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Samsung Opens Its Voice Assistant Bixby To Developers as It Pursues Alexa and Siri
Samsung said Wednesday it was rolling out new voice-assistant features to challenge its U.S. rivals' dominance in AI. At its developer conference, where the company is also expected to unveil its first foldable smartphone, the company said it was fully opening its virtual assistant, called Bixby, to third-party developers and businesses for the first time. The move may help the company challenge incumbent players Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri, and Google's Assistant.
Much of the assistant market is yet to be tapped, and it is the right time for developers to embrace Bixby, an executive said. The company said it is offering a no-trade off set of tools (what it calls Bixby Developer Studio) to developers to make use of Bixby. It's the first time any company is offering the full suite of tools that it uses to make its assistant to developers, the company said.
Further reading: VentureBeat.
Much of the assistant market is yet to be tapped, and it is the right time for developers to embrace Bixby, an executive said. The company said it is offering a no-trade off set of tools (what it calls Bixby Developer Studio) to developers to make use of Bixby. It's the first time any company is offering the full suite of tools that it uses to make its assistant to developers, the company said.
Further reading: VentureBeat.
The biggest feature of Bixby (and all mobile phone assistants for that matter) that I want is an "off switch" and an uninstall option. I don't want a virtual assistant on my phone.
Hi, The developer event, where this announcement was made, is still underway. Bixby being made open to developers was announced about five minutes ago and there is no news article that has covered it yet. So I wrote it myself and that is why there is no link in the summary. When a good source becomes available, we will add the link and any additional details. Thanks!