Samsung is reportedly desperately nonetheless attempting to make Bixby a factor

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Samsung has teased a serious AI replace for Bixby shall be revealed at its upcoming Galaxy Unpacked occasion.
Bixby shall be powered by a big language mannequin (LLM), just like Gemini and ChatGPT.
The brand new Bixby will doubtless launch with the Galaxy S25 sequence and Samsung’s One UI 7 replace.

I can not bear in mind the final time somebody talked about Bixby to me. Samsung’s digital assistant has fallen even farther behind this previous yr whereas its opponents, Gemini and Siri, have obtained main AI upgrades. Nonetheless, that every one may quickly change. Samsung lately introduced its Galaxy Unpacked event will happen on January 22 in San Jose, California, and the corporate is broadly anticipated to unveil the Galaxy S25 series to the world with an overhauled Bixby.

In a teaser video for the occasion, an individual might be heard saying, “Hey, when is the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked?” Adopted by them asking for the date to be marked on their calendar and Galaxy AI popping up on the display. Primarily based on the video, it is doubtless Samsung will showcase its new Bixby update on the occasion, with the digital assistant doubtless being powered by a big language mannequin (LLM) just like Gemini and ChatGPT.

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Samsung teased a serious Bixby replace final yr

This is not the primary time Samsung has hinted at important adjustments coming to Bixby. Final yr, an govt at Samsung revealed the corporate was engaged on bringing generative AI options to Bixby. TM Roh, Samsung’s cellular head, mentioned in an interview last year with CNBC that the corporate was engaged on launching an AI-powered Bixby by the tip of the yr that depends by itself LLM, not Gemini or ChatGPT.

Samsung launched an AI-powered Bixby final yr. Nonetheless, it solely launched in China on the Galaxy W25 and W25 Flip. Samsung hasn’t talked about something about its worldwide availability, doubtless as a result of it is saving all these particulars for Galaxy Unpacked. The upgraded Bixby on the Galaxy W25 and W25 Flip makes use of superior LLMs to assist the digital assistant perceive languages higher and concurrently course of a number of and extra advanced instructions.

Bixby’s important AI improve will doubtless launch as a part of Samsung’s One UI 7 replace alongside the launch of the Galaxy S25 sequence. It is not included in One UI 7’s public beta. Samsung is predicted to disclose the Galaxy S25 sequence and its up to date Bixby at its Galaxy Unpacked occasion on January 22. The corporate lately introduced it was bringing its AI Subscription Club, which launched on a few of its residence home equipment final yr in South Korea, to Galaxy telephones; nonetheless, it could not launch globally.