Samsung Accidentally Confirms Its Own Virtual Assistant Bixby Ahead of Launch

It is no surprise that Samsung is working to offer its virtual assistant, not only in its smartphones but in its wide range of home appliances and consumer electronics. Some information has already been leaked that pointed to the existence of this new virtual assistant.

Thanks to the registered trademarks and patents Bixby had known that was the name chosen for this virtual assistant Galaxy S8 among other devices. Well, Samsung has accidentally confirmed the existence of Bixby.

The South Korean consumer electronics giant pushed its AI development after the South Korean giant acquired Viv Labs, a US-based artificial-intelligence software company. The developers at Viv Labs also founded Siri, Apple's voice-based digital assistant. It was further reported in late November that Samsung's AI assistant will have male and female voice called Bixby and Kestra, respectively.

Samsung will likely replace S Voice with a more powerful, intelligent assistant. The new Viv-based voice assistant will try to compete with Google's Assistant and Apple's Siri with a system-wide reach and an API open for third party developers. "For example, it might be come in handy inside the Gallery app where you can ask Bixby to show you pictures and videos that satisfy particular criteria (similar to Google Photos and or Apple's Photos app in iOS 10)," reads Sammobile's report. To incorporate Bixby more naturally, Samsung will also update its native apps with a new UI.

Virtual assistants are a feature increasingly present in different models from various manufacturers, from the Apple Siri to the Microsoft Cortana to Google, they all look for a partner for the terminals that can respond to our voice commands And perform different tasks.

That mission terminals and devices Samsung would be reserved to Bixby, technology like virtual assistant voice recognition being developed by Samsung and now has been seen with another signature service as Samsung Pay.

Specifically, all the hype generated has been produced by a shared image by Samsung on a website where you can see the existence of Bixby for Samsung Pay. In the attached capture you can see as options Shopping, Mini and the new Bixby, the virtual assistant of Samsung.

A virtual assistant is speculated to get integrated into the new Samsung Galaxy S8 which will be presented next spring, and so for the first time, Samsung offer a strong answer to the great existing virtual assistants.