Samsung’s Bixby digital assistant wasn’t greeted with the enthusiasm that Samsung might have hoped it would when it first launched. Arriving a few months ago with the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus , many saw it as a step behind competing products like Google Assistant and Siri. Even after receiving its delayed English voice component, Bixby is still yet to offer a critical function that Google Assitant — which comes as standard with basically all Android phones — does not. News out for South Korea today suggests that some Bixby improvements could be coming soon, though. According to The Korea Herald , Samsung is expected to reveal a new and improved version of Bixby, Bixby 2.0, at the company’s San Francisco Developer Conference on October 18. The Korea Herald also notes that Version 2.0 may integrate with third-party services and devices other than smartphones. Given Samsung’s developments in the Smart Home market , it’s likely th...