Galaxy S8 and S8+ users in the United States and South Korea can start using the assistant's full English-language capabilities starting Wednesday, as soon as they download an update to the Bixby app on their phones.
I've been using the assistant for the last few weeks and have been mostly impressed.
Meanwhile, using the assistant through the speaker on the phone isn't very private.
And to enable most home automation features or user other third-party services (like using the Assistant to call an Uber), you still need to own an actual Google Home.
It's also making the Alexa Voice Service developer preview available to hardware developers looking to build third-party devices using the assistant and throwing in an Echo device to the first 100 devs for good measure.
And to enable most home automation features or user other third-party services (like using the Assistant to call an Uber), you still need to own an actual Google Home.
If you use the Assistant today, you'll see some of these advances.
That way, you'll be able to use the Assistant to easily talk about things around you.
To use the assistant, you simply add the WhatsBot's phone number to your WhatsApp contact list, just like adding any other contact.
It would be nice if you could also type questions so that you could use the Assistant in a quiet room.
