Latest Bixby Voice news

Samsung introduces celebrity voices for Bixby in South Korea

Bixby users in South Korea don’t have to wait for NEON to become a reality before they can have a celebrity’s voice act as their virtual assistant. Samsung has updated Bixby Voice in South Korea to include the voices of three celebrities, namely Kang So-ra, Kim So-hyun, and Kim Ye-won. The three actresses are well […]

By Mihai Matei
3 years ago

Exclusive: Samsung ending Bixby Voice support for Android Nougat and Oreo

Samsung launched its Bixby assistant with the Galaxy S8 back in 2017. The assistant, particularly the Bixby Voice functionality, has since been expanded to many of its devices. Bixby Voice is what responds when you give your phone a voice command. Some mid-range Samsung phones and tablets only have Bixby Home. Bixby has come a […]

By Adnan Farooqui
3 years ago

Galaxy Tab S5e gets Bixby Voice, call/message continuity support in new update

Galaxy Tab S5e owners are getting a new software update that adds support for Bixby Voice to their sleek AMOLED-toting tablet. The Galaxy Tab S5e, like the Galaxy Tab S4, was announced with Bixby Voice support, but neither device actually supported the feature out of the box. And while that made sense for the Tab […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
4 years ago

Bixby can now identify music tracks for you, like Shazam

Bixby has picked up a new trick recently: You can now ask Samsung’s virtual assistant to identify music that’s playing around you, just like Shazam. We’re not sure when this particular functionality was added, but we can confirm that it can identify both old and new songs with a good degree of success. It’s not […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
4 years ago

Samsung to allow swapping Bixby in ‘Hi Bixby’ hotword with other words?

Now that we have the option to remap the dedicated Bixby key on our Galaxy phones, Samsung could be planning to give us the option to customize the ‘Hi Bixby’ wake-up command for Bixby Voice. Well, at least in China, where the company has apparently announced that Samsung will swap the Bixby in ‘Hi Bixby’ […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
4 years ago

With Android Pie, Bixby Voice no longer needs a physical key

When the Galaxy Tab S4 went official, Samsung told us that the tablet would have support for Bixby Voice. That was well and good until we realized the Tab S4 had no physical Bixby key, which is required for Bixby Voice access on a Galaxy device. Samsung told us Bixby Voice would come with an […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
4 years ago

Samsung’s doubling down on Bixby Voice at MWC 2019

Samsung has spared no expense to make sure Barcelona is aware that Bixby Voice can now understand Spanish, dotting several Hola Bixby Experience Stores around the capital, where MWC 2019 is currently underway — with the most notable situated opposite Apple’s flagship Passeig de Gràcia location, which has been closed for the last month for […]

By Josh L.
4 years ago

My long-term experience with Bixby: The sky’s the limit

After seven seemingly long months with Samsung’s coveted personal assistant, Bixby, it is safe to say that I have a pretty solid gauge as to its abilities and disabilities. This post will take a deep dive into my long-term experience integrating Bixby into my everyday life. When Bixby was first announced and showcased at the […]

By Landon A
5 years ago

Bixby Voice seems to have been updated with support for Spanish

Samsung’s been taking its sweet time in bringing support for languages other than English and Korean to Bixby Voice. But it looks like the company has quickened its pace; it added Chinese support to Bixby Voice recently, and is adding another language today. Based on screenshots uploaded by a Twitter user, Bixby Voice should now support […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

Samsung launches Bixby Voice in China

Samsung rolled out its artificial intelligence-powered digital assistant Bixby globally a couple of months back. The assistant only supported English and Korean initially. Samsung did say that it was working on adding support for the Chinese language to Bixby Voice. Following a brief beta period, Bixby Voice Chinese support will soon be going live. Samsung […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 years ago

Bixby Voice Chinese support goes live on November 30

Samsung initially had to delay Bixby’s launch in China following revisions to local cybersecurity laws. The company expanded Bixby Voice to more than 200 countries across the globe in August this year, China included. The assistant only supports English and Korean languages right now. Samsung has been working on adding support for the Chinese language. […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 years ago

Bixby Tip: Enable or disable Bixby’s voice wake-up feature with its quick toggle

The dedicated Bixby button on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8 is no longer the nuisance it was in the early days of Bixby. Samsung initially released an update that allowed for preventing the Bixby button from firing up Bixby Home and then proceeded to make it completely non-functional with an update that prevents the […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago

Samsung China launches beta test for Bixby Voice Chinese support

Samsung rolled out its Bixby Voice digital assistant globally a couple of months back. However, the digital assistant only has support for the English and Korean languages. Samsung did say that Bixby’s language support will eventually be expanded to Chinese before any additional languages are supported. Samsung China has now launched a new beta test […]

By Adnan Farooqui
5 years ago

Samsung appoints new executive for Bixby 2.0 development

Samsung recently appointed a new executive for the development of Bixby in an effort to enhance the performance of the assistant, which, as The Korea Herald notes, has faced a lackluster response from the market. The firm confirmed on Thursday that Samsung Research America’s Vice Chief Chung Eui-suk has been named the Head of its […]

By Josh L.
5 years ago

Behind closed doors: Our opinion on Bixby Voice

It took a while, but Bixby Voice is finally available across the globe. Samsung’s only just offering support for Korean and US English, so Bixby Voice is far from being as useful as its competitors, but it’s certainly better than not being able to use the feature at all, which was the case for a […]

By Abhijeet Mishra
5 years ago