixby on Samsung Galaxy S8
Samsung finally launched Bixby globally today. Voice Assistant can now be used Galaxy owners S8 and Galaxy S8 + in over 200 countries. We will now walk you through the process of setting up Bixby on the Galaxy S8.
The official announcement from Samsung came this morning, but Bixby is already starting to roll out and there are first reports from countries where Bixby is already operating.
Press the Bixby button on your smartphone to see if it's already available to you. You may need to update the Bixby app from Galaxy Apps if you haven't already. Before doing this, do not forget to log into your account Samsung.
Bixby greets you with a live welcome screen on your device. The screen will appear when you press the Bixby button. Bixby's voice guides you through the entire setup process.
Step 1. Choose language. Bixby Voice only supports US English and South Korean. Samsung plans to add more languages in the future, but only two are available at the moment.
Step 2: Follow the instructions provided by Bixby Voice as you explore different ways interaction with the assistant.
Step 3: Help Bixby recognize your voice by providing some samples. You just need to speak several sentences at a constant rate, loudly and clearly.
Step 5: Teach Bixby your pronunciation by speaking five sentences.
For the first time, Samsung has launched an AI-powered digital assistant on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 +, and has even added a dedicated hardware button to summon Bixby. A lot of people have been overlooked by Bixby and would like to change either the function of the Bixby button to open another app, or turn it off entirely.
For a long time, Samsung hasn't come up with a way to disable or remap the Bixby button. But it soon released updates that allowed the Bixby button to be remapped. In a recent Bixby Home update that was released in multiple markets, Samsung finally suggested disabling the Bixby button. If you've already disabled the Bixby button but want to re-enable it, the situation can be pretty tricky.
There are two ways to turn Bixby Home back on: Request Bixby via voice command, or swipe left from the Home screen. This is only possible on phones that come with a dedicated Bixby button. Here's how to do it using both of these methods.
Re-enabling Bixby Home by asking for Bixby
Step 1. Long press the Bixby button to activate Bixby Voice and the “Open Bixby Home” prompt.
Step 2: Click on the gear icon in the upper right corner of the screen, and then turn on the Bixby Key option by sliding the switch to the right.
Reactivating Bixby Home from the Home Screen
Step 1: If you have disabled main screen Bixby, tap on the home screen and swipe left.
Step 2: Toggle the Bixby Home switch.
