Samsung may have a rival to Apple's Siri. It's called Bixby

Samsung may have accidentally revealed the identity of its answer to Apple's Siri: a virtual assistant called'Bixby.' The South Korean electronics manufacturer has been largely left behind in the battle of the bots, with Microsoft's Cortana, Amazon's Alexa and the Google Assistant all offering rivals to Siri. With the much-anticipated arrival of the Galaxy S8 smartphone, Samsung is expected to launch its own virtual assistant. In a recent beta version of the Samsung Pay app, three options were offered in the menu bar: Shopping, Mini and Bixby. The options, first spotted by unofficial Samsung blog SamMobile, have since been removed, but suggest the company is planning to integrate the digital assistant into its mobile payments platform.