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Chat with Bixby to buy tickets from Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster has partnered with Samsung’s Bixby, allowing users in North America to find and purchase event tickets through the virtual assistant. The feature is powered by Ticketmaster’s API and Galaxy Note 9 users can now ask Bixby to find events by artist, team, location or date. Just say something like, “Hi Bixby, find concert tickets […]
Samsung Galaxy Note9 will likely include Bixby 2.0 voice assistant
Samsung Mobile chief DJ Koh has revealed Samsung’s Galaxy Note9 will likely include version 2.0 of the company’s Bixby AI assistant. The news was shared at a press conference following the release of its flagship S9 and S9+ smartphones ahead of Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona this week. A Galaxy Note9 release date has […]
A key Samsung executive who worked on Bixby, Knox, and Samsung Pay is joining Google (SSNLF, GOOG)
Samsung’s former chief technology officer (CTO) Injong Rhee is joining Google, according to a new report from ZDNet. Rhee joined the Korean giant back in 2011, and has worked on a series of important projects such as Samsung Knox, the company’s enterprise security platform; Samsung Pay, its mobile payment system, and Bixby, the firm’s digital […]
Samsung is all talk about the IoT with Bixby 2.0 and SmartThings
Enlarge (credit: Ron Amadeo) Samsung’s annual developer conference at Moscone West in San Francisco doesn’t always get a lot of public attention; in past years, it has often focused on things like Tizen app development. But at this year’s conference, the company focused on launching a new platform for connected devices in the home, the […]
Samsung unveils Bixby 2.0 with long-awaited Viv Labs integration
Samsung today announced its AI assistant Bixby will begin to incorporate Viv Labs technology for third-party integrations. Viv was acquired by Samsung a year ago for about $ 215 million. Before Viv, co-creators Adam Cheyer and Dag Kittlaus also made Siri before it was acquired by Apple. “Bixby 2.0 will be available on a variety of […]
Galaxy S8 owners can finally disable the Bixby button
I really dig my Galaxy S8 smartphone, but for one thing: the incredibly annoying Bixby assistant. Now, Samsung will let you disable the dedicated Bixby key, making it much harder to summon the helper by accident, as Sammobile noticed. As for what purpose that key can serve after you disable Bixby, the answer, for now, […]
After 3 months, Samsung’s “Bixby” voice assistant finally launches in the US
Enlarge / The hardware Bixby button on the Galaxy S8. (credit: Ron Amadeo) It has been almost three months since the launch of the Galaxy S8, and Samsung is finally ready to unleash an English-speaking version of Bixby on the world—well, on the US at least. Samsung announced today that its voice assistant can finally speak […]
Life with Bixby is equal parts futuristic and frustrating
In the future, the voice of Bixby — Samsung’s virtual assistant — will ring forth from refrigerators and smart speakers and who knows what else. No wonder the company is taking its time with it. For those who really can’t wait, Bixby’s voice interface is available as a preview you can access now. I spent […]
Bixby, where are you?
There’s plenty to love about the Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus, Samsung’s latest mobile darlings. The near edge-to-edge displays and luscious design give them a fit and finish few other flagships can match. And the performance and battery-life are nothing to sneeze at either. Yet, nearly three months after their initial launch, the phones are […]
