responding to a query
Bixby is a voice assistant developed by Samsung that provides device control, information retrieval, and task automation using voice input and artificial intelligence. It can answer contextual queries, adjust system settings, perform searches, and manage reminders or schedules. The service also personalizes responses by recognizing individual user voices. Bixby itself was also formerly called Bixby Voice to differentiate from other Bixby tools in the suite. ===
Bixby Vision=== Bixby Vision is a visual recognition feature that analyzes images captured through the device camera and provides context-specific information or actions. It combines on-device processing with cloud-based AI resources to identify objects, detect text, and interpret scenes within supported applications.
Translate Detects foreign text in the camera view and provides real-time translation by overlaying translated text on the preview.
Text Uses optical character recognition(
OCR) to extract printed or handwritten text for copying, searching, or sharing.
Discover Identifies consumer products, fashion items, or furniture and retrieves visually similar items or related online information.
Wine Recognizes wine labels and provides information such as variety, region of origin, average price, and reviews.
Scene Describer Generates written and spoken descriptions of captured scenes, supporting accessibility for users with visual impairments.
Object Identifier Identifies plants, animals, food items, or landmarks and displays corresponding names or classification details.
Text Reader Converts detected text into spoken audio using text-to-speech functionality.
Color Detector Identifies and names colors within the frame, displaying or reading the recognized color aloud.
Former Bixby tools Bixby Home was a vertically scrolling home screen displaying cards of information such as weather, fitness activity, and smart home controls. It was renamed
Samsung Daily with the release of One UI 2.1 in 2020, then replaced by
Samsung Free in One UI 3.0. Samsung Free was eventually discontinued in some markets. Its successor,
Samsung News, now functions as a news aggregation service with optional home-screen integration similar to Bixby Home. Bixby Routines was an automation feature that allowed users to create custom rules based on triggers such as time, location, or device conditions. Beginning with One UI 5.0, it was renamed
Modes and Routines. Bixby Text Call, introduced in One UI 5.0 (2022) in select regions, enabled users to handle incoming calls via speech-to-text conversion and vice versa. It is now named simply
Text Call and can be found in the Phone app settings. Bixby Touch allowed users to trigger context-aware actions by touching on-screen content. It analyzed images, text, and other visual elements displayed on the device and provided related options such as translation, image search, product lookup, or other content-based information. Several of its capabilities overlapped with, or were later superseded by, features offered through Bixby Vision. Other legacy components including
Bixby Touch,
Bixby Global Action,
Bixby Dictation, and
Bixby Wakeup, formed part of the early Bixby suite and have since been phased out, though exact discontinuation details vary by region. ==Regions and languages==