Full List of Bixby Voice Commands for Galaxy S8 & S8+

Joe Fedewa
7 years ago

The long-awaited rollout of Bixby Voice is finally here. If you have a Samsung Galaxy S8 or Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus from a US carrier, you should be able to get the update now. Bixby Voice is just a baby compared to some of the other virtual assistants out there, but it can do a lot out of the box. There are hundreds of voice commands you can use to do a wide variety of tasks.

As you’ll see with this massive list of commands, Bixby can do pretty much anything you can do. It can even go so far as to scroll up and down on webpages for you. The idea is for you to be completely hands-free. Just command Bixby to do something and there’s a good chance it will work.

Common Commands

Open Facebook
What time is it?
What’s the date today?
Turn the volume up/down
Restart off my phone
Flashlight on/off
Turn on Emergency mode
Play music
Stop the music
What song is this?
What’s the name of this song?
Remind me to buy milk tomorrow at 9 am
Show me my most recent reminder
Delete the shopping reminder
What’s the weather like?
How is the weather going to be tomorrow?
Will it rain today?
What’s the weather in Boston tomorrow?
What’s the UV index in Miami tomorrow?

Screen & Navigation

Take a screenshot
Go back
Show the Home screen
Scroll up/down
Swipe left/right
Scroll to the top/bottom
Zoom in/out
Turn on auto rotate
Set the phone to portrait mode
Turn off the screen

Notifications & System Tasks

Show me my most recent app in split screen view
Close Messages
Close all recent apps
Open Messages in split screen view
Show me my recent apps
Open this app as a pop-up
Minimize this app
Switch windows
Close Messages
Clear notifications from Messages
Show me all notifications
Open the quick panel
Close the notification panel
Expand the notification from Messages
Control the brightness on the notification panel
Read all notifications
Read the latest notification

Questions & Answers

How far is the sun from Earth?
What is the definition of doodle?
How do you spell restaurant?
Who was the 44th president of the USA?
Show me how to make cheesecake
When is Thanksgiving?
Who was the first man on the moon?
How long is a cheetah’s tail?
What is 10×5?
How many calories in a bagel?
When is sunrise in Paris?
What is a fathom?
How many feet in a mile?

Samsung Apps

Of course, Bixby Voice has great integration with Samsung’s own apps. Here are some of the things you can do with Bixby and Samsung apps.

“Open Gallery and”

Find pictures taken in New York
Show me the most recent picture
Share this picture
Delete this picture
Show me the travel album
Show me the most recent pictures as a slideshow
Auto adjust the picture
Rotate this picture to the right
Play the most recent video
Show me the list of albums
Add the most recent picture from Friends album to Favorites
Remove the auto adjust effects from the most recent picture
Delete the location info from the most recent picture
Delete the travel album
Copy pictures taken at Christmas to a new album
Show the details for the most recent picture

“Open Contacts and”

Create a new contact as David with the number 123-4567
Search for David and call him on speaker phone
Search for David and call his home
Call this number on speaker phone
Call my office number
Call David
Text David
Show David’s contact info
Show profile updates for David
Video call David’s mobile phone
Show my friends group
Make my birthday shared
Change my status message to busy
Link David to Jane
Add David to favorites
Send a message to everyone in Friends
Merge all contacts with the same info
Turn on Google account sync

“Open Phone app and”

Show Recents
Show missed calls
Accept
Decline the call and Send the text as I am in a meeting
Call 123-4567 on speaker phone
Block 1234-5678
Call with speed dial number 2
Open the keypad
Make a call to 123-4567
Call the most recent number
Delete the most recent number
Show recent searches
Block David
Video call the most recent number
Block the last number called
Call this number
Add David to speed dial 2
Turn on vibrate when call ends

“Open Settings and”

Turn on WiFi in Settings
Search for nearby WiFi networks in Settings
Disconnect from WiFi in Settings
Turn on Bluetooth in Settings
Scan for Bluetooth devices in Settings
Go to dual audio in Settings
Show me my Data usage
Turn on Data saver
Turn on Airplane mode
Show me NFC settings
Set the ringtone volume to 50
Increase the system volume
Turn on Do not disturb
Don’t disturb me between 10 pm and 7 am
Set the display brightness to 50
Make the screen brighter
Turn on Blue light filter

” Open Messages and”

Show me the most recent message
Block the most recent conversation
Turn off notifications for the conversation with David
Copy the most recent text
Show me pictures from the conversation with David
Mark all unread messages as read
Delete all conversations
Take a photo and send it to David
Show me settings

“Open Camera and”

Take a picture
Record a video
Turn on the front camera
Turn on HDR
Turn on Flash
Show me pictures
Set the timer for rear camera to 10 seconds
Apply an effect
Turn on Save RAW and JPEG files for rear camera
Turn on video stabilization
Adjust the ISO of Pro mode to 200
Adjust the exposure value of Pro mode to 1
Turn on grid lines

“Open Clock and”

Set an alarm for tomorrow at 6 am
Turn off the 6 am alarm
Show me the time in New York
Dismiss the alarm
Show the timer
Open the stopwatch
Add London to my world clock
Open the time zone converter in the world clock

“Open Calculator and”

Calculate 5 + 10 x 4
Show the unit converter
Convert 25 inches to cm

“Open Calendar and”

Create an event
Shoe me March 23rd
Show me the month of October
Delete my completed tasks
Mark grocery shopping as done
Delete all of my meetings for today
Show me the settings
Change the first day of the week to Sunday
Show week numbers
Turn on notifications
Lock the time zone
Change the time zone to New York