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SAMSUNG S9 REVIEW: AR EMOJI AND BIXBY AI ASSISTANT
Apple was onto something with Animoji on iPhone X it would seem, as Samsung has brought its own version to the Samsung Galaxy S9 – AR Emoji.
Creating AR Emoji is fast and easy, with the function built into the S9's camera menu.
AR Emoji is a feature built into the system's camera application that allows a user to take a selfie of their face and then have it turned into a virtual avatar of them, one that the user can then dress and style as they choose.
The system works by analysing the 2D image with a data-based learning algorithm, which maps out over 100 facial features to generate a 3D model that can reflect facial expressions and emotions.
You can then pose the AR Emoji by holding the camera up to you (as if you were taking a selfie) and the AR Emoji will mirror your expression and pose. At this point you can then take a picture of your AR Emoji, or record a video with sound of you speaking, with your avatar mimicking your actions. These videos are then saved as gifs for ease of sharing on your social or messaging application of choice.
You can also select from 18 different stock expressions if you just want to fire back a stock response to a message. Neatly, these are embedded into the Samsung keyboard, meaning you can bring them up and add them just as easily as regular emoji.
Multiple different AR Emoji can be created and stored on the Samsung Galaxy S9, too, with the whole process – providing you don't dilly-dally too long selecting the perfect hat – taking about 20-30 seconds or so.
Bixby is very fast at translating foreign languages and does so live.
Like one of Bertie Wooster's chums from the Drones Club, Bixby is back again in the Samsung Galaxy S9, and this time he's extra tanked up.
That means Bixby now has a live translation mode that allows you to simply point the phone's camera at a piece of foreign text (see above image as an example) and Bixby will automatically translate what it says to you on screen.
From our testing of Bixby Vision we can confirm that, on the whole, it works well, with the S9 automatically translating foreign texts in a variety of fonts and sizes quickly and accurately.
It seems slightly faster than Google Translate, too, however it is important to remember that Bixby Vision isn't hardware based, meaning that you do need a data connection for it to work, and the faster your connection the faster Bixby will get a shift on.
Bixby Vision can identify almost anything you point it at, including places, objects, food and wine, before supplying you with more information.
Elsewhere, Samsung has also built out Bixby's AR capabilities, meaning that it can supply even more information about foods, monuments, locations and more, and Bixby is also location-aware.
These various specialities are selected in Bixby Vision simply by sliding between modes, as you would when selecting a camera mode, and then pointing the S9's rear camera at the thing you want information on.
And, yes, for those of you who want to scan barcodes on every item you come across, you will be pleased to hear that Bixby Vision caters to your needs.