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I don't want this Galaxy S25 feature, but it looks like Samsung will do it anyway


Bixby has been an annoyance for years but Samsung can't seem to let it go.

Traditionally, that's been a code phrase for voice activation, and it lines up perfectly with the new Bixby we saw launch on China's exclusive Galaxy W series in November. While it's possible that Samsung developed a lot of the new Bixby features specifically for the Chinese market — Google services are banned in China, after all — Samsung was among the first smartphone companies to launch a major new AI computing platform with Galaxy AI, and it would make sense for the company to continue developing its ecosystem with a predictive voice assistant for the Galaxy S25. The company recently announced a new offline AI model that's designed to "integrate into products to deliver higher levels of convenience and personalization.”

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