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Last updated: December 28th, 2018 at 19:42 UTC+01:00
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But in a market where AI speakers like the Google Home and Amazon Echo are offered for less than $200, Samsung will have a hard time selling too many Galaxy Homes. A cheaper Bixby speaker would go a long way in helping Samsung get more consumers on-board, and we have learned that's exactly what the company is working on.
We have obtained information that a new Bixby speaker with model number SM-V310 is being developed. The Galaxy Home carries model number SM-V510, so Samsung could be working on a series of smart speakers. We know the SM-V310 will come in black, but that's the extent of our knowledge about this speaker at the moment. It remains to be seen exactly how Samsung will reduce the pricing for the cheaper Galaxy Home. It might have fewer microphones and perhaps lack a subwoofer, but it's all just guesswork.
Could this mini Galaxy Home make a debut at CES 2019 alongside the regular Galaxy Home? It's possible, considering CES is held in the United States, which is going to be one of the most important market for Samsung's Bixby-powered smart speakers. Speaking of Bixby, the SM-V310 is no doubt going to have Bixby 2.0 out of the box, although we're hoping it can do more than what Bixby 2.0 can currently do on Galaxy smartphones.
Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.
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