Easiest way to remap Bixby to Google Assistant on s8 (NONROOT) (WORKING ON OREO)

[iamnotexisting]

Hey, just wanted to share the easiest way I have discovered to remap the annoying bane of existence know as Bixby.

1. Download "BixBye" from Google Play. All credit goes to the developer. I did not make this app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=you.in.spark.bixbye

2. Download "Google Assistant" from Google Play as well. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.googleassistant

3. Open BixBye and Grant the Accessibility services, then relaunch the app. It bugs out and says you didn't Grant it until you relaunch for me.

4. Once you have done that... DO NOT use the default "Remap to... ASSISTANT" option! This is pretty buggy for me and causes screen flashes and other things. Change the action to "Remap to... LAUNCH AN APP" and make it launch Google Assistant! This will work loads better than the default option!

After months of tinkering around with bxactions and other 3rd party software, this is the easiest, bug free, costless way I have found to remap the Bixby button to Google Assistant, and it doesn't have the bug where it closes the currently running app! I hope this works great for you as well

Have a lovely day!

 

[iamnotexisting]

Here's another little trick... although it costs money, if you do have BK Package Disabler you can disable all Bixby related packages besides "Bixby Home" and "Bixby Voice" to save quite a bit of battery! You need these ones enabled unfortunately to detect the press of the button though.

I'm going to go to sleep now, I'll try to answer any questions as best as possible in the morning though.

 

[madmangunradio]

Works perfectly on my Note 8 following your instructions. Thanks!

 

[danibus]

Thanks, works perfectly.

I come from Z3C and like a lot to use a button to open camera.
Just miss than can't take photos using button.