Samsung’s new voice assistant won’t understand English when Galaxy S8 launches

Enlarge / Bixby didn't really work during our late March demo, but here are some Bixby cards. (credit: Ron Amadeo)

Reports indicate that Samsung will delay the English-language version of its first voice-assistant app instead of launching it simultaneously with the Galaxy S8 smartphone on April 21. The app is named Bixby.

The Wall Street Journal credits "people familiar with the matter" with the discovery. These sources also tell the WSJ that Bixby's English version could be delayed until as late as "the end of May." That estimate was not based on a "final" decision, the report warns. No information was given about when other language versions of Bixby should be expected to launch.

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