In addition, it is a function that has been included for years in the mobile devices that the brand launched in Spain. In addition, a while ago, this assistant already had Spanish, so its use for many was very useful in the purest Siri style. However, not all features are in the interest of everyone with a Samsung in their possession. So, although it has advanced significantly, for many users it is not a good assistant or they do not believe that it contributes something to their smartphones. Therefore, they want disable it forever and completely on your mobile phone.
If this is your case, you will have to follow a series of steps to be able to disable it on your mobile. Well, not only do we have the function of the button on the Korean firm’s mobile phones, but we also find the routines and the presence of said assistant in other mobile tools such as its camera.
First of all, it will be necessary to log into your Samsung account to be able to deactivate any aspect of this virtual assistant on our mobile device. So if you did not log in when you turned on your mobile, you can do it by pressing the bixby button or by swiping right on the home screen of your device.
And finally, enter your account credentials or create an account if you don’t have one. Once this is done, it’s time to completely disable the Bixby button. This has been present for a couple of years in all the devices of the Asian manufacturer, although as we said, not everyone likes it.
In fact, although many users are always looking to give it a useful use or even change the assistant of this signature to Google’s, the truth is that it does not end up convincing some people at any time. If this is your case, you will have to follow the following steps to get rid of the button:
- Access the settings.
- Enter the section Advanced features.
- Click on the Function Button option.
- Choose another function instead of opening Bixby.
In order to use this wizard through the button that is assigned, it will be necessary for you to choose to open other applications using this tool. That is, it will ask you to choose which application you want to open using this method. So yes or yes you will have to select another app that you have installed on your terminal. Or you can also go for the Camera Quick Start and the Off Menu, as shown in the image above.
Say goodbye to Samsung Routines
Another of the functions that remind us of the voice assistant of the American company are the routines. Which is already common that we find them in Samsung phones. However, it is one of those tools that I was present in the first place in the high range, as was the case with the Galaxy S20.
And although this tool was presented as a worthy opponent of Google, since it is a function of enormous interest, which allows us a good use of the device at any time of the day, as well as the fact of being able to automate certain actions or processes. The truth is that not everyone who has a Samsung is interested, so to remove it from your mobile device you will have to do the following:
- Go into the settings.
- Look for the Advanced functions section.
- Click on Routines.
- Disable this tool.
In this way, we will completely eliminate automations, so that when we say a certain word to the Samsung assistant, it will no longer be able to execute a function that we have customized or comes by default.
Remove voice recognition
Now it is the turn of the famous “Hi, Bixby”, that is, the voice recognition of the South Korean brand. Not only will it serve to get rid of the button, but it will also be essential that we remove it from the settings of Bixby Voice so that it does not appear again at any time.
Once we follow the steps that we will explain later, it will be useless to try to invoke them by means of a simple voice command. Therefore, if you do not want to have this virtual assistant that can be very useful by giving you simple commands and instructions, you will have to do the following:
- Search for the Bixby app on your Samsung terminal.
- Once inside, click on the three horizontal stripes on the right.
- Go into Settings.
- Then go to Voice Activation and disables the option to Activate with “Hi, Bixby”.
Disable it on your smartphone camera
Many may not be aware of this functionality or simply, not having one of the newer smartphones, do not have this software. However, we are facing a tool that use artificial intelligence and augmented reality to obtain information and analyze everything that the camera of a mobile phone of the South Korean brand captures.
We do not even need to take a photo, since this augmented reality can show the results in real time on objects in our daily lives. As the name of this functionality says, it is like an improved vision for the camera of our Samsung mobile. Thanks to this improved vision, everything that surrounds us can be seen from a very different perspective from the traditional one.
The first thing to say is that not all the company’s mobile devices have this Vision functionality. Although if in your case you want to get rid of it on your smartphone, you will have to do the following:
- Enter the native camera application.
- Swipe to the More option.
- Tap on Bixby Vision.
- Click on the three dots that will appear at the top right of the screen> Settings.
- Then, disable all the options of this tool. Although you will have to leave at least one active. We recommend that you leave the function of reading the QR Code enabled.