Samsung makes its virtual assistant Bixby a little less annoying for Note 9 users

Take a deep breath, Samsung Galaxy Note 9 users. Bixby is about to annoy you a little less.

Samsung is giving its Note 9 customers the ability to reduce accidental activations of Bixby. According to Android Authority, thanks to Samsung’s latest Note 9 update, it will now take a double-tap of the dedicated Bixby button to activate Bixby.

For those mobile customers who don’t know what a Bixby is, Bixby is Samsung’s virtual assistant. It’s Samsung’s very own version of Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa, or Apple Siri. The difference is that whatever criticisms you may have about any of those other assistants, Bixby is somehow worse.  Read more...