 Hey, it's Chris Welch from The Verge. We're checking out Bixby Voice on the Galaxy S8. Now this is Samsung's version of Siri or Google Assistant, and there's a button on the side of the phone that actually activates it. We're going to try it out. It's in beta today, so it's going to be rocky. We're going to have some problems, but we're going to throw some common questions at it and see how it responds. So there are two ways to trigger Bixby Voice. You can say, hi, Bixby, or you can just hold the side button here and hold it down while you talk. So hi, Bixby. Show me the weather in San Francisco. So it got that right. Not bad. Kind of basic stuff. Let's try something else fairly easy. Who's the president of the US? Well, couldn't have gotten that much wrong. Hi, Bixby. Turn down my brightness. So you can ask it to perform system tasks, brightness, turn off Bluetooth, turn on Wi-Fi, things like that. So it's got that down pretty well. So one thing Bixby Voice can do that Siri can't is actually interact with apps and do things that you would normally take several steps to do. So I can say, hi, Bixby. Open Uber and show me my account settings. So it opens the app and actually goes several screens in to show you what you want. Pretty cool. So you can, of course, open apps so I can say, hi, Bixby. Open Spotify. So so far, it'll open Spotify but it won't actually play any music for you, unfortunately. You can use Google Music if you want to play music directly but Spotify can't just yet. Hi, Bixby. Text mom and ask, how are you? Here is what I found on the web. We need to improve on that one. Let's try again from the home screen. Hi, Bixby. Hi, Bixby. So voice is less than perfect. Let's hold the side button. Text Dan and ask, what's up? Not working so great. Send a text to dad and ask, how are you? That one didn't work at all. So the big dilemma that Samsung faces here is trying to offer things that Siri and Google Assistant don't. There are some of those. There's promise here. But how long will it be before Google and Apple offer the same functionality and better? Bixby voice has some unique features but it also struggles with some basic questions on day one. We'll see how it pans out over the next few months. You can see a lot of things aren't working at all or they're coming up wrong. Now, this is in beta. It's day one. Samsung is still working through this stuff. But Google has this stuff down already. Like I can say, text mom and ask, how are you? Send. Okay, message sent.
 Hey, it's Chris Welch from The Verge.
 We're checking out Bixby Voice on the Galaxy S8.
 Now this is Samsung's version of Siri or Google Assistant, and there's a button on the side
 of the phone that actually activates it.
 We're going to try it out.
 It's in beta today, so it's going to be rocky.
 We're going to have some problems, but we're going to throw some common questions at it
 and see how it responds.
 So there are two ways to trigger Bixby Voice.
 You can say, hi, Bixby, or you can just hold the side button here and hold it down while
 you talk.
 So hi, Bixby.
 Show me the weather in San Francisco.
 So it got that right.
 Not bad.
 Kind of basic stuff.
 Let's try something else fairly easy.
 Who's the president of the US?
 Well, couldn't have gotten that much wrong.
 Hi, Bixby.
 Turn down my brightness.
 So you can ask it to perform system tasks, brightness, turn off Bluetooth, turn on Wi-Fi,
 things like that.
 So it's got that down pretty well.
 So one thing Bixby Voice can do that Siri can't is actually interact with apps and do
 things that you would normally take several steps to do.
 So I can say, hi, Bixby.
 Open Uber and show me my account settings.
 So it opens the app and actually goes several screens in to show you what you want.
 Pretty cool.
 So you can, of course, open apps so I can say, hi, Bixby.
 Open Spotify.
 So so far, it'll open Spotify but it won't actually play any music for you, unfortunately.
 You can use Google Music if you want to play music directly but Spotify can't just yet.
 Hi, Bixby.
 Text mom and ask, how are you?
 Here is what I found on the web.
 We need to improve on that one.
 Let's try again from the home screen.
 Hi, Bixby.
 Hi, Bixby.
 So voice is less than perfect.
 Let's hold the side button.
 Text Dan and ask, what's up?
 Not working so great.
 Send a text to dad and ask, how are you?
 That one didn't work at all.
 So the big dilemma that Samsung faces here is trying to offer things that Siri and Google
 Assistant don't.
 There are some of those.
 There's promise here.
 But how long will it be before Google and Apple offer the same functionality and better?
 Bixby voice has some unique features but it also struggles with some basic questions on
 day one.
 We'll see how it pans out over the next few months.
 You can see a lot of things aren't working at all or they're coming up wrong.
 Now, this is in beta.
 It's day one.
 Samsung is still working through this stuff.
 But Google has this stuff down already.
 Like I can say, text mom and ask, how are you?
 Send.
 Okay, message sent.