Samsung virtual assistant rumored to use camera for object identification

In its upcoming flagship smartphone Galaxy S8 Samsung is expected to implement a Siri or Google Assistant style virtual assistant named Bixby. According to sources of SamMobile, Bixby will include visual search capabilities and be able to analyze a photograph and identify objects within the frame. The system will also perform optical character recognition on visible text.Users will be able to launch the service via the camera app or a dedicated button on the side of the device. We have seen apps...