INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A newly-uncovered patent has given some insight in what to expect from Samsung's long-awaited Bixby smart speaker.Set to go head-to-head
with the Amazon Echo and the Apple HomePod devices, Samsung looks to be taking a slightly different approach to its smart offering, if the
the patent shows a speaker that looks like two squashed tennis balls on top of each other
The top ball can rotate and tilt in the direction it hears sound coming from to better pick up voices and commands, as shown in the picture
Equipped with a camera, the potential Bixby speaker described in the patent can also recognise user faces, again helping to pinpoint a voice
and, presumably, eventually making it easier to identify individual family members and tailor requests appropriately.The speaker would also
feature either an LED, LCD or OLED display with touch functionality, which could be used to display messages and images
With LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC and GPS onboard, as well as USB and HDMI, it appears it'd be able to receive media files too, ready to be
outputted to another external display source.Samsung has teased a smart speaker release for the second half of 2018, but this is the most
we've heard about the device since MWC early this year
If the patent is suggestive of the final device, Samsung looks to be putting together a much richer proposition than its competition.Via:
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