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Samsung Reportedly Developing a Voice-Controlled Speaker To Compete With Amazon Echo (geekwire.com)

Posted by msmash on from the me-too dept.

Samsung may be working on a smart speaker of its own. The company is developing a smart speaker powered by its Bixby voice assistant, according to The Wall Street Journal. From a report: A new report from The Wall Street Journal claims Samsung is working on its own voice-controlled home speaker to compete with the likes of the Amazon Echo, Google Home, and other devices that will be launched over the next few months and years. Details about Samsung's speaker and when we might expect to see it on the market are scant, but The Wall Street Journal does say that the device will be powered by Bixby. Bixby -- Samsung's answer to Amazon's Alexa or Apple's Siri -- is available in South Korea, where the company is based, but the English-language version is still in the works. Meanwhile, other tech companies like Alibaba, Apple, and Microsoft are developing their own smart speakers to compete with Amazon and Alphabet.

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  1. Who wanted this to begin with? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This is a solution in search of a problem. This is basically a music player that spies on you and your family.

    1. Re:Who wanted this to begin with? by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I don't understand it either; but Amazon seems to sell a lot of Dots - including to some of my friends.

      So there is a market... people like us just aren't part of it.

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  2. No!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No more spy devices!

  3. Correction to summary by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Meanwhile, other tech companies like Alibaba, Apple, and Microsoft are developing their own smart speakers to compete with Amazon."

    Right now, Amazon is really the only player.

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  4. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  5. Re:Becsuse Apple does things right. by slaker · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Like the mobile keyboard that didn't display lowercase letters and instead used a color shift to indicate letter case for some reason, up until iOS 9 or something?

    Or a mobile OS that won't natively play a FLAC file and doesn't natively support general purpose file browsing until, hm, whenever the next version gets released?

    Yeah. Those guys sure do have a handle on getting stuff right.

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  6. They already have that by gweihir · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Their TVs already listen to everything ans dens it to Samsung, last I heard. Just leave out the TV screen and they are almost done...

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