Samsung launched their latest flagship phones last month with several new features including hardware and software upgrades. Many features of the S10 and S10 Plus are being ported to the previous generations of the Galaxy S series phones. We already have the new One UI based on Android 9 Pie for the Galaxy S9, S8, Note 9, and Note 8 phones. Now, Samsungโs latest update to Bixby Home brings several newย Voice Commands options and lets you Remap Bixby Key officially.
This includes remapping the Bixby key to do anything including opening an app, performing system operations like taking screenshots, turning of WiFi, and much more. However, despite many complaining that it wonโt let you remap the key to Google Assistant or any assistant for that matter, here is a trick that will let you do exactly that.
How to Remap Bixby Key to anything including Google Assistant?
Here is a simple trick that will let you remap Bixby key to anything including launching your favourite personal assistant like Google Assistant, Cortana, Alexa, and more. Here, we will be downloading theย Google Assistantย app and using the Bixby Voice function to launch it.
While bxActions still works fine, here is a method where you donโt need a third party app.
Prerequisites:
- Make sure you have the latest Bixby applications.ย โBixbyโ voice wake-up 2.1.05.26, Bixby Voice 2.1.04.18, Bixby Home 3.0.02.6, Bixby Service 2.1.04.14.
- You can update all the apps from Galaxy App Store or download the APK from APKMirror
- You will also need to download theย Google Assistantย app from the Play Store.
Setting up the Google Assistant Command:
- Go to Settingsย app and scroll down to Advanced Features
- Under Advance Featuresย click on Bixby Key
- Select whichever action you would like to remap such as โ โSingle press to open Bixbyโ or โDouble Press to open Bixbyโ
- Once you have selected the option, single pressย or double press, switch the toggle to โOnโ (if it isnโt) and click on the box for โRun quick commandโ.
- From the โRun quick commandโ menu, click on โGo to Quick Commandsโ.
- From โQuick Commandโ menu, select โMy Commandsโ and click on the โ+โ (plus) symbol.
- Type inย โOpen Application Assistantโย into the โWhat you say to Bixbyโ section.
- In the second section called โWhat Bixby doesโ, type in โOpen Application Assistantโ.
- Now click on Save.
- You will now see the โOpen Application Assistantโ with a orange โNโ beside it.
- Now go to Settingsย >ย Advance Features and click on Bixby Key.
- From the Bixby Keyย menu, select either action you wish to remap โ โSingle press to open Bixbyโ or โDouble Press to open Bixbyโ.
- Click on the โGearโ icon.
- Select โOpen Application Assistantโ command.
- Then press the โBixbyโ button and you should see the Google Assistant.
Note:ย ย If Bixby canโt find the app, all you have to do is hold press Bixby button and ask it to open Assistant app, You only need to do it once so Bixby finds the app. The next time, you can follow the instructions above.
Thanks toย u/mxjcmxjcย for the detailed instructions.
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