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S Voice

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Original author(s)
  
Samsung

Developer(s)
  
Samsung

Initial release
  
30 May 2012; 4 years ago (2012-05-30)

Operating system
  
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, 4.1 – 4.3 Jelly Bean, 4.4 Kit Kat, 5.0 – 5.1.1 Lollipop

Available in
  
English, French, Spanish, Korean, Italian, Russian, German and Hindi

Type
  
Intelligent personal assistant

S Voice is an intelligent personal assistant and knowledge navigator which is only available as a built-in application for the Samsung Galaxy S III, S III Mini (including NFC Variant), S4, S4 Mini, S4 Active, S5, S5 Mini, S II Plus, Note II, Note 3, Note 4, Note 10.1, Note 8.0, Stellar, Mega, Grand, Avant, Core, Ace 3, Tab 3 7.0, Tab 3 8.0, Tab 3 10.1, Galaxy Camera, and other 2013 or later Samsung Android devices. The application uses a natural language user interface to answer questions, make recommendations, and perform actions by delegating requests to a set of Web services. It is based on the Vlingo personal assistant.

The Galaxy S5 and later Samsung Android devices, S Voice runs on Nuance instead of Vlingo.

Some of the capabilities of S Voice include making appointments, opening apps, setting alarms, updating social network websites such as Facebook or Twitter and navigation. S Voice also offers multitasking as well as automatic activation features, for example, when the car engine is started.

In a disclaimer that pops up on first opening S Voice, Samsung states that the app is provided by a third party which it does not name.

References

S Voice Wikipedia