Samsung Galaxy Home is one of the most anticipated smart home devices of the year. While the Samsung Galaxy Home speaker was officially announced on the 9th of August, 2018, the Samsung Galaxy Home release date and price are yet to be disclosed.
Samsung Galaxy Home is being pegged as a superior and premium smart speaker experience. So if you're as excited about its arrival as we are, the following is a brief overview of what we know so far.
What is Samsung Galaxy Home?
Samsung Galaxy Home is being described as a smart speaker with Bixby virtual assistance. However, it's not just any smart speaker with virtual assistance, Galaxy Home is being pegged as a premium product based on its features, functionality, and design. It's designed in a unique and classy tulip shape with three metallic legs. The exterior is monochromatic and covered in high-quality fabric.
Samsung Galaxy Home Features
The following are some of the officially disclosed features of Samsung Galaxy Home:
A personalized experience courtesy of the virtual assistant Bixby.
The speaker will have a set of controls on top of the Galaxy Home screen to change tracks, pause, skip, and make other changes to the speaker.
Powerful surround sound with an impressive bass by AKG.
Galaxy Home's AI will detect your approximate location based on your voice and direct the sound waves towards you. As such, you'll have immersive sound wherever you are.
Functions as a SmartThings Hub and can sync to and control all other smart home devices.
'Hey Bixby' will be the wake word and it will turn the device on along with a ring of light on top.
Samsung Galaxy Home Launch Date
Samsung Galaxy Home was originally supposed to have launched sometime in April 2019. However, for undisclosed reasons, the launch date had to be pushed back. Samsung has, however, confirmed that the release date won't be far off so it should be out by the end of the year.
While there has been no official statement on the reason for Galaxy Home's delay, people are speculating that it's done to further streamline Bixby. The virtual assistant native to Samsung is fairly new - compared to Alexa and Siri - so it had a bit of a rough launch. People are speculating that Samsung is waiting to release Galaxy Home till Bixby is perfectly streamlined and can stand comfortably amongst the other virtual assistants on the market.
Samsung Galaxy Home Price
Since Galaxy Home is being promoted as a premium smart speaker with advanced features, it's likely to be fairly expensive. However, if that's too much for you, Samsung will also release a Galaxy Home Mini that will be smaller, simply designed, and more reasonable.
Conclusion
Samsung has been fairly mum about releasing details about Galaxy Home - they haven't yet disclosed the release date or the exact price. However, based on the purported features and its promotion as a premium product, we can only assume it will be on the higher range. We'll keep you updated as more details turn up!
