Samsung Galaxy S8: To feature Wireless in-ear Headphones and AI Voice Assistant

Samsung Galaxy S8 is presently the hot topic in the smartphone tech market. Internet is surfaced with many reports indicating speculated features and specs of the upcoming flagship of Samsung.

The Samsung Galaxy S8 will boom-in the tech market with new wireless in-ear headphones. Presently, it is not clear on the headphones whether headphones will be bundled with the smartphone or sold separately.

It is highly predicted on the basis of recent acquisition of Harman by Samsung, that the new headphones will have Harman audio system. However, there are no official confirmations with this regard.

Samsung Galaxy S8 is expected to ditch the 3.5mm standard audio jack in favor of USB Type-C port, as the new reports indicates wireless in-ear headphones.

As per the earlier report of SamMobile, Samsung will launch Bixby, company's own AI-based voice assistant that will be employed in just about every pre-installed app in the Galaxy S8 smartphone. The report also confirms that the Bixby will be far more robust than its earlier S Voice. Hence, it could be concluded that Samsung is planning to replace its aged S Voice will a new AI voice assistant, Bixby.

SamMobile reports also provided an example of Bixby's possible powers: If user is in the Gallery app and want to browse photos and videos with certain characteristics, user can ask Bixby to pull up images matching those requirements. 

Bixby will also feature contextual awareness, handy when it's answering questions or suggesting actions without user needing to say precisely. 

Earlier reports mentioned that Samsung hired a team who developed Apple voice assistant.  Vivi Labs, a start-up company created by developers of Siri are likely to bring the new voice assistant from Samsung called as Vivi. The new development is expected to be featured in Samsung Galaxy S8.

According to a tipster on Weibo, it is hinted that new Samsung Galaxy S8 variants will feature a GB RAM (made using 10nm fabrication technology) and a newer UFS 2.1 flash storage chip.

Samsung Galaxy S8 is also expected to be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 SoC or Exynos 8895 chipset, depending upon the region. Storage variants set to be offered are 128GB and 256GB, 4,200mAh battery with wireless charging capabilities, a 16-megapixel snapper with RGB sensor, and an 8-megapixel snapper with monochrome sensor.