From all the reports we’ve seen so far, it seems clear that a new AI assistant is going to be a big part of Samsung’s next flagship phone, the Galaxy S8. There has been plenty of speculation about its features (we’ve heard it will work in up to eight languages; that it will conduct visual searches from the camera; and that it will be called “Bixby”) but in terms of what we know for certain, there’s actually not a lot to go on.

One of the biggest unknowns is to what degree will Bixby be based on technology from Viv Labs (a startup founded by the creators of Siri that Samsung bought last year), as opposed to relying on Samsung’s own digital assistant, S Voice, which has never been much of a performer since it was introduced in 2012.

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