Samsung will start by integrating the startup's artificial intelligence platform called Viv into its Galaxy smartphone before expanding it to products like wearable devices and home appliances. It's going to use this platform to offer a host of functionality and different services to users but Samsung is yet to confirm what type of services will be offered through its digital assistant.
The company has said that users will be able to seamlessly access third-party services through the assistant. “Developers can attach and upload services to our agent,” said Samsung Executive Vice President Rhee Injong, adding that “Even if Samsung doesn't do anything on its own, the more services that get attached the smarter this agent will get, learn more new services and provide them to end-users with ease.”
Samsung is now firmly in the digital assistant race where companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Amazon have already achieved a great deal. It's starting out quite slow which is why the company has said that it's looking to make further acquisitions in order to bolster its position in the areas of artificial intelligence and other related software.
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