Samsung to launch its digital assistant with the Galaxy S8

Following its tumultuous run with the Galaxy Note7, Samsung is looking to revive itself with the Galaxy S8. One of the ways, it plans to do this is with the introduction of its own digital assistant. Samsung recently acquired Viv Labs, a startup owned by creators of Siri, and its digital assistant Viv. We are expected to see this service show up in Samsung’s upcoming flagship as well as the company’s home appliances and wearables.

Samsung hasn’t specified what features Viv will cover but a spokesperson has said it could work with third-party services. According to Samsung Executive Vice President Rhee Injong. "Even if Samsung doesn't do anything on its own, the more services that get attached the smarter this agent will get, learn more new services and provide them to end-users with ease."

Source: The Verge

Samsung steps up Personal Assistant game with acquisition of VIV

“Viv was built with both consumers and developers in mind. This dual focus is also what attracted us to Viv as an ideal candidate to integrate with Samsung home appliances, wearables and more, as the paradigm of how we interact with technology shifts to intelligent interfaces and voice control.”

Artificial Intelligence and personal assistants are going to play a big part of our mobile future. Google's CEO Sundar Pichai said as much during his keynote early this week by stating that A.I.-first will be the future and this interface goes beyond displays and moves into the realm of voice assistants.

Apple was an innovator in this space with Siri and has slowly placed Siri beyond the iPhone and iPad and into the Apple TV, CarPlay and now on macOS Sierra. The company that created Siri spun off from Apple some time ago and created a new assistant called VIV who is more extensible than Siri and can work with more services and apps. Viv was just purchased by Samsung for an undisclosed amount.

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