Samsung announced the digital assistant Bixby for its flagship device Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus today. Finally, one of the biggest missing features of this handset arrived in the market.

Samsung Missing Feature ‘Bixby’ Finally Rolled Out

Currently, the feature launched in US for opt-in beta test, however, company officials shared with express.co.uk that this feature would be made available for the UK market by the end of this year.

What difference the Bixby would create? Samsung claims that it would improve the response time, comprehension of the varied phrases with all having the same query, hands-free operating, and a lot more.

Till now, 100,000 users have had the early access to this feature and they had given 4 million voice commands. The company also said that the Bixby can read user messages via sms and emails out loud, if user has the stock apps.

Bixby dedicated button on the side of the device could be used for activating the Bixby feature or simply by saying ‘Hi Bixby’. Similarly, Bixby like Google Assistant and Siri can manage send texts, alarms etc. but the real function is to access settings of granular phone.