After Apple announced that it would introduce the Siri digital assistant into the HomePod, which is set to revolutionize music listening in the living room, and Microsoft, Amazon, and Google all expanded the promotion of smart speakers with integrated digital assistant services, Samsung also plans to launch a smart speaker with its own integrated Bixby digital assistant service, code-named "Vega."
The Wall Street Journal reportedSamsung is reportedly planning to develop a smart speaker codenamed "Vega," which will integrate the Bixby digital assistant service, but details such as features and hardware specifications have yet to be confirmed. Meanwhile, sources revealed that Samsung has been developing this smart speaker for at least a year, but the launch was delayed due to poor performance of the Bixby digital assistant service.
Samsung previously confirmed that it would apply Bixby digital assistant services to products other than smartphones, but because the natural interaction effects such as voice recognition are still not ideal, it has not only postponed the voice interaction serviceDelayed entry into mobile phone products, which also affects the development progress of Bixby's application to other IoT devices.
Companies including Microsoft, Amazon, and Google are focusing on the application of digital assistant services.Smart speaker market layoutThis has also led to Chinese manufacturers including Cheetah Mobile joining the battle. Even Apple announced the launch of the HomePod, a smart speaker integrated with Siri digital assistant service at WWDC 2017 this year, and LINE also announced the launch ofA smart speaker that integrates its own Clova digital assistant service, thereby attacking the development of digital home applications.
