Bixby - What is it? All about Samsung Voice Assistant. How to reassign the left button in Galaxy S8 Bixby Samsung description

Samsung finally launched Bixby worldwide today. The voice assistant can now be used by Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ owners in more than 200 countries. We will now walk you through the process of setting up Bixby on the Galaxy S8.

The official announcement from Samsung took place this morning, but Bixby is already starting to gradually roll out and the first reports have appeared from countries where Bixby is already working.

Press the Bixby button on your smartphone to see if it's already available to you. You may need to update the Bixby app from Galaxy Apps if you haven't already. Before doing this, do not forget to log in to your account Samsung.

Bixby will greet you with a welcome screen in live on your device. The screen will appear when you press the Bixby button. Bixby voice guides you through the setup process.

Step 1. Choose language. Bixby Voice Only supports English (US) and South Korean. Samsung plans to add other languages ​​in the future, but this moment only two are available.

Step 2: Follow the instructions provided by Bixby Voice as you explore various ways interaction with the assistant.

Step 3: Help Bixby recognize your voice by providing some samples. You just need to speak a few sentences at a constant speed loudly and clearly.

Step 5: Teach Bixby your pronunciation by speaking five sentences.

Finally presented its flagships Galaxy S8 and S8+. Both smartphones received the new Bixby voice assistant.

And here’s what Samsung actually says regarding Bixby:

Bixby is not your average voice assistant, but rather an intuitive and comprehensive interface that uses contextual awareness to learn the user's habits and respond accordingly.

This looks like a truly new way to interact with your smartphone.

Other assistants such as Siri Google Assistant, Alexa and Cortana receive information upon request on the Internet, and then deliver it to the user. Bixby is different in that it is not a search engine. It is an assistant aimed at simplifying the user experience when using the phone, applications and services.

To call Bixby, just say its name out loud or press a special button. The assistant performs 4 main functions:

Bixby Voice

Bixby recognizes natural speech. Thanks to voice control the user can perform various tasks related to his smartphone. We're talking about calls, gallery, settings, and so on. Bixby will initially support English and Korean, but other languages ​​will be added later.

Bixby Vision

Bixby Vision uses an augmented reality camera to detect objects around you. In general, you can find out all the necessary and useful information about everything around you. The functionality also allows you to translate text, scan QR codes and determine location.

Bixby Reminder

Based on the user's routine and location, Bixby provides contextual reminders. Users can create alerts for tasks at a specified time or location. What's more, Bixby Reminder can remind you on which page you finished reading your book.

Bixby Home

This is a collection of everything you need in one place. Everything the user needs: applications, services, routine obligations and much more appears on the screen.

Bixby is an ambitious project from Samsung. But so far it only works with about 10 Samsung Android apps. At an event dedicated to this innovative assistant, the manufacturer assured that Bixby will work using third party applications and with Samsung Connect (smart connection of home devices).

Personal assistant on smartphones Samsung Galaxy S8 found success in South Korea. By pressing the Bixby voice assistant call button, you will launch artificial intelligence functionality to process user requests. And for some time now, this can be done even on a refrigerator and other household appliances.

Samsung Bixby is no longer only on the Galaxy S8

Samsung is confident that many in its home market in South Korea want to buy the flagship Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus smartphones not only because of the best hardware and amazing screens. The software this time goes completely new level functionality. And largely thanks to the Bixby voice assistant for the Galaxy S8.

The virtual assistant will now be introduced into household Samsung equipment. You can buy it immediately with pre-installed software artificial intelligence Bixby. This applies to the following devices:

Refrigerators;

Vacuum cleaners;

The first device in this stream of independent household appliances with Samsung Bixby artificial intelligence will be the Family Hub 2.0 refrigerator, which is already on sale. Corresponding update software ready for installation via Wi-Fi network.

What does Bixby voice assistant do for Samsung home appliances?

Search for recipes without touching any of them with dirty hands electronic devices in the kitchen;

Handling inquiries regarding weather, traffic congestion, ticket information, etc.;

Record dictation of recipes, shopping lists and much more;

Search and select a program to play in the background while cooking;

Launching and reading information in kitchen applications.

Where and how does Bixby work?

Bixby does not work in Russia yet. But as soon as it is tested in Samsung’s home country, the expansion of this service around the world will begin. You should also expect Bixby in Russian. You can turn it on and activate it by calling: “Hello, Bixby” (from the English “Hello, Bixby”).

Samsung took away Galaxy owners S8 has the usual Home button with a fingerprint scanner on the front panel. But another button appeared - on the left side. Clicking on it launches the Samsung Bixby voice assistant. However, this button can be made much more useful with a couple of simple steps. How to reassign the new left button in the Galaxy S8 - read on Trashbox.

Let us remind you that the Samsung Bixby voice assistant at the start of sales of the eighth Galaxy will receive only two languages ​​- Korean and English. Russian support is unlikely to be added, and if they are added, it will probably not be in 2017. Therefore, for residents of Russia and the CIS countries, the function will be almost useless.

So, there are two ways to assign a different action to a new button in . Let's move straight to the simplest option.

Instructions

The community works quickly. For Galaxy smartphones The S8 and Galaxy S8+ have already created an entire application that assigns any action to the Bixby button. The program is called bxActions, and it works very simply. You can download bxActions for Galaxy S8 on Trashbox.

After installation, launch the bxActions application. It will immediately offer to activate itself in the Accessibility menu. Agree - the program will immediately take you to the desired menu item, there press the switch next to the bxActions item.

Then return to the application and after that you can customize the button.

Go to “Remap”. An extensive menu will open in front of you, in which you can select what exactly you want to assign to the action when you press the left button. You have the choice between a simple tap, a double tap, and a long tap. Each one can have its own action. For example, a short press will return to the desktop, a double press will launch the camera, and a long press will launch a Google search.

At the same time, the duration of the long and double taps can be adjusted - in milliseconds. At the time of writing this article, the following actions are available for assigning a button:

• On the desktop.
• Back.
• Recent applications menu.
• Google Search.
• Camera.
• Open latest application.
• Battery menu.
• Notification curtain.
• Settings menu.
• Launch any application.
• Enable/disable Do Not Disturb mode.
• Turn on/off the flashlight.

Alternative way

As an alternative to bxActions, you can consider the All in one Gestures program. It also allows you to reassign the left button in the Samsung Galaxy S8. You can download the utility on Trashbox.

In the same way, we activate All in one Gestures in the Accessibility menu after installation, and then in the Hard Keys tab, select the button with the name 1082 or similar (this is how the Bixby activator is displayed in this program).

There are just as many actions for reassignment. You can schedule the launch of an application or call of some custom function.

Which button action do you consider the most optimal and convenient?

Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones. One of their distinctive abilities is virtual assistant Bixby, which makes interacting with your device, services and apps more instinctive and simple.

Bixby was created to provide a more personalized experience to improve how people interact with their smartphones and the world around them. As noted, Bixby is not your average voice assistant, but rather an intuitive and comprehensive interface that takes a contextual approach to learn users' habits and respond accordingly.

Bixby offers four main features: Voice, Vision, Reminder and Home.

To launch Bixby Voice, you need to press and hold the hardware button on the side of the Galaxy S8 and say “Bixby.” You can also launch it from the main screen. After this, the smartphone can be controlled voice commands. At the same time, using natural language understanding, Bixby can adapt to the user's unique speech style. But if Bixby doesn't understand the user's command, it will ask Additional information so that he can complete the task. English and Korean will be supported initially.

As noted, Bixby works simultaneously in several applications (Call, Camera, Gallery, Settings and Message, the number will be expanded in the future) and has the ability to manage all the settings and functions of each service. For example, if a user wants to send photos to a friend, they can select images from their Gallery by tapping them, and then tell Bixby to send the selected photos to the specified contact. Bixby itself works in the background.

With Vision, Bixby tracks the user's gaze, making it easier to find images and information, translate text, and more. You can also use this system to take a photo of an item and then use Vision to search for and purchase it online. In addition, Vision can scan QR codes, and in some countries, barcodes.

There is an intelligent reminder system, and it works not only for, but also for marking places on videos and similar tasks.

At launch, Vision's shopping service will be available in 11 countries, including the US, UK and Korea, and will expand to more in the future.

Finally, home screen Bixby allows users to see the content they're most interested in by bringing the shortcuts and items they use most often to the desktop slot.