<s>
Viv	B-Application
is	O
an	O
intelligent	B-Protocol
personal	I-Protocol
assistant	I-Protocol
software	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Siri	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
Siri	B-Application
,	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
platform	O
is	O
open	O
and	O
can	O
accommodate	O
external	O
plug-ins	O
written	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
the	O
assistant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
5	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
and	O
its	O
developer	O
,	O
Viv	B-Application
Labs	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
formerly	O
Six	O
Five	O
Labs	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
)	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Samsung	O
Electronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
month	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
a	O
personal	B-Protocol
assistant	I-Protocol
software	I-Protocol
would	O
be	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
S8	I-Application
and	I-Application
S8+	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
turned	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
Bixby	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
relaunch	O
of	O
S	B-General_Concept
Voice	I-General_Concept
,	O
rather	O
than	O
based	O
on	O
Viv	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2017	O
,	O
Samsung	O
announced	O
Viv	B-Application
Labs	O
technology	O
would	O
be	O
integrated	O
into	O
Bixby	B-Application
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
