What useful things have you had Bixby do?

[bassplayrguy]

I know there are hundreds of things you can tell it to do. What is something useful you found Bixby can do for you?

 

[bassplayrguy]

Noone? Well I use the quick command to send pre-typed texts to my wife letting her know that I have made it to work safely. Very cool to be able to send a text with one or two words.

 

[Tim1954]

Haha, seems Bixby is a bit slow taking off. Perhaps not many places have it yet, and most ppl are on the beta that are on here.
As I understand it, Bixby is an assistant within the device itself, a butler as it were, as opposed to the google type things that need to look stuff up online..... Have I got that right?

 

[bassplayrguy]

Haha, seems Bixby is a bit slow taking off. Perhaps not many places have it yet, and most ppl are on the beta that are on here.
As I understand it, Bixby is an assistant within the device itself, a butler as it were, as opposed to the google type things that need to look stuff up online..... Have I got that right?

Yes. A way to control your phone without having to touch it.

 

[refrigtech1]

Been trying to setup Bixby with my voice and every time it says it couldn’t hear me, starting to **** me off!!

 

[uncreativeartist]

I use Bixby sparingly since I really don't need to use it for any real reason. I use Bixby check the weather and put the phone into do not disturb mode when I go to bed. I know I will start to use it more as I find more things Bixby is capable of.

 

[Lepa79]

Hi Bixby, Clear unnecessary data. lol

 

[anon(27512)]

I know there are hundreds of things you can tell it to do. What is something useful you found Bixby can do for you?

I've used it to send a lot of texts today and each time it's been correct on the first go. I also ask the weather and other boring things but it has yet to misunderstand me. Love it so far.

 

[ABOSWORTH007]

I read that you could get it to reboot the phone into recovery mode but I could not get this to work. I do this once a week or so to clear the cache. I know you can clear the cache without booting into recovery mode but I prefer to do it this way so that I also restart the phone every once in a while.

I don't find it all that useful, TBH. I think I'm going to switch back to OK Google as it seems faster and recognizes my voice more clearly.

 

[T48]

I use Bixby sparingly since I really don't need to use it for any real reason. I use Bixby check the weather

That is what I used Google Assistant for when traveling. It was easier to use GA than to physically type in the search of a weather app as that usually wants to stay within your pinned location. Will have to see how it works with Bixby now for the next trip.

 

[uncaged74]

I don't know how to use Bixby yet; will have to Google that one. I did see something about using Bixby to take a photo of something to find out who makes it and how much it sells for.

 

[mousemonkey]

Close all apps, clear notifications, optimize now, clear internet history, turn on flashlight, increase screen brightness to 90%, snap a picture, turn off notifications.

 

[bassplayrguy]

I saw on FB a guy lost his phone so he told Bixby to turn on the flashlight . Pretty good idea. I guess you could always have her open a music app too.