It runs on Samsung’s own Bixby Artificial Intelligence (AI) voice assistant. Much like Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Assistant, & Apple’s Siri, you can ask Bixby questions & have it perform certain tasks with your voice.
The Galaxy Home will also be a smart device hub, so you’ll be able to control smart-home devices with your voice. For example, you can control doors fitted with smart locks, or turn on smart light bulbs.
As a speaker, the Galaxy Home will deliver 360-degree sound, but you can ask Bixby to direct sound towards you rather than spreading it around a room. It also houses a subwoofer for bass.
Samsung’s announcement came a few days after China’s Baidu, Inc. announced that the install base of DuerOS, the company’s conversational AI assistant, reached 100 million devices, doubling over the past 6 months.