Personal assistant Bixby, which debuted in the smartphone Samsung Galaxy S8, was presented by the manufacturer as a worthy opponent Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant.

However, the smartphone was released on the market only with the support of the Korean language, while Samsung promised to quickly expand the list of supported languages. The piquancy of the situation is attached to the fact that millions of new Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 + owners received smartphones with a separate hardware button that can not be programmed for another action.

A week ago it became known that Samsung Electronics plans to conduct a closed beta test of the English version of Bixby for a limited number of Samsung Galaxy S8 owners, but the testing time, as well as the launch of the final version, are not reported.

The Investor, referring to an anonymous reliable informant, reports that Samsung has encountered problems teaching Bixby to other languages, in particular, critical for the conquest of the world market to English and Chinese.

"Bixby still demonstrates unsatisfactory linguistic abilities when comparing a new voice assistant with Alexa and Siri," said the source.