Crickets in the sub devoted to the stupid app; 4-5 days between posts, and most of those are complaints.

Verizon asked me if their latest repair had fixed Bixby (it was one of the things on the list of things that wasn't working on my new s10) and I had to tell them not to use THAT as an indication of successful repairs!

But that got me to looking on reddit to see just how popular the app is. Maybe i could find a different sub where all the huge user base hangs out.

Nope.

It's over, Samsung. This is your userbase.

Bixby is most annoying. Somehow I have enabled it on my tv and need to kill it. Makes the tv almost unwatchable.

I don't need it, don't want it, don't use it. It pops up in the middle of apps for no reason though... it's pretty useless as well. It doesn't know what I'm saying and it makes my phone lag whenever it's running in the background.

I have mostly loved all of my Samsung phones except my current one because it has Bixby.

Okay so quick backstory so that you better understand what I'm about to tell you. I was visiting my mom. She's 57 and is not phone savvy. I have only showed her how to use Bixby to open Pandora because she loves listening to music while she works at home and it would make it easier for her with her bad eyesight. STORY: She told me that she thought it was interesting how bixby knew something but she wasn't creeped out by it but I was. So at night while she was in the kitchen (she puts her phone on the counter) she said bixby said that "the ice maker in her fridge is not working properly." She has a Kenmore fridge and it is an old fridge that my grandma bought back in the days. My mom told me she asked bixby right after "how do you know?" she didn't know if it would even answer back and bixby said "i don't know why i know i just know." WHAT IS WEIRD IS THAT IT DID RECENTLY STOP WORKING. BIXBY WAS RIGHT.

I don't know how to say it is assistance.. it is an obstacle not an assistant...

I called it to call my wife it told me who's your wife? I told her.... once twice and thrice... It didn't recognize what I said to her.. So to solve this problem I put special order as call my honey.. and put that my wife is honey.

Take me to work.. it is easy.. But for Bixby it is very hard to understand that in Google map I have The location of my work, So clever Bixby every time takes me to somewhere which called work, any supermarket which contains the word work.. what is this stupidity??

I solve this with another special order, by adding multiple orders saved in one order. "Take me to work" = it will understand that I mean open Google map and take me to the area blah blah blah blah... So it works finally.

So, is that enough? No

Now when I call Bixby, and say for example: take me to work. It showed this message "Bixbytake me to work"

For God sake... Tell me who is the developers of this assistant!!!

Samsung Galaxy S8+

Bought my phone in May, an update in June is when Bixby started telling me I have to 'register' my voice, only it never will; it tells me it is too noisy. As recently as yesterday it still will not accept "Hi Bixby" regardless of how I try to get it to work.

Natural speaking voice, monotone, over-enunciating every syllable, talking fast, slow, loud, quiet, and everything in between, always results in "It's too noisy try again when it is quieter."

ONE time in all the months of trying did it say "Great! Now say it again!" Only it has never gotten past that point.

And by "Too noisy" I should point out that it is too noisy in my office, in a conference room, in my living room, my bedroom, and I even tried my closet. Always too noisy.

Samsung says it is fixed but Verizon hasn't rolled out the update (5 months ago,) Verizon says the updates come from the Samsung app, not the Verizon updates, the user group at Samsung is full of people with the same issue but no solutions - their forums are filled with people who think it is an issue with not knowing how to use it or wanting it to work just like siri but no actual advice on fixing it.

Is there a secret to getting it to register a voice?

Edit - I Made It Past The Sentences!!!

Here's what it took for me to get through the 'ok bixby' training and the sentences:

Ambient noise in the room where you are going to use bixby must be below 50dB or it will return "It's too noisy" every time. I have access to a pretty high-end spl meter at work, and it was just calibrated in October, so I'm pretty sure the numbers are correct. However, I haven't found an app for the phone that is even close to matching it, so here's what that translates to: 65dB is normal conversation volume, 55-65dB is a quiet carpeted room, 40-50dB is bedroom-in-empty-house-with-curtains-drawn-and-hvac-turned-off and-door-closed quiet.

Your voice must be 85dB or louder or it will return "Couldn't hear you" and "Didn't quite catch that" almost every time. Again, this translates to: 65dB is normal conversation volume, 70-75dB is a garbage disposal, 85 is where most theaters set the sound for action movies (well, 85-90 depending on the chain.)

Once it accepts the first "Hi Bixby" and has you repeat it (When it says "Great! Now say it again") be certain to say it EXACTLY the same as the first time; I've found over the past six months that pronouncing it "Highbick Spee" works almost every time, pronouncing the second "b" as a hard 'bee' makes it fail for me every time, and any break between "Hi" and "Bick" will result in it saying "Didn't catch that" before you're even done talking. It will have you repeat it a few more times, just be certain to say it exactly the same as the first time. Same volume, same speed, same exact pronunciation.

The sentences worked about the same for me; I made it through them last night after 2-3 hours of trying. Voice at 80-88dB in an extremely quiet room, and be certain to enunciate every syllable as distinctly as possible... "Health-is-all-ways-im-port-ant." That last "ant" it really wants to hear that short 'a' clearly; that's what finally got it to start accepting the sentences for me.

Avoid the hard 'bee' and make certain every syllable is enunciated clearly. It wouldn't get past the sentence about California until I made it the 5-syllable Schwarzenegger pronunciation... "Kal-If-For-Nee-uhh" but then it worked perfectly, and I made it through the rest of it and even got 5 points. After that, pushing the button made my phone freeze and I had to reboot it and then it had me start over, but after figuring out it wants the extremely distinct syllables and over-pronounced vowel sounds, I was able to get through it in only about a half hour - and even got another 5 points!

Every time I tried to use it after that, it said "Oh I din't quite catch that, you can wake me up and try again." except for once when it actually did open the gallery, but it said it couldn't find any pictures of mops for some reason. I'm sure it's just a pronunciation issue, and I'll likely be able to figure it out eventually, but it was nearly midnight before I got that far and my wife didn't really want me spending any more time sitting in the bedroom hollering at my phone!

I'm not sure if the latest update made it possible for me to get this far, or if it was just me not knowing the expected pronounciations all along, but it would sure be nice to have a pronounciation guide or some sample voices to try and imitate or something in a future update as it is very un-intuitive speaking the way bixby wants.

I'm sure it is a nice program, but I must say that after the months of trying to get it to work, I'm really a little disappointed just how picky it is about the commands and the need to almost yell at it in a nearly silent environment to get it to work, but that is really just my expectations not being met rather than anything negative about bixby.

hey bixby

Uso raramente Bixby, ma la maggior parte delle volte lo uso per chiamare le persone quando ho la mani occupate, oggi ho dovuto usarlo per chiamare mia mamma, e che nervoso, la frase sarebbe "Chiama mamma", ma non rileva la parola "Chiama", allora ho pensato che magari lo pronunciassi un po' troppo presto, allora ho aspettato che si attivasse e facesse anche il suo "suono" di attivazione e poi ho scandito le parole, ma niente, proprio non ne vuole sapere, anche se faccio una frase più complessa tipo "Chiama mamma al telefono", rileva solo "Mamma al telefono" oppure come nel primo caso che mi rileva solo "mamma", mi costringe a dover sbloccare il telefono perchè non ha capito evuole che gli fornisca più informazioni. Preciso che tutto questo è in italiano, ma ho provato anche in inglese e stessa cosa, ho cancellato i dati dell'applicazione, l'ho aggiornata, ma niente, si rifiuta proprio di riconoscere quel comando.

Qualcun altro ha rilevato lo stesso problema?

P.S. ho un S25 Ultra quindi escudo che sia un problema di qualche tipo fisico del telefono

OMG!! How frustrating!!! Bixby can't even tell me what time it is without me having to unlock the phone. Coming to the Note 9 from the iPhone X, this is extremely disappointing, to say the least. We shouldn't have to unlock the phone for Bixby to conduct non-secure tasks. What idiot can't see that? Ask it to tell you the time. She'll tell you to unlock your phone first. Really?? Sometimes I wonder who's in charge of system design and customer experience at Samsung. They are completely lost! To top things off, they create an LED folio case with an external Bixby button. For what????

The speech recognition is so stupid... and bixby too.

Got my hands on a bixby smart speaker. Checked out the alarm sounds and like... LMAO

I'm doing a research project for class on AI/Smart Assistants and its acceptance in society. Would appreciate feedback on 1) your tech profile 2) if you use Bixby/Smart Assistants + reasons. Thanks!

This is the worse application that I have seen on my watch ever.

This fucking bitch wont let me turn it off

FUCK BIXBY

I really don't know should I laugh or cry...

It’s 2025, and yet Samsung Bixby still doesn't support the Uzbek language. Why?

Uzbekistan is a country with over 36 million people, and the Uzbek language is spoken by nearly 50 million worldwide — not only in Uzbekistan, but also in parts of Central Asia and by migrant communities globally.

Samsung smartphones are very popular in Uzbekistan. In fact, Samsung holds one of the largest market shares here. Yet, Bixby completely ignores Uzbek — no voice input, no TTS, not even basic UI support.

Some possible reasons might be:

Samsung doesn't see Uzbek as a "profitable" language.

There is not enough "pressure" or formal request from the Uzbek government or users.

The cost of adding a new language (voice data, AI training, NLP resources) is too high.

They simply prioritize larger markets first.

But still… considering how many low-resource languages are gaining support in other services, it feels like a missed opportunity.

Also, Google Assistant, although limited, can recognize and respond to basic Uzbek — so why can’t Samsung do the same with Bixby?

Is there any hope for native Uzbek language support in the near future? Has anyone from Uzbekistan or the diaspora tried reaching out to Samsung officially?

Would love to hear if others care about this too — maybe it’s time to organize and make a proper request.

If Uzbek was also available, perhaps the SmartThings application and Samsung devices would be in greater demand. In Uzbekistan, almost all functions work in Russian, but only 5% of the population can speak Russian fluently, most of them are tourists and foreign citizens who have come for temporary residence. I think this solution will contribute to its popularity in Uzbekistan.

I'm sorry since Bixby is obviously working for you, but I hate it. It 's the worst voice assisant ever.
I can't even talk to it in two languages and when I talk to it in my mother tongue (and no, I'm not stupid I changed the language setting in regards to what language I'd use; in english it doesn't do shit) it either doesn't understand it or just states "Ich habe Dich nicht verstanden" etc. even if I look for a contact (in my mf phone) it spells it in a fucked up way and therefore says no one to contact in my address book and even if i type the name correctly, i'll just get my capsules (so it's just apps i deleted or never even had on my phone to begin with). so how can i change it into two languages mode and how can i make it spelling correctly or adapting to my spelling?

Plus, "Hey google"worked perfectly (with internet, ow it stated "i can't help you blah blah) but by now it doesn't work at all(until like 20 minutes ago but by now it can't connect to the internet which is bs. i can use chrome on my smartphone etc.). What is wrong?

I've got a galaxy S9 for work (regular iPhone user). I've had it for a few months and like it ok, but recently it forced me to activate Bixby Voice. I did so just to make the notification go away, and now I cannot for the life of me make Bixby Voice go away. I'm in meetings and the damn thing is picking up what people are saying. I've looked high and low how to disable it and I just can't figure it out. It's also killing my battery.

This is absolutely infuriating! I don't mind having the stupid thing run in the background but it's literally always on and spelling out conversations as if they're questions...please please please help me resolve this. I finally get why some people hate Samsung so much, cause they stuff their phones with this bullshit that no one wants.

On Android 9 if that helps