Morning Class,
Todays topic! Samsungs Personal Assistant Bixby!
With the arrival of the Samsung S8 and S8+ came Samsung’s new artificial intelligence assistant, Bixby! This feature is a voice recognition mobile assistant that takes what you do by touch and makes it possible via your voice!
Let me first say it is really cool when it works right!
Whether i’m laying in bed and want to set an alarm without reaching for my phone, or in some cases being able to lock my phone while in the hands of a friend some situations show the amazing potential of Bixby.
Other situations, such as in a group if others are talking, or basically other situations with background noise, shows the weakness of this feature. Bixby works when it recognizes your voice, but when it doesn’t then it makes you think “I could be done now with what I wanted to do instead of saying my command over and over”.
Now I know that makes it sound pretty negative but thats the same problem with any voice recognition feature whether on android, or Iphone, orany other phone or computer. So I personally don’t see it as a negative of Bixby, more just the limitations of voice recognition in general.
What sets Bixby apart from the other voice assistant features on phones is how advanced it can go it its processes. For example, when I’m heading to work where I don’t have great reception and don’t use my phone very much , I simply say “Hi Bixby, Work” which then causes the following:
- Turn on wifi
- Lower display brightness
- Turn volume down.
And then when I would leave for the day and wanted different setup I’d say, “Hi Bixby, Car” which would lead to the following:
- Increase brightness to 60%
- Turn volume to max
- Turn off wifi.
- Turn on bluetooth.
I believe Bixby is the only voice feature on a phone that can do those types of activity with only 1 command. Now Bixby does have some other features, such as Bixby Vision which uses your camera and can pull up information based on what your looking at. For example, if your camera is looking at a toy you could shop for that toy online or find more pictures of it on the internet all through Bixby Vision.
Now I must say that this feature of it I haven’t used as often, and from my experience was not very successful in searching for what I thought would be very easy products to search for.
In closing, I enjoy Bixby on my Samsung S8. It’s not perfect, but no voice recognition is. The feature is very fun, and the fact that its on the S8 and on the S9 series as well without having to buy the app or spend any additional money make it all the sweeter.
I’ve talked enough for one class, If you wanna know more drop a message and I will follow up if needed.
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