But now Bloomberg reports that Samsung does plan to a launch a Bixby - enabled smart
speaker device sometime in the first half of 2018:
Not exact matches
Leaks and rumours from the past year will have you believe that a Bixby - powered smart
speaker is on the way.Samsung is reportedly developing such a
device, and if the latest news is true, we'll see it arrive
sometime this year.
The Siri - powered smart
speaker was delayed from its original release last fall to
sometime in «early 2018,» but the
device was recently granted approval by the FCC for sale in the US.
Now, Facebook is thinking this «may be the wrong time» to launch a smart
speaker, and, as such, has decided to delay the
device's unveiling until
sometime later this year.
The tech titan said Friday it's pushed back the launch of its first smart
speaker, the HomePod, from
sometime in December (no specific date was ever offered) to «early 2018» so it can finish work on the
device.
The
device is expected to launch
sometime in the first quarter of the year, and although an exact release date was not given, the smart
speaker at hand should retail for $ 149.