Samsung has confirmed that its flagship Galaxy Note 9 would have Bixby 2.0, the new version of company's Airtificial Intelligence (AI)-powered assistant.

Speaking to The Korea Herald, Gray G. Lee, Head of the AI Centre Under Samsung Research, revealed that the Galaxy Note 9 will be the launch device for "Bixby 2.0".

Samsung is preparing to unveil the Galaxy Note 9 in August.

Lee said that "Bixby 2.0" would be more than just a personal assistant. It would be an 'artificial intelligence platform' which enhances the performance and user experience across the phone. Bixby itself would also have enhanced natural language processing, improved noise resistance capability and faster response times.

According to the executive, Samsung expects Bixby to be running on 14 million Samsung devices by the end of 2018.