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Samsung buys Viv, the new Assistant with artificial intelligence from the creators of Siri

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During the last year, the intelligence artificial of Viv has called much the attention. Viv was founded by Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer and Chris Brigham, the creators original of Siri. Since the first performance tests Viv proved to be a more powerful and capable than Siri personal assistantis made public. Indeed some of them reasons by which them creators of Siri abandoned it company, after its purchase from Apple was the road marked by Apple for Siri, a road very different to which had thought their creators. To get even is, these three last years have State working in Viv, that according to them media specialist is the best Assistant with intelligence artificial existing currently in the market.

According to reports TechCrunch it company Korean Samsung just of acquire Viv to integrate it in its next devices. Of time not know as there will be paid Samsung to make is with Viv, but taking in has that Apple pay 200 million of dollars in 2010 by make is with Siri, the price of the agreement could be something more high. Of time Viv will continue to operating as a company independent offering this service to all the devices of the company where is implement this Assistant of intelligence artificial.

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What converts to Viv is an Assistant improved in comparison with Siri is that is integrates of the applications and services of third, something that now has begun Apple to allow with the arrival of iOS 10. With Viv can ask our smartphone send an über at our location, request a pizza four seasons, reserve a table at Rte Manolete… all of this without having to open the application at any time.

For to carry to out this project, the creators of Viv have got funding of different companies as Facebook, Google and Twitter. Just Facebook and Google were interested in this wizard but negotiations for the sale were not satisfactory for either party. TechCrunch is has put in contact with the Vice President of Samsung Jacopo Lenzi who has asserted that Viv could have an impact direct in something more than the division mobile of Samsung:

This is an acquisition oriented to the division mobile, but see the possibilities of integrating Viv in others devices that manufacture. From our perspective and from the perspective of the customer, the interest and the power this intelligence artificial us offers an advantage important facing other competitors, adding an advantage facing them.

Viv not only is integrated in them devices mobile, but Samsung also could integrate them in them appliances that manufactures for power control them using commands of voice, them televisions and any other devices susceptible of be controlled of this form.

The acquisition of Viv from Samsung you gives to the company Korean an advantage concerning others manufacturers of Android, mostly taking in has that Google Assistant only will be available in them terminals Pixel that the company presented makes a pair of days, unless by the time. Also it buys of Viv you allows follow reducing the dependency of Google besides offer it it possibility of begin to implement this Assistant in Tizen, both in the version for smartphones as in the version for smartwatches.

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