More and more Android Nougat and Marshmallow-powered phones have Google Assistant interaction on the way, but tablets are still left out.
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After refreshing the looks and improving the user experience of Cortana on Android devices months ago, Microsoft finally does the same for iOS users.
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Samsung's Google Assistant rival, tentatively dubbed Bixby, is getting more and more interesting by the day, with the latest rumor talking languages.
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Instead of incorporating its very own voice assistant, like Samsung's Galaxy S8, the fast-approaching LG G6 should come with Google Assistant out the box.
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Just when you thought the Galaxy S8 couldn't get more exciting, we catch wind of another game-changing new Bixby feature in the works
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Amazon might be understandably hesitant about building another handheld that would probably never live down the Fire Phone mess, but with Alexa’s growing popularity, we wonder why third-party OEMs aren’t more interested in natively supporting the intelligent personal assistant.
If you feel comfortable literally talking to the hand, you can at least order Alexa via voice to make phone calls using Martian mVoice smartwatches now. As the name suggests, this was already a family of stylish analog wearables focused on voice interaction, with turn by turn navigation and a number of other very practical hands-free commands made possible out the box.
A software update however brings a massive new total of over 5,000 Alexa skills to the mVoice, including smart home controls, quick and secure Amazon.com shopping, To Do’s and Reminders, weather forecasts, various information web searches, restaurant scouting, and much, much more.
Granted, this isn’t the world’s first Alexa-enabled smartwatch, and Martian is hardly what we’d call an industry leader or pioneer, but it has a bit of experience in the field, an established reputation, and it’s not asking for Indiegogo pledges. Just $295 outright on the manufacturing company’s US website, or a far lower $160 through Amazon, where the wrist-worn gadget is “temporarily of stock.”
Alexa is officially supported on first and third-party tablets, smartwatches, intelligent speakers, digital media players and even robots nowadays, which again begs the obvious question – why not smartphones?
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While normally smartphone manufacturers resent premature spillage of classified or tentative information on future flagship releases, Samsung may well be fueling the Galaxy S8 speculation fire itself to bury Note 7 scandals as fast and as deep as possible.
Practically confirmed to make use of a vastly improved Siri-like digital assistant service dubbed Viv, the Korean tech behemoth’s “next big thing” could go so far as to feature a physical button dedicated solely to AI interaction.
Early prototypes currently in development reportedly include such a key to one of their side edges, though the super-reliable publication exclusively breaking the story today emphasizes the designs “aren’t final and could change.”
What’s particularly intriguing is a separate, way less credible source anticipates the death of the classical home button, with Samsung likely to follow in Apple’s footsteps, but mainly for screen bezel-slimming purposes.
Speaking of the alleged Galaxy S8 screen, we’re still unsure exactly how much of the front panel it will take up, but the oft-rumored 4K, aka Ultra HD, resolution upgrade may ultimately be delayed, as Samsung looks to cut costs, deeming a 2K pixel count perfectly acceptable for 2017 standards, including for high-res VR viewing.
Last but not least, we’re again hearing word of thorough quality control and Note 7 investigations pushing back the GS8 launch and announcement all the way to April. Let’s hope it’s worth the wait.
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Google’s two-way conversational personal assistant is no joking matter. While it still needs to prove its practical worth in a very crowded, very competitive industry segment against beloved veterans like Alexa, Cortana and Siri, early Pixel phone adopters can probably attest to its quick progresses.Just a few ...
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