How to Remap Bixby Button To Google Assistant on Samsung Galaxy S10 and S9

In this feature, I will guide you on how to remap the Bixby button to other apps on Samsung and also how to remap Bixby button to Google Assistant. Well, it has been a while now, since Samsung introduced the Bixby button to its Samsung Galaxy Flagships. The Bixby button first introduced in Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ devices and then it continued over the passage of time to S9, S9+, Note 8, Note 8 Plus, Note 9, Note 9 Plus, S10, S10e, S10+ and Galaxy Note 10 & Note 10 Plus respectively.

However, let’s be honest, Not everyone is a Bixby fan, Samsung’s virtual assistant. But, if you’re a Samsung smartphone owner who prefers not to use Bixby, you might be wondering what to do with the dedicated Bixby button on the edge of your Galaxy S10, S9, or S8 smartphones.

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What does remapping do?

Simply press the Bixby button on the left side of your Galaxy phone to start any app you want. If you want to access the Google app, or the phone, or whatever you want, you can now!

How to Remap Bixby Button to Other Apps on Samsung 

You can now remap the Bixby button on your Samsung phone to any app you choose, like Google Assistant. With the launch of the Galaxy S10, Samsung released a software update to all phones that have a dedicated Bixby button. The update allows users to remap the Bixby button to any applications they want to. Samsung made it pretty quick and convenient to do that.

Step 1. Open the “Settings” app.

Step 2. Tap on “Advanced Features.”

Step 3. Tap on “Bixby key”.

Step 4. Select “Double press to open Bixby.” Enable “Use single press” toggle.

Step 5. Tap inside Use single press area.

Step 6. Tap “Open app” and then tap on the Settings button.

Step 7. Select the app that you want to use.

That’s it! Now you can double-press the Bixby button to open the app, and single-press it to open anything you want.

How To Remap Bixby Button to Google Assistant on Samsung Phones

If you’re using Google Assistant a lot, you might want to launch it with a dedicated button instead of pressing the home button. There is a way to do this, but it needs a third-party app (which can always be a source of security concern). The app and instructions are provided by XDA Developers.

Step 1. Download Bixby to Google Assistant Remapper file (com.xda.bixbyremapper_1.0.apk).

Step 2. Install the Bixby to Google Assistant Remapper to your Samsung Galaxy devices.

Step 3. Open the “Settings” app then tap on “Advanced Features.”

Step 4. Tap on “Bixby key”.

Step 5. Select “Double press to open Bixby.” Enable “Use single press” toggle.

Step 6. Tap inside Use single press area.

Step 7. Tap “Open app” and then tap on the Settings button. 

Step 8. Now look for an app called Bixby Button Assistant Remapper. Select “Bixby Button Assistant Remapper”.

Press the Bixby Button, and you should get a choice to open Google Assistant or Bixby (or it will automatically launch Google Assistant) — tap Google Assistant and then tap Always to make sure it will always open Google’s A.I. There you go, now you can use the Bixby Key to launch Google Assistant.

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Conclusion

This feature was about how to remap the Bixby button to Google Assistant on Samsung Galaxy S10 series, S9+, S9, and some others. Basically, you can remap the Bixby button to another app easily but to replace Bixby to Google Assistant, you need to use a third-party app, which I mentioned above. There’s also an app in the Google Play Store, which can help you to replace Bixby to Google Assistant and many other things and that is Bixbi Button Remapper – bxActions.