Meet Samsung Bixby, The Samsung's New Voice Assistant
Samsung could start a new chapter when it unveils its long-awaited Galaxy S8 on March 29, putting the disaster of the Note 7 behind it and showing that it can take a big step forward with innovative features. Chief among them: Bixby
It’s final and official: Bixby isn’t an ordinary voice assistant. We know this already but we need Samsung to confirm that Bixby is more intelligent than just a voice assistant. It is an intelligent interface that will be found on the South Korean tech giant’s many devices. The idea is that this feature will be trained to learn from you. Any machine or device that has the Bixby will understand and remember how you interact. The result is the device will adapt to you instead of you trying to learn from and decipher it.
It’s a digital assistant you’ll be able activate by pressing a dedicated button on the side of the S8, and it has an impressive pedigree. The feature descends from Viv, the A.I. startup that Samsung bought in October 2016 and which claimed to be a more extensive and powerful alternative to Siri, which its creators also built.
“With this new approach, Samsung has employed artificial intelligence, reinforcing deep learning concepts to the core of our user interface designs,” Rhee continued. “Bixby is the ongoing result of this effort.”
The AI platform boasts proficiency in the three Cs: completeness, context awareness, and cognitive tolerance.
That is, once Bixby-enabled, an application can support almost any traditional touch task using voice commands; seamlessly switch between tapping and speaking without losing your work.
“At its core, Bixby will help remove friction,” according to Rhee. “It will simplify user education with new voice interfaces and will make using your phone even more seamless and intuitive.”
A dedicated Bixby button, located on the side of new Samsung devices, eliminates hassle; instead of taking multiple steps to make a call, simply press the Bixby button and say a command.
“We do have a bold vision of revolutionizing the human-to-machine interface, but that vision won’t be realized overnight,” Rhee said. “Ambition takes time.”
As such, Bixby is Samsung’s “first step on a journey” to streamlining phone use—starting with the Galaxy S8. The new handset comes pre-installed with a subset of Bixby-enabled applications; look for additional functions added over time.
The company also plans to release an SDK to enable third-party developers to build applications and services for Bixby.
And, like Siri, Alexa, Cortana, and Google Assistant, Samsung’s secretary will gradually branch out from smartphones to the firm’s other branded appliances. In the future, the blog teased, you will be able to control your air conditioner or TV through the cloud-based platform.
But what about other voice assistants ?
Bixby is different from the Samsung Assistant. It is the company’s answer to Amazon’s Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple’s Siri. Samsung claims that this one offers a much deeper experience because Bixby has the following properties: Completeness, Context Awareness, and Cognitive Tolerance.
Will the Bixby make a huge impact on Siri and Cortana?
I guess Bixby will surely make a impact on Siri and Cortana ,if Samsung makes it to all devices.
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