The question is whether Samsung can spin its plans up quickly enough to chase Amazon and Google, or whether Bixby will languish on phones as the next S Voice. We spoke with Samsung Mobile's CTO ...

But that initiative doesn’t require Apple and Google to potentially let additional assistants like Alexa onto their smartphones. (Amazon hasn’t had a lot of luck with phones in the past , either).

Amazon's Alexa has plenty going for it. Developers have trained the virtual assistant with over 10,000 “skills”—apps you talk to instead of tap—to do everything from hailing a Lyft to ...

Samsung on Wednesday announced it is upgrading its Bixby digital assistant and making it available for a range of connected devices, setting up a clash with Amazon's Alexa and ... phones , TVs ...

Amazon Alexa on an Android phone is here, and Huawei Mate 9 owners in the US will get it first in an over-the-air update (and later through the Google Play store).

Samsung bought Viv Labs for millions but hasn't used this "fundamentally new kind of AI" in its own ... Samsung spent £167m on an Alexa rival ... The result is an app on your phone that, ...

Samsung will diverge from Apple, Amazon, and Google with its upcoming Bixby virtual assistant. Instead of having a distinct set of voice skills, Samsung Next Big Things in Tech Awards Final ...

Samsung’s new virtual assistant, Bixby, is a different sort of thing than what you’re used to. Where Siri, Google, and Alexa are focused on collecting and understanding information out on the ...

A member of the XDA-Developers forums recently launched a smartwatch application bringing Amazon Alexa to a handful of Samsung wearables, specifically those running Tizen OS version 4 or newer ...

Bixby will make its debut as Samsung's digital assistant on the Galaxy S8 smartphone, which will be unveiled next week.