You'll get the choice of Bixby on Samsung phones or Samsung TVs, but it's far from a necessary feature, and you may well opt to use Alexa or Google Assistant functionality in those devices and disable Bixby instead.
Voice dial a contact
- From the Home screen, long press the home button to open Google voice assistant.
- Speak Call + [name of contact].
- If necessary, tap the desired phone number if the contact has more than one number. You can also speak the number category at the end of step 4 (for example, + [Work])
Bixby is the Samsung intelligence assistant first introduced on the Galaxy S8 and S8+. You can interact with Bixby using your voice, text, or taps. A short press on the Bixby button takes you to the Bixby main page. Press and hold the Bixby button to talk to Bixby in a natural way, like a friend.
(Pocket-lint) - Samsung's Android phones come with their own voice assistant called Bixby, in addition to supporting Google Assistant. Bixby is Samsung's attempt to take on the likes of Siri, Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa.
The thing with Bixby is that it's not really horrible—it's just unnecessary. It's that stupid Bixby button that Samsung just had to throw on the side of the S8, S9, and Note 8. It's a constant thorn in Galaxy users' sides, mostly because it's just too easy to mistake for the volume rocker.
Samsung's big mistake with Bixby was attempting to shoe-horn it into the physical design of the Galaxy S8, S9, and Note 8 via a dedicated Bixby button. This irked plenty of users because the button was too easily activated and too easy to hit by mistake (like when you meant to change the volume).
Bixby can be activated using the side key or Bixby key, which are both located underneath the volume buttons on the left hand side of your device. If your device has a Bixby key, pressing it once will open Bixby home, no matter what you are doing with your device at the time.
If Bixby has stopped working for no apparent reason, you should consider troubleshooting the main app itself. You can do that by clearing the cache of Bixby Service app. Tap Clear cache button.
Here are 25 useful Bixby commands you should try out with your new Galaxy S10.
- Save a contact. Command: Hi Bixby, add Paul as a new contact with his number 1234-5678.
- Get up to speed.
- Delete sensitive info.
- Capture and share.
- Download an app/game.
- Share it with the world.
- Enjoy yourself.
- Set a timer/stopwatch/alarm….
Bixby 2.0:you can talk to Galaxy continuously, instead of saying it every time: Hi Bixby! Currently, the users ask any query by invoking the Bixby first but with the coming version, you won't need to call its name everytime you're asking it something.
Bixby pricing starts at $1.00 per feature, per month. There is a free version. Bixby offers a free trial.
Bixby is Samsung's digital assistant. By talking or typing to Bixby, you can open apps, take pictures, check your social media, double-check your calendar, and plenty more. Released with the Galaxy S8 in 2017, Bixby is only available on Samsung devices running Android 7 (Nougat) and above.
– While both Google Assistant and Bixby have similar smart assistant features, Google Assistant is uniquely integrated with the Google Home ecosystem and is available for Android and iOS devices (limited functionality on iOS), whereas Bixby is specific to Samsung devices and apps.
Bixby Home, the swipe-in panel where Bixby once lived, has completely disappeared, as has the watered-down Samsung Daily page which replaced it in the more recent versions of Samsung's OneUI.
Just open Bixby by pressing and holding the Bixby or Side key, depending on your phone or tablet's settings. If needed, tap the House icon to open the Assistant Home page. Tap Menu (the three horizontal lines), tap the Settings icon, and then tap Voice wake-up.
If it's connected but you're still experiencing issues, you will need to clear the data for all of Bixby's system apps.
- Navigate to Apps. Navigate to and open Settings, and then tap Apps.
- View system apps.
- Clear the data for Bixby system apps.
- Set up Bixby.
