Bixby Bixby is Samsung’s attempt to take on the likes of Siri, Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. While it hasn’t had the success of any of those three assistants, it is still pre-installed on many Samsung devices.

Amazon Alexa is now built-in on Samsung TVs! You can ask Alexa to change the channel, open apps, search for movies and shows, play music, control your smart home devices, and more.

Many smart home products are compatible with Alexa, but far fewer are directly compatible with Samsung SmartThings hub. … Create a virtual switch/sensor in SmartThings. Create an Alexa routine that is triggered by the virtual sensor. The Alexa routine will send a command to the device you’re trying to control.

Smart Home Triggers If you have added some “smart home” devices such as a motion sensor, a door sensor, or a push button, you can trigger Alexa Routines from those devices.

How does it work? First of all you need the same named app Smart TV Remote on your compatible Android phone. Install and setup this app in order to control your TV. … That’s all, now Alexa controls your app and you can control your TV by voice.

Use the Alexa app to link supported TV and video service providers to Alexa. Open the Alexa app . Open More and select Settings. Select TV & Video and select your TV or video service provider. Select Enable Skill and follow the on-screen instructions.

With your Amazon Echo with Alexa, you can turn your TV on, off, change the volume, and switch channels. To do so, you’ll need a specific hub designed to work with entertainment devices.

Select a voice assistant You can choose between Samsung’s Bixby and Amazon Alexa. Both work well with Samsung TVs — your preference may have more to do with whether you have other Alexa devices in your home. You can use either to switch channels or inputs, change some settings, play . . . Read more

Samsung has included a hardware button for its Bixby services. However, you won’t be able to properly activate Alexa using the Bixby button. Additionally, you won’t be able to use the “Alexa” keyword phrase to activate the assistant.

Rapid mode, once enabled, becomes a separate service. So you do not need Magician running in the background. To prevent Magician from opening up every time you turn the computer on, just disable it from the Start Up programs.