Samsung announces Galaxy Home Mini public beta before full-size speaker has even shipped

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Samsung has quietly announced a new Bixby-powered smart speaker called the Galaxy Home Mini, and it’s inviting Galaxy smartphone owners in South Korea to sign up to beta-test the new device. Samsung says the new speaker can control IoT devices, it integrates with Samsung’s SmartThings platform, and it uses sound technology provided by Samsung’s AKG audio brand. SamMobile was first to spot the announcement.

This is the first time Samsung has officially admitted that its smaller smart speaker exists, although we had a decent idea it was coming, thanks to its appearance in a Federal Communications Commission filing earlier this year. Beyond the few details shared by Samsung in the beta announcement, we know next to nothing about this new...

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source https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/8/29/20838342/samsung-galaxy-home-mini-features-public-beta-south-korea-announcement

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