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hey everybody you're looking at Samsung's new Smart TV suite for 2018 this is gonna appear on most of their 2018 televisions and it starts with Bixby Bixby is Samsung's digital assistant much like a Google assistant or an Amazon Alexa it appears in their phones primarily but now Samsung is moving Bixby onto the television to use it you're gonna talk into the remote control like you would with any other television that has voice based controls beyond the ability to search for stuff and find new content including songs with Spotify Bixby gives the ability to control lights and other smart home apparatus using the screen and the TV itself actually functions a full smart home control hub so Samsung has a new smart home app that's gonna be a big screen version and a small screen version for your phone they're gonna sync up really nicely you can use the app to actually set up your television using the app is gonna make it easy to connect to Wi-Fi without having to type into the screen and also easier to get logins and password information when you're logging into those apps for the first time but of course smart things is mostly about the smart home devices so the screen will enable you to control any smart things device in the house including lights thermostat security cameras things like that on the big screen using it as a sort of control hub for the entire house just like in previous years Samsung allows you to share from your phone to the TV but it does make it easier this year again using the smart things app Samsung also has a new universal guide this year that makes it easier to get to TV shows both from Netflix and over the top services as well as your cable TV and integrates it all into one interface the guide also recognizes shows that you want to watch you suggest new ones based on your viewing activity that's a quick look at Samsung's new Smart TV features for its 2018 TVs here at CES