Which do you prefer more and why? I am leaning more towards Google Assistant because it seems like it can do more, but just not sure of what the pros and cons of each are.
Bixby vs. Google Assistant
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bassplayrguy
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They are not comparable. They are meant for totally different purposes and both are great and work very well together.
KillerQ
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To over-generalize:
Bixby is for on-phone navigation, options, and operation. Google Assistant is for everything else, it excels at internet-based queries and actions.
Bixby is for on-phone navigation, options, and operation. Google Assistant is for everything else, it excels at internet-based queries and actions.
ajb1965
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IMHO Bixby is still a toy, and the button is an annoyance. It works decent for device commands "open the camera and take a selfie" but it's slow to complete the tasks and if you already have your phone in your hand, why bother? And now that the S-Pen can be configured for remote tasks, it will only get activated on my phone when I accidentally hit the dam* button! It's tight integration with Samsung apps is also a turn-off to me because I don't exclusively use Samsung apps.
Google Assistant is no Jarvis but it's the most useful of the four major AI Bots for everyday tasks to me, with Cortana being a close second. It's great for reminders, and geofencing (remind me when I get to the store to get dog food) works well too.
Google Assistant is no Jarvis but it's the most useful of the four major AI Bots for everyday tasks to me, with Cortana being a close second. It's great for reminders, and geofencing (remind me when I get to the store to get dog food) works well too.
chanchan05
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Bixby controls the phone better and deeper, Google Assistant for anything that requires information from the internet. For example, Bixby can even emulate your finger controls of swiping up and down. Let's say I'm cooking and I'm looking at a recipe on the phone but my hands are full. I can tell Bixby to swipe up to scroll the webpage I'm looking at. But if you're looking for specific information on the internet and to interact directly with your Google services, Google Assistant would be faster.
As it is right now, they both can do things the other can't, or at least better in some ways. As such they complement each other nicely.
What's great about Bixby though is that Samsung opened the SDK to third party developers. So that means app developers on the play store can bake in Bixby commands directly into their app, which Google Assistant won't be able to control right now AFAIK. So far though, only Instagram, Facebook and Twitter has taken advantage of this AFAIK. You can go, "Bixby, write on John's wall that the guys are going out for a beer tonight.", Or "Open Twitter and look for Donald Trump Memes".
However, looking for information and news and other things still has Bixby failing miserably.
As it is right now, they both can do things the other can't, or at least better in some ways. As such they complement each other nicely.
What's great about Bixby though is that Samsung opened the SDK to third party developers. So that means app developers on the play store can bake in Bixby commands directly into their app, which Google Assistant won't be able to control right now AFAIK. So far though, only Instagram, Facebook and Twitter has taken advantage of this AFAIK. You can go, "Bixby, write on John's wall that the guys are going out for a beer tonight.", Or "Open Twitter and look for Donald Trump Memes".
However, looking for information and news and other things still has Bixby failing miserably.
cwbcpa
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This. 1000 times, this. I have said this so many times in so many different comment sections.
djrakowski
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I remapped my bixby button to google assistant the second I found out you could, have no desire to use bixby at all.
EMGSM
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EMGSM
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Wow that was fast. I just read about the app this morning but haven't tried it yet.
dsignori
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KillerQ
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Bixby and Google assistant work well together. Lately I'm using Bixby more. Especially after learning about custom commands and scripting from reading these Note 9 threads.
stackberry369
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chanchan05
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