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Samsung Galaxy S8 Specs For Chinese Model Include Additional UX Features
The Galaxy S8 in China has gotten several features that users in other markets won’t receive, Samsung announced on its Newsroom Website Thursday. While there are often several models of Samsung flagships, with differentiating features, such as different processing chips, different colors and increased RAM capacity, the Chinese Galaxy S8 has user interface features, which won’t be found on other models around the world.
The Chinese Galaxy S8 features all of its applications on its home screen, similar to the layout of an iPhone. Other Galaxy S8 models feature an updated app drawer, which users can access by swiping up or down on the device screen. Instead, China’s model uses the swipe up and swipe down gesture to allow users a glance at the weather.
The Chinese Galaxy S8 also includes a host of interactive services, which users in other markets cannot access. These include a Samsung Assistant App and a Yellow Page app, which serve as a hub for accessing companies and services. From these apps, users can do things like book a train ticket and receive status updates, without having to install company specific applications. The messages app is essentially an archive for device notifications.
This model also includes additions to traditional apps. The calendar app presents both solar and lunar calendars, while the camera app includes stamps specifically for Chinese users. The Smart Manager app has additional features, which allow users to add data to their devices directly from the stock app. The Chinese Smart Manager allows users to have more control of their apps and can also block calls and messages through the feature. Samsung Health is also tailored toward Chinese users and includes advertisements to health events in the country as well as health Chinese health news.
Galaxy S8 models in markets, such as the U.S. have cut down on several stock Samsung apps, in favor of Google and Android applications. However, the Chinese Galaxy S8 includes Samsung Music and Samsung Video apps, which feature programming provided by Chinese content creators. Another market-specific app is S Roaming, which allows users to regulate data roaming while traveling abroad.
The Chinese Galaxy S8 also features a tool for typing in Chinese as well as the Chinese search engine Sougou. Chinese users are also able to use a feature, which allows them to record the live functions on their device’s screen.
The Galaxy S8 features a 5.8-inch dual-edge curved display, while the Galaxy S8 Plus features a 6.2-inch dual-edge curved display. Both devices feature either a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 chip or Exynos 9985 chip, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage, a 12-megapixel rear camera and 8-megapixel front camera and Android Nougat. The Galaxy S8 runs a 3,000mAh battery, while the Galaxy S8 Plus runs a 3,500mAh battery.
Samsung voice assistant Bixby is launched in Australia
ALMOST four months after Samsung unveiled its voice assistant, Bixby, Australians are finally getting the chance to use it.
Just don’t ask it whether you need a brolly to take a gander at the local servo — it’s not yet ready for Aussie slang.
The South Korean tech giant officially launched the delayed software on its latest smartphones in Australia today, allowing users to issue voice commands to their phone, ask it to translate signs, or even recognise landmarks.
Its belated arrival comes just days before Samsung is expected to unveil a follow-up to its beleaguered Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in New York, which is also expected to rely on the voice assistant technology.
Samsung Electronics Australia IT and mobile director Garry McGregor said Bixby’s Australian arrival was part of a rollout to more than 200 countries worldwide, following testing in South Korea and the United States.
“With the introduction of Bixby voice, our Australian customers with a compatible smartphone will be able activate the power and functionality of the Bixby experience simply by speaking with their device,” Mr McGregor said.
It’s understood the smart assistant will not respond to Australian slang initially but will be trained in words such as “g’day,” “brolly,” and “sanger” shortly, with the results pushed out in software updates.
However, Bixby will be able to complete tasks such as “send the picture I just took to Mum” and change the phone’s settings by voice commands.
Samsung Electronics mobile communications business executive vice-president Injong Rhee said Bixby would become more useful over time as it used deep learning technology to refine its responses and predict users’ behaviour.
“In the future, Bixby will have the learning power to offer more intelligent and personalised interactions and seamless connections across more devices,” he said.
Samsung’s Bixby will be going head-to-head with established players in voice recognition, however, as Apple’s Siri is about to turn six years old and will debut in a smart speaker later this year, and Google recently launched Google Home, its smart speaker with voice commands, in Australia.
A report by Verto Analytics last month found Siri remained the top intelligent voice assistant, and almost twice as popular as Samsung’s Bixby predecessor, S Voice.
Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ users can add Bixby to their smartphones by pressing its dedicated button and following prompts.
Samsung Bixby voice feature now in India: Galaxy S8, S8+ Note 8 users can install
By: Tech Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 22, 2017 5:16 pm
Samsung’s Bixby voice capabilities will be now available for India users. Samsung’s Bixby is currently available on the Galaxy S8, S8+ and the newly launched Galaxy Note8 smartphone. The Samsung Bixby voice will let users interact with the assistant via voice commands, similar to how they can do with Google Assistant. Interestingly, both Google Assistant and Bixby are available on the top end Samsung smartphones.
Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ and Galaxy Note 8 have a dedicated Bixby button, which is placed below the volume rockers. Samsung’s users can activate Bixby by pressing the button or just swipe right from the home screen itself to access the Bixby screen. In order to speak with Bixby, users can just hold the dedicated button on the respective Galaxy smartphone or simply say “Hi, Bixby” to interact with the Assistant. In our Galaxy Note 8 review unit, the Bixby page shows an update. However, we are unable to install this yet to test out the voice capabilities of the Samsung assistant.
Samsung says Bixby has been optimised to understand Indian as well accents and will work accurately for most users in the country. Samsung adds the voice capabilities for Indian consumers were developed in the company’s own Research & Development Institute located in Bangalore.
“At Samsung, we listen to our consumers and bring in meaningful innovations that help make their lives better. With Bixby, the phone adapts to you and not the other way around. It’s a smarter way to use your phone and get more done. Keeping in mind the diversity in Indian accents and our commitment to ‘Make for India’, Bixby has been optimized to understand Indian accents,” said Asim Warsi, Senior Vice President, Mobile Business, Samsung India in a press statement.
Bixby has Quick commands where users can create a custom voice command to use in place of a long sequence of one or more commands. For example, Samsung says users can set a command like “good night” which will prompt Bixby to turn on DND mode, set an alarm for the morning and the blue light filter for easy reading all at once, rather than requiring three commands.
Also read: Samsung Galaxy S8, S8+ get voice-capabilities for Bixby Assistant
Samsung also claims users can speak to Bixby in natural language and it can understand regular sentences as well. For instance, if a user takes a picture and then says “Bixby send the picture just taken to Mom”, the voice-assistant knows which picture it has to send. Like other voice-assistants, Samsung says Bixby improves with time as it learns to recognise a user’s way of speaking and preferences. Interestingly, it was reported that Samsung is letting Galaxy S8, Note 8 users disable the ‘Bixby’ button, but the software update for this is not available for everyone just yet.
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