One UI 9 Will Bring an Easier and Faster Way to Summon Bixby

One UI 9 May Bring Easier Way to Trigger Bixby

With One UI 8.5 expanding to most (if not all) of the eligible devices, Samsung is busy with the next major update, One UI 9, which will be based on Android 17 OS. It’s already available in beta form for the Galaxy S26 series. Among the many new features that Samsung’s One UI 9 may bring to the table, one of them could be an easy way to summon the Bixby assistant. Samsung may bring a faster way to summon Bixby with One UI 9 With the One UI 8.5 u…

Samsung Bixby lift-to-talk appears closer to reality in One UI 9

TL;DR With One UI 9, Samsung’s Bixby feature moves the lift-to-talk concept closer to reality, enabling voice commands just by lifting the phone toward your face. It aims to remove extra steps, such as wake phrases or taps. The feature isn’t available in the latest One UI 9 beta yet, suggesting it’s still being refined. A few months ago, we revealed that Samsung was working on support for a raise-to-talk gesture for activating its virtual assis…

One UI 9 will bring an easier and faster way to summon Bixby

Despite the arrival of Gemini, Samsung has kept Bixby alive. The company even made its in-house AI assistant more capable with One UI 8.5. Currently, there are two ways to summon Bixby: you can either press and hold the power button or use a hotword. With One UI 9.0, Samsung is bringing a brand-new way to activate Bixby. We’ve discovered that Samsung has developed a Gesture Wake-up feature for Bixby, and it is expected to arrive with One UI 9…