TL;DR
- Samsung’s One UI 9.5 will reportedly turn the Bixby assistant into an AI agent for background tasks.
- The company may also bring key upgrades to the stock Voice Recorder app in the upcoming software.
- These features could arrive with the Galaxy S27 lineup early next year.
According to a new report, Samsung’s One UI 9.5 update could give Bixby voice assistant a big upgrade with AI agent capabilities. Galaxy smartphone owners can currently use the Gemini app to run tasks in the background, but this may soon be possible via Bixby on Galaxy phones.
The folks at SamMobile reportedly obtained an upcoming version of Bixby and found that the voice assistant can carry out background tasks, like booking hotels or scheduling appointments. For this experiment, the publication asked the next-gen Bixby to provide the USD-INR currency exchange rate each morning.
