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Samsung rolls out Bixby voice command for Galaxy S8 in South Korea

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New Delhi: In a treat for Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ users, South Korean tech major has rolled out the Bixby voice-command option for the flagship phone in South Korea.

According to a report, Samsung has begun the voice command service in Korea on Monday, and also sent a notice to all users of the Galaxy S8 phones. Galaxy S8, S8+ went on sale in Korea on April 21. The phones have also gone on sale in US, Europe, though it looks like the US users will get the voice command feature only by the end of May.

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In India, the Samsung Galaxy S8 sales are expected to start from May 2, 2017, and currently the phone is up for pre-order.

The review unit we have is also lacking the voice command feature, though the vision search, reminders, and other features of Bixby are working.

Samsung has delayed the launch of the voice search feature due to issues with the performance.

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According to a Wall Street Journal report from earlier, the English-version of Bixby won’t be hitting the phone till the end of May.

A spokesperson from the company said during internal testing, the English version of Bixby lagged behind the Korean version. The spokesperson added the company executives were still trying to figure out when the English version of the voice assistant can be launched.

 

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