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Saturday, November 09, 2019

Bixby Ramps up Development and has a Contest

Here much more on how Bixby voice assistant works, its general architecture, and how they are promoting development.  Also notably some advice from an award-winning developer, who shows how it works.

What Makes a Great Bixby Capsule? A Bixby Evangelists Offers Tips on How to Succeed in DevJam Contest.   By Roger Kibbe in Voicebot.ai

From October 18, 2019 through December 9th, 2019 Samsung is running a contest for the Best Bixby Capsule (i.e. voice app). The grand prize is $10K and entrepreneurship coaching by Adam Cheyer. Runners up receive $5K and there are 25 $1K prizes. The first 250 capsules approved get a $300 Samsung store credit. You can qualify and win this prize for up to four different capsules.

Last year I won the top prize in the Bixby developer contest and realize that most other developers don’t know much about the voice assistant and how it is different from Alexa or Google Assistant. So, in the spirit of helping developers maximize their chances of competing well in Bixby DevJam, I put together this post to offer some tips. Applying these ideas won’t guarantee success in DevJam, but they should increase your odds provided you bring a great idea to the table.

THE OPPORTUNITY WITH BIXBY
Bixby is Samsung’s voice assistant and is available on 100’s of millions of phones and tablets. Beyond phones and tablets, development for televisions (Samsung is the world’s largest TV manufacturer), appliances and watches is now available. Bixby gives you a massive opportunity to leverage the huge Samsung ecosystem. Seventy percent  of US households have a Samsung device. .... "

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