Samsung’s new Bixby assistant for the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus (and beyond) isn’t exactly like Siri, Google Voice Search, Amazon Alexa or Microsoft Cortana, and that may confound you. Especially when Google Assistant also lives on both S8 phones. So what is it? I find it’s easier to think of Bixby as an app …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy S8’s major makeover 2:14 The Samsung Galaxy S8 is finally here. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus phones — and a variety of accessories — at a press event at New York City’s Lincoln Center earlier today. The big news is as follows: Samsung Galaxy S8: The company’s newest flagship phone boasts …
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If someone told you everyone’s jumping off a cliff, would you do it, too? The latest social media craze to go viral is almost as stupidly dangerous: Telling Siri to say “108,” India’s equivalent of the 9-1-1 emergency call line. That’s because Apple made it easy for people to call emergency services from anywhere in the world. Saying any country’s …
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Imagine if Siri and Google Now had an app store filled with 7,000 extra tricks you could teach them for free. That’s the promise of Amazon’s cloud-based Alexa assistant on a phone, which has debuted in the Amazon shopping app for the iPhone and iPad, and on Huawei Mate 9 phones in the US, through a specialized app. The integration …
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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 for phones CNET In the …
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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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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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You may not have heard of it, but Line is one of the world’s biggest messaging apps. Now the Japanese company is getting into the AI game. Line is teaming up with parent-company Naver, a South Korean search giant, to create an artificial intelligence platform called Clova. The company announced its plans at the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona. …
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After spending two days using the BeatsX earphones, I’m not sure I can go back to my tired old pods. Wireless earphones have been around for years, but it wasn’t until Apple removed the headphone jack from its iPhone 7 that they suddenly became a necessity… at least for me. Soon after upgrading to an iPhone 7 I lost the …
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Chinese phone maker Huawei is reportedly working on a voice assistant that it’s planning to add to devices in China. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reports that the company will use its own Siri rival for its Chinese phones only. Outside of China, Huawei phones will continue to use voice-enabled assistants such as Amazon‘s Alexa and Google Assistant. …
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