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Last updated: May 24th, 2018 at 11:21 UTC+02:00
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Samsung Consumer Electronics CEO Kim Hyun-suk has said in an interview that all of Samsung's devices will feature internet connectivity and Bixby Voice controls by 2020. Given the sheer number of consumer electronics devices that it sells this year, Bixby's penetration in the market will surge spectacularly in the next few years.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Hyun-suk mentioned that Samsung views its wide variety of gadgets as a way to get Bixby out to more people “We are a device company,” he said, adding that “The rules of the game are different. It's not right to see it as a matter of being early or late.” The devices will range from refrigerators to TVs and even robot cleaners with more than half a billion of them being sold annually according to the report.
AI's push into users' home is largely focused on smart speakers right now. Amazon, Google and Apple are some of the major companies that have launched smart speakers so far. This is something that perplexes Hyun-suk. “Deep down, I wonder why everyone is talking about speakers,” he said, mentioning that smart speakers would lose their importance if every device in the home could effectively double as the voice-enabled AI hub.
That being said, Samsung is believed to have a Bixby-powered smart speaker in the pipeline which it might launch in the coming months. However, Hyun-suk's provide a glimpse of Samsung's strategy for Bixby. It's pushing for an ecosystem that integrates Bixby with every part of users' lives, and leveraging its product catalog is a good way to go about it.
Bixby does leave much to be desired in its current form, though, and that's something that Samsung is going to address with Bixby 2.0 later this year.
Adnan Farooqui is a long-term writer at SamMobile. Based in Pakistan, his interests include technology, finance, Swiss watches and Formula 1. His tendency to write long posts betrays his inclination to being a man of few words.
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