Samsung is adding Polish, Thai and Vietnamese to Bixby, which brings the assistant to 12 languages, and Galaxy AI picks up Hungarian and Malay. The Bixby rollout begins October 14, 2026, according to Samsung’s newsroom post. If your Galaxy phone has been stuck in English because your own language was missing, this is the update that may change that.
TL;DR: Bixby now covers 12 languages after adding Polish, Thai and Vietnamese, starting October 14, 2026. Galaxy AI translation tools reach 24 languages with Hungarian and Malay, and Now Nudge adds eight more. Those Galaxy AI languages arrive in the coming weeks, so check Settings before assuming your phone has them yet.
What the Bixby new languages change
Bixby gains three languages in this rollout: Polish, Thai and Vietnamese. That lifts its list to 12, which also includes Chinese (China mainland), English (India, UK and U.S.), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, and Spanish for Latin America and Spain.
Samsung describes Bixby as a device agent that offers device control through natural conversation. In practice, that means you can say what you want instead of remembering which menu hides the setting. Someone in Warsaw or Bangkok can now do that in their own language rather than translating the request in their head first.
The catch is that Bixby needs a Samsung Account login and a data connection. Samsung also says functions can vary by country, region and language, and that recognition of some accents and dialects is not guaranteed. That caveat matters more than the headline number for anyone with a strong regional accent.
Galaxy AI language support reaches 24 languages
Call Assist, Note Assist, Interpreter and Transcript Assist add Hungarian and Malay, which takes Samsung’s Live Translate set to 24 languages. Now Nudge, the feature that suggests a next step based on what is on your screen, adds eight languages and also reaches 24.
The eight Now Nudge additions are Dutch, Filipino, Gujarati, Hungarian, Malay, Romanian, Swedish and Turkish.
Unlike Bixby, these languages are not live today. Samsung says they follow in the coming weeks, and some can be downloaded as language packs from the Settings app. Schedules and features may vary by device or country, and Samsung does not name specific models, so this is one to verify on your own phone.
| Feature | New languages | Total | Timing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bixby | Polish, Thai, Vietnamese | 12 | Begins October 14, 2026 |
| Call Assist, Note Assist, Interpreter, Transcript Assist | Hungarian, Malay | 24 | Coming weeks |
| Now Nudge | Dutch, Filipino, Gujarati, Hungarian, Malay, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish | 24 | Coming weeks |
Those 24 languages include regional variants, such as English for Australia, India, the UK and the U.S. Samsung notes that regions in parentheses do not count as separate languages.
What this means if you own a Galaxy phone
For most U.S. owners, nothing visible changes on day one. English and Spanish were already covered, so the value here lands with people in markets Samsung has been slower to serve. That is a quiet change, but an honest one.
Language coverage decides who gets the full benefit of features like these, much as it does with the One UI 9 update rolling out to Galaxy phones. A feature that only works in 12 or 24 languages leaves a lot of Galaxy owners outside it.
One thing is still unclear: Samsung has not said how fast each new Galaxy AI language will reach each region. Until the language packs appear in Settings, treat the 24 language count as a target rather than something your phone already does.
How to check whether your language is ready
Samsung says some of the new Galaxy AI languages can be downloaded as language packs from the Settings app. When yours appears there, install it before using Interpreter or Transcript Assist.
For Bixby, you need to be signed in to a Samsung Account. Remember that it may be limited during calls and in modes such as Maximum Power Saving, so a silent assistant is not always a bug.
