Bixby Home

Bixby Home is the Samsung virtual assistant dedicate to the control of different devices of our user environment such as those connected to our home.

The voice assistant for Samsung smartphones

Siri on iPhone, Cortana on Windows. Alexa on Amazon devices or Google Now on Android smartphones are among the most popular virtual assistants. Their function is to solve user-specific tasks, such as questions about internet research or the appointment planner. Samsung, the company that makes possibly the best Android phones out there (the Galaxy S range), also offers its users their own assistant. We mean Bixby, which is divided into three sections: Voice, Vision and Bixby Home.

Bixby for devices at home

This app works as part of the virtual assistant to interact with the smart devices in the house. For example, from our smartphone we can interact with the air conditioner, connect or disconnect various other electronic devices or connect to devices that regulate our physical activity.

As mentioned, it's part of Bixby, along with Voice, which executes the voice commands, and Vision, which activates the camera function and works primarily as an augmented reality camera. For example, objects are identified in real time via an online search. If necessary, the user is guided to the stores that sell them if the user is interested in buying.

If you're already thinking of downloading it for your Android, note that it only works on Samsung devices.

Requirements and further information:

• Works on Samsung devices.

• Minimum operating system requirements: Android 8.0.