Monday, March 6, 2017
GALAXY S8 GOOGLE WOULD PROHIBIT SAMSUNG TO INTEGRATE ITS OWN ASSISTANT NEW DELAY IN SIGHT
GALAXY S8 GOOGLE WOULD PROHIBIT SAMSUNG TO INTEGRATE ITS OWN ASSISTANT NEW DELAY IN SIGHT
The Galaxy S8 is not yet out that it already knows some disappointments. While Samsung wanted to integrate its home personal assistant, Google would simply forbid it. A patent sharing agreement would prevent it. Should we fear a further delay in launching?
Nothing goes with Samsung anymore. While the Korean put enormously on his Galaxy S8 to make forget the fiasco of the Galaxy Note 7, a new bounce would have disrupted the development of its next flagship.
Indeed, some time ago, Samsung bought the company Viv Labs, specializing in artificial intelligence. Following this acquisition, the company had then confirmed that it was developing a competitor to Siri and Google Assistant .
According to the latest rumors, this new home assistant should be integrated with Galaxy S8. But today, the Business Korea website reveals that the plans of the Korean giant could be compromised. In issue, an agreement with Google around some patents.
To be more precise, Samsung had signed an agreement with Google in 2014. The latter allowed both companies to take advantage of inventions and services in their respective smartphones. But in that agreement there was also a non-competition clause. Put simply, no way to integrate a service similar to a Google service if it comes into direct competition.
Today Samsung offers applications similar to those of Google, but they complement those of the firm of Mountain View, they do not replace them. In proposing his own assistant, Samsung therefore replace Google Assistant . And it is for this reason that Google would simply forbid the integration of this assistant in the Galaxy S8 as previous rumors implied.
Obviously, this news worries observers. Because Samsung has probably already started integrating his house assistant. And at this time two solutions are available to the Korean: either negotiate with Google or circumvent the non-competition clause.
But these negotiations or these small pirouettes could well delay the release of the next smartphone star of Samsung. A delay that would be hard to pass because Samsung has already extended the date of announcement of the Galaxy S8 .
Initially scheduled for the MWC Barcelona in late February 2017, the presentation will only take place in April 2017. The announcement should not be delayed, in which case Samsung would start the year 2017 as it finished the year 2016.
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