The Bixby function of the new Samsung Galaxy S8 is demonstrated on March 24 in New York. (Richard Drew/AP)Samsung is finally rolling out the English-language version of its Bixby voice assistant to U.S. phones, the company said Wednesday. Samsung's take on the voice assistant — and its bid to compete with other companies' offerings including Apple's Siri, Google Assistant, Amazon's Alexa and Microsoft's Cortana — was central to its promotional pitch when the Galaxy S8 and S8+ were first announced. There are some things Bixby does that Siri (or other voice assistants) can't, particularly when it comes to controlling the phone. I can say “Bixby, turn screen brightness to 5 percent” and the phone will open my settings and dim the screen for me.

Source: Washington Post July 19, 2017 15:27 UTC