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One of the biggest software additions to Samsung's Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones
is the Bixby digital assistant, but now the company has revealed that the AI-powered assistant
will be missing one key feature at its global launch on April 21. According to the statement
provided by the South Korean company, the new flagship smartphones will be missing Bixby
 Voice at their global launch on April 21. This effectively means that Bixby will lack voice
controls when the phones launch later this month.

In an official update, Samsung has reportedly clarified that the new smartphones in the Galaxy
 line up will launch with Bixby features including Vision, Home, and Reminder. However, the
company says that Bixby Voice will be made available in US in spring. "With its intelligent
interface and contextual awareness, Bixby will make your phone more helpful by assisting in
completing tasks, telling you what you're looking at, learning your routine and remembering
what you need to do. Key features of Bixby, including Vision, Home and Reminder, will be
available with the global launch of the Samsung Galaxy S8 on April 21. Bixby Voice will be
available in the U.S. on the Galaxy S8 later this spring," Samsung said in its statement as per a
report by Engadget.

Notably, the digital assistant currently supports only English and Korean languages.

Last month Samsung launched its Bixby assistant, which helps users with features like image
recognition and location awareness among other things. It can be accessed with the help of a
dedicated button on Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ smartphones. However, later on it was learned
 that there was a way to customise this key to launch any app of user's choice. As many users
 might prefer Google Assistant simply because of its support for many more languages, this
button can be customised to launch Google's AI-based digital assistant as well.