My AI is smarter than your AI. That’s the taunt that Samsung Galaxy S8 owners may be able to lob at Google Pixel users if the S8’s rumored Bixby Assistant launches with seven or eight languages, as reported by SamMobile. Enlarge Image Samsung’s Bixby AI will go after Google Assistant, Apple’s Siri and Amazon Alexa …
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Samsung is trying again with its own digital voice assistant. Will it be a breakout hit or a me-too product? After the tech titan introduced the S Voice assistant in 2012, it’s now getting ready to launch a new and improved digital butler called Bixby in its upcoming Galaxy S8 next week. But, with the voice assistant market already crowded …
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It’s not me, Google. It’s you. We had some great times together. Starting with the Galaxy Nexus all the way through the final Nexus phone, the 6P, I have owned three of Google’s flagship phones. Unlike phones from nearly all other Android vendors, Google’s Nexus phones came with an unskinned, crapware-free version of the operating system and they were the …
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We’ve heard that the Samsung Galaxy S8 may come in all sorts of colors, one of them being violet. Thanks to a leakster on Twitter we get a chance to see what this could look like. The pictures show that violet is only used on the back of the phone, while the display’s bezels could remain black. This stays true …
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The more realistic a TV looks, the better, right? Most of the hype surrounding new TV technology in the last few years revolves around 4K resolution and how it compares to good, old high-definition. But now that 4K TVs are dirt cheap, TV makers have taken to flogging High Dynamic Range for all it’s worth. HDR is great, but it’s …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung’s Bixby voice assistant will reach beyond Galaxy… 1:27 “Hi, Bixby. What’s Samsung planning to do with you?” A lot, it turns out. Bixby is Samsung’s new digital voice assistant, and it will debut on the upcoming Galaxy S8. It will have its own dedicated button on the side of the phone, letting you communicate with …
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We’ve seen plenty of leaks about the Samsung Galaxy S8 in recent weeks, but now we may be getting our first look at what colors the new flagship handset will sport and how much they will cost. The S8 and its larger sibling the S8 Plus, which are expected to be unveiled later this month, will be available in “black …
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Everyone expects the Samsung Galaxy S8 to be a powerful phone, but it could be even more powerful in China. Word has it that the Galaxy S8 may come with 6GB of RAM in China compared with 4GB for the rest of the world, according to IHS research director Kevin Wang. Generally speaking, phones use Random Access Memory (RAM) as …
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You might not need your old video camera if you’re getting a Galaxy S8. The upcoming Samsung phone is rumored to capture video at 1,000 frames per second (fps), according to SamMobile, which cites Korean tech news site Naver. The report adds that it may have two front cameras, one for iris scanning and the other for selfies. The Galaxy …
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If you buy a product from Samsung’s online store, your name, address, order information and other data may be accessible to anyone who cares to look. Matt Metzger, a self-described “application security engineer” who said he has worked in shipping-industry compliance, wrote Wednesday on Medium about an accidental discovery. Metzger said he ordered a TV from the Samsung online store …
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