Galaxy AI Won’t Kill Bixby, But It Might Improve The Voice Assistant Over Time

At the Galaxy Unpacked event in January, Samsung fully revealed the Galaxy AI. The AI-powered software uses both on-device and cloud-based solutions to improve communication and increase productivity. However, given that some of the new AI-based features are similar to those of Samsung's in-house voice assistant, Bixby, this raises several questions.

Galaxy AI and Bixby will grow together

According to a report from Android Authority, Samsung has made it clear that Bixby is still active, even after the company's devices started supporting Google Assistant and Alexa. Bixby will exist alongside Galaxy AI and continue to grow. This could imply that the company will integrate some AI-based features into its voice assistant.

At CES 2024, Samsung mentioned that AI could pair the company's SmartThings app with Bixby. For example, users could ask the voice assistant to turn a smart home device on or off, and the assistant could route commands to the right device based on users' location and usage data . However, Samsung has not confirmed or clarified this in detail. It is therefore only a hypothesis at this stage.

While Apple plans to improve Siri with iOS 18, we wouldn't be surprised to see a One UI software update add AI-based features to Bixby.

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