Hi guys, it's MTG here, and Bixby was announced with the Galaxy S8 and S8+ phones earlier
this year, and is now on the Note 8.
Most people just see it as the button that they accidentally press when trying to change
the volume.
Well, whether you use Bixby or not, it's worth figuring out its functionality because the
button is always there.
Also, Samsung has continually been rolling out updates to improve Bixby.
Today I'm going to be going over some different features that Bixby has to offer.
Some may prove to be pretty useful.
Let's get right into it.
When the Bixby button is pressed, you are taken to a page that shows what it thinks
are the most relevant information for you.
This could be anything from your alarms to sports scores to health activity.
It functions, as most people point out, just like the Google Now Cards functioned.
With Bixby's new update, you are now able to turn this feature off so you can just use
the Bixby voice function.
Just toggle off Bixby key, and it will no longer go to this page on a button press.
But how does Bixby Voice work?
To activate Bixby voice, simply hold down the Bixby button and say the question or command
you want to say.
You can also activate Bixby with "Hi Bixby" by going into Bixby, clicking the menu button,
and then settings.
From here you'll be able to turn on Voice wake-up, and it will ask you to say "Hi Bixby"
multiple times to learn your voice.
First off, like Siri and like the Google Assistant, Bixby can answer common questions.
It can tell you what the weather will be.
"Hi Bixby, what's the weather in Cambridge tomorrow?"
… It can also look up answers for questions that are a little more complicated, like "Hi
Bixby, how far is Mars from Earth?"
… Bixby also has full control over the phone's system functions.
For example, it will be able to toggle the phone's flashlight on and off.
Just say, "Hi Bixby, turn on the flashlight" … "Turn the flashlight off"…
Bixby
will also be able to toggle certain functions on in the settings.
"Hi Bixby, turn on quick launch camera in the settings."…
Bixby's ability to control the phone's functions really could be useful in instances where
you maybe aren't able to physically touch your phone.
If your volume is too loud, you could say, "Hi Bixby, turn the
volume down"
What sets Bixby apart from other AI's on other smartphones, is its ability to read and understand
the content that appears on your screen.
I can say, "Hi Bixby, Open Google Play Music and play the First Take Podcast."…
Bixby will then not only open the app, but it will also search for First Take, and play
the Podcast and not just a song called "First Take."
You can give pretty specific requests like, "Hi Bixby, open the last picture I took."…
Bixby will know to open gallery and then present the last picture taken.
You can also open apps in specific modes if applicable.
For instance, you can open the camera app in whatever mode you'd like.
"Hi Bixby, open the camera in live focus mode."
… I can also tell Bixby to navigate to specific
menus within apps.
"Hi Bixby, open YouTube and go to my uploads."…
You can see that Bixby goes into the app and does the necessary navigating to find where
my own videos are located.
Another cool thing that Bixby can do is create a new contact.
You can say, "Hi Bixby, open contacts and create a new contact as Jeff with the number
555-123-4567."
Bixby will then proceed to fill in the necessary field entries and save the contact.
And of course, you can have a little fun with Bixby also.
"Hi Bixby, tell me a joke."…
And finally, in case you didn't know, Bixby can rap too.
"Hi Bixby, rap for me" …
In this video, I only scraped the surface on everything Bixby has to offer.
So if you want to see more videos like this, or if you have any questions regarding Bixby
or the Note 8 in general, just let me know in the comment section.
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