Samsung’s Bixby is now available in over 200 countries including South Africa

Samsung has announced that its smart voice assistant, Bixby, is now available in over 200 countries including South Africa. Though the list has not made available yet, the electronic giant also mentioned Bixby is now available in U.K., Australia and Canada. Remember that Bixby has been available in United States and Korea since July 2017.

Also note that it is currently only available on select devices, including the Galaxy S8 and S8+ and in U.S. English and Korean.

Bixby is unique in that it is an intelligent interface, rather than a standalone app. When an application becomes Bixby-enabled, Bixby will support almost every task that the application is capable of performing using voice, touch or text. Bixby’s deep integration is also built into the smartphone settings so that you can change phone options– such as setting the screen timeout or showing all notifications– without interrupting what you are currently doing.

“Now millions of customers worldwide have access to a new and intelligent way of interacting with their phone,” said Injong Rhee, Executive Vice President and Head of R&D, Software and Services of the Mobile Communications Business at Samsung Electronics. “The expansion of Bixby’s voice capabilities is an initial step in the continued rollout of Bixby functionality. In the future, Bixby will have the learning power to offer more intelligent and personalized interactions and seamless connections across more devices.”

To enable Bixby’s voice capabilities, press the Bixby button to begin onboarding. Activate Bixby by holding the dedicated button on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ phones, or by simply saying, “Hi, Bixby.”

Bixby was introduced to the world in March 2017 and it is Samsung’s answer to Apple’s Siri.