Apparently Bixby isn't dead yet.samsung executives speaks to CNBC The company says it's „working hard“ to put AI capabilities into its voice assistants, suggesting that the company is thinking: someone like gemini Not as a substitute, but as a competitor.
Good to know, as some of us were starting to wonder. early this year Despite Samsung announcing a slew of new generative AI features for its flagship phones, voice assistants were barely mentioned. Samsung and Google also made a big splash with their Galaxy S24 phones, which use Gemini Nano, Google's on-device AI model. It would have been logical for Samsung to replace Bixby with Google's Gemini-powered assistant, but that doesn't seem to be the plan.
Choi Won-joon, Samsung's executive vice president of mobile, told CNBC, „I think we need to redefine the role of Bixby so that it can have generative AI,“ adding, „We need to redefine the role of Bixby so that it can have generative AI.“ We need to become,” he added. ” You will be able to have more natural conversations. As it stands, Samsung isn't the only tech company rushing to incorporate his AI into its voice assistants. Apple is expected to announce an AI-powered Siri At this year's WWDC.
Meanwhile, the Galaxy S24's AI features were introduced to last year's phone in the following ways: One UI 6.1 update. Galaxy AI, as the entire package is called, is free for now.If Samsung is planning Pay for AI features in the future, we need to offer something far beyond our current capabilities. Whatever that vision is, Bixby appears to be part of it.