Friday, June 23, 2017

Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ Bixby Voice feature starts rolling out to users in the US

NEW DELHI: Samsungdebuted its Bixbyartificial assistant with its flagship smartphones -- Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus. The company also showcased one of the features of the AI known as Bixby Voice, which allows users to carry out certain tasks using voice commands. However, at the time of the smartphone's release, the South Korean tech firm said that the particular feature is not yet available to the masses and will be rolling out soon. Now, it looks like the company has already started rolling out the feature to some users.

The Bixby Voice feature has started rolling out for Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ users in the United States. The feature for now is limited to those who signed up for the Bixby Early Access Program. Unfortunately, interested fans won't be able to sign up for the Bixby Early Access Program as Samsung has closed the registering process.

t is said that to make the Bixby Voice feature work properly, users would have to keep all their apps up to date. Since Samsung has rolled out the beta version of the Bixby Voice feature, it could take some time to roll it out to all the Galaxy S8, S8+ customers. It can bring the feature sometime in July.


Samsung, at the time of the launch of the Galaxy S8 smartphones, claimed that Bixby can do much more than its rivals, including being able to handle any smartphone-related task that is managed by touch. The voice assistant will initially be integrated with Samsung's native applications including Camera, Contacts, Gallery, Messages and Settings.


Samsung recently announced that it will launch its next flagship phablet Galaxy Note 8 in August this year. A report from Reuters adds that the phablet is likely to have a curved screen that is slightly bigger than the 6.2-inch screen version of the Galaxy S8. It has also been mentioned that the smartphone will sport dual-rear cameras.

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