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Samsung's conversational virtual assistant, Bixby Voice, is (artificially) intelligent enough to answer various queries about the phone and the outside world. It can also be voice-controlled to perform tasks such as playing a song in Samsung Music, connecting Galaxy Buds to your mobile device, ringing your phone, and more, and it can do all this […]
Bixby Voice for Wear OS Galaxy Watches has received a new update. It's a pretty major release coming out of nowhere, and through this new update, Samsung not only changed some UI elements but also gave Bixby Voice a better ear for music. The new update pushes Bixby Voice on Wear OS to version 3.0.09.12. […]
Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic owners finally have access to one of the best Google apps. Google Assistant is available for Samsung’s Wear OS 3-powered smartwatches at long last (find out how to install it here), and combined with Bixby, users now have two virtual assistants to choose from. Just like on Samsung […]
The Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic will be Samsung's first smartwatches in many years to be based on an operating system other than Tizen OS. They'll run Google's Wear OS with a fresh version of One UI for smartwatches on top, so unlike previous Galaxy wearables, the upcoming series will reportedly support […]
We recently revealed that starting June 1st, Samsung's old S Voice assistant would be discontinued for good. We had also revealed that Samsung would be replacing S Voice with Bixby through a software update on at least the Gear S3 and Gear Sport. That software update has now arrived for both smartwatches and is rolling […]
We reported yesterday that Samsung has decided to discontinue its old S Voice assistant. It wasn't really Bixby's predecessor as S Voice wasn't a conversational assistant, however, it could get stuff done in response to voice commands. Ever since Bixby was launched in 2018, Samsung stopped shipping S Voice with new devices. The company has […]
Samsung is rolling out a substantial Galaxy Watch Active update today which brings improvements for Bixby as well as some new features. The voice assistant can now be used to start customized exercise routines, control SmartThings products or just to find out the time difference between two cities. Bixby has been made more task-oriented on […]
Google has announced a bunch of new features for Android ecosystem of devices. As we approach the end of this year, Google has surprised users by releasing new features to Android smartphones, Wear OS-based smartwatches, and Google TV-based smart TVs. Let us check them out in detail. First up, the Gboard app on Android smartphones […]
Samsung has started rolling out the Wear OS 4-based One UI 5 Watch update to the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 5 series in India. Last week, the Galaxy Watch 5 series started getting the update, and today, the Galaxy Watch 4 series has started getting the One UI 5 Watch update in […]
This week started off strong for Galaxy Watch users. Yesterday, we got the One UI Watch 5 update for the Galaxy Watch 5 in Europe, but there's even more good news. The Galaxy Watch 4 is also getting the latest firmware update, except in the USA rather than Europe or other markets. We checked our […]
Samsung has announced the next SDC (Samsung Developer Conference) event. The South Korean firm's SDC 2023 event will take place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, USA, on October 5, 2023. This is Samsung's ninth developer conference since the company started holding it in 2013. Last year, the Samsung Developer Conference (2022) was available […]
Google could be bringing a Tile for Google Assistant on Wear OS smartwatches, including Galaxy Watches (Galaxy Watch 4 and newer) and the Pixel Watch. This new Tile might get added to the list of existing Tiles that Google has brought to Wear OS smartwatches over the past couple of years. The folks over at […]
The Galaxy Watch 5 Pro is the most premium and feature-rich Wear OS smartwatch that you can buy today. But a new high-end Wear OS-based smartwatch is coming to challenge the Galaxy Watch 5 Pro. The TicWatch Pro 5 has been unveiled with a price tag of $349, and it is the first Wear OS […]
The Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 5 lineups running Wear OS have some similarities with Galaxy phones running One UI in the sense that the OS allows users to reassign the physical side home button. As a matter of fact, Wear OS is even more flexible in this regard, as Galaxy Watch users […]
During its SDC 2022 event yesterday, Samsung revealed that it has simplified the Bixby Routines feature on its smartphones so that more people can use it. The company is now calling it Modes, a part of the new Modes And Routines app. It is debuting with One UI 5.0 on Galaxy smartphones. With Modes, the […]