We have more news on smart speakers. While Apple's HomePod was delayed and was no longer in time for this Christmas, Amazon and Google continue to be the kings of the sector. However, weren't you missing one more contender in this battle? Exact, Samsung also plans to launch a smart speaker on the market.
According to Mark Gurman, the well-known columnist of Bloomberg, this team would arrive in the first half of next year 2018. And of course, Bixby - the company's virtual assistant - would be in charge of materializing our orders in voice.
As sources close to the company have revealed, this speaker would be designed to be able to enjoy good audio quality —we assume that it will play music from popular services such as Spotify, Google Play Music, etc.—, as well as being able to control our devices smart home. We must remind you that Samsung has been working for a few years on very interesting proposals regarding the connected home it means. You just have to take a look at Samsung SmartThings. That is, the same thing that Google does with its Nest teams, for example, but on a larger scale.
On the other hand, the price at which this Samsung smart speaker is expected is well below the price of Apple's HomePod ($ 349). According to sources close to the project, the price of this new Korean team would be over $ 200 (about 170 euros). Also, the speaker would work seamlessly with the Samsung ecosystem: SmartTV, smartphones or tablets.
Let's remember that the next Samsung Galaxy S9 could be seen at the next CES 2018 which will take place next January in Las Vegas. Could it be that we see this speaker working in a booth? What is true is that Samsung is a bit late in this market. And the product must surprise a lot so that the client does not opt for the competition.