Samsung hopes AI speaker Galaxy Home will rival Apple, Amazon and Google offerings
The device, which looks like a black pot supported on a tripod, was unveiled at product launch in New York last week, but it is unclear when it will go on sale
Samsung Electronics has made its debut in the artificial intelligence (AI) speaker market by introducing Galaxy Home.
Yi Ji-soo, vice-president of AI strategy at Samsung, introduced the various features of the Galaxy Home, a combined product of speaker and Samsung’s AI assistant Bixby – at an event in New York on Thursday watched by about 4,000 reporters and its business partners from all over the world.
He said that Samsung had ensured its premium sound quality by using 160 Galaxy Home devices to play the device’s introductory video.
In terms of design, the Galaxy Home looks like a small black pot supported by a tripod-like stand.
Yi said the device had a built-in subwoofer and eight microphones for far-field voice recognition.
However, Samsung did not provide details such as pricing or the launch date of the Galaxy Home.
The South Korean company said these details would become available during November’s Samsung Developer Conference in San Francisco.
Amid the rise of AI and the internet of things – the network of physical devices, vehicles, home appliances and other items embedded with electronics, software, sensors which enables them to connect and exchange data – the global AI speaker market has been emerging rapidly.