Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ will launch today in New York and London, and the company will be streaming the event live. So how can ...
Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ will launch today in New York and London, and the company will be streaming the event live. So how can you watch the live-stream, what time does the event begin for India users, and what all will Samsung be unveiling today? Here are the top questions answered.
Samsung Galaxy S8, Galaxy S8+ launch is taking place today in New York and London simultaneously. In New York, the event is being held at David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center and the phone will be unveiled around 11am EDT. In London, it is taking place at Here East (2012 Olympic Press and Broadcast Centre) and starts at 4pm BST. If you convert this to IST which is Indian Standard Time, the event starts at 8.30pm.
Samsung will have a livestream on its Galaxy Unpacked event website, there’s even an app on iOS and Android for those who are interested to know more about the phones. Samsung Mobile YouTube channel will also have a livestream of the event.
For starters, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are coming for sure. A new Gear VR headset, and a Gear 360 camera are also expected. Samsung will also unveil a dock station for the Galaxy S8, S8+ which will be called DeX.
Well, the display size has changed, and Samsung is going for a bezel-less display in the upcoming smartphones. Galaxy S8 starts at 5.8-inches, according to leaks, and S8+ is at a humongous 6.2-inches. Both will have dual-edge curved display with 2K resolution and the SAMOLED screen from the company. Samsung is sticking to the metal and glass design seen over the past two years, but this time the phones won’t have a home button on the front. The phone will come in Gold, Grey, and Black colour options, though a Blue colour might also be on the cards. Galaxy 8’s fingerprint scanner will be on the back, next to the rear camera; there will also be a dedicated button for Samsung Bixby, the company’s new digital voice assistant powered by artificial intelligence.
What is Bixby?
Bixby is Samsung’s artificial intelligence-powered voice assistant. Samsung claims it is not using the technology of Viv, a company it acquired last year. Bixby, it seems, will be contextually aware, and any app that is Bixby-enabled can then be controlled entirely by voice. Samsung is promising in these cases Bixby will be able to do all the tasks that you would normally do in the app. S-Voice, Samsung’s previous digital assistant, didn’t really have much of an impact. Whether Bixby fares better or not, we’ll have to wait and see. Also it’s not clear if the new Samsung phones will have the Google Assistant like other Android phones with Marshmallow and above.
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