Amidst the rapid rise of ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini, you
might have overlooked all about Samsung's Bixby – but a revamp is approaching
for the AI assistant, and it could be obtainable worldwide at the same time as
the Samsung Galaxy S25.
A new report in South Korean opening ET News (via
@Jukanlosreve) says that Bixby will come with Big Language Model (LLM) support
at the start of following year, matching the generative AI chatbots we've
already declared.
This Bixby promotion has actually already been silently
pushed out – but only in China. Based on this new report, it looks as though
the rest of the world will be getting access to the new version, most perhaps
in January.
That's when the Galaxy S25 series is thought to be
launching, and it's also when we're expectant One UI 7 (based on Android 15) to
be pushed out to the masses. The One UI 7 software update is now in beta
testing.
Samsung has of course previously pushed out plenty of Galaxy
AI features on its phones this year – including Sketch to Image and the Circle
to Exploration feature. Google Gemini is also available on Samsung handsets as
well.
But with LLM support added to Bixby, Samsung headphones will
get even more powerful, with more complete answers and image generation
capabilities. Another well-known tipster, @UniverseIce, says it will be
"the biggest selling point" of the Galaxy S25.
Google has previously given its own Google Assistant an LLM promotion
in the form of Google Gemini – and it'll be interesting to see how much rivalry
Bixby gives Gemini when it comes to built-in options on the best Android
phones.
We'll be sure to bring you all the particulars of the new
and improved Bixby when it arrives – maybe in a month or so from now. In the
meantime, Apple continues to push out its own Apple Intelligence countryside
through iOS updates.