随波遂流－Samsung 计划研发智能扬声器

上月 Apple 在 WWDC 上公布了 HomePod，一部采用 A8 处理器，内设 7 个高音喇叭、一个 4 吋低音 Subwoofer 音箱，搭载 Spatial Awareness 空间感知功能，并根据空间大小调节音色的播放方式，支援 Apple Music 及 Siri，甚至以 iMessages 发送讯息，更将能利用 HomeKit 去控制家中智能装置的智能装置，产品将于 12 月正式登陆各位家中。然而那边厢一直是科技传道员 Samsung 亦表示正在研发自家版本的智能扬声器，看来也要挤身这竞争市场。据华尔街日报报道证实了这项传言：

Samsung is developing a voice-activated speaker powered by its digital assistant Bixby, according to people familiar with the matter, joining a proliferating arms race in tabletop devices.

The timing is far from determined, the people said. The English-language version of Bixby has been delayed and they said many of the speaker’s features and other specifications are yet to be decided. But the project—internally code-named “Vega”—has been going on for more than a year, several of the people said.

不过现在智能扬声器市场暂时是 Amazon 为领导，占有率达到 70％，而 Google Home 则大约占 24％。另外 Microsoft 亦宣布将在秋季推出一款 Invoke 扬声器，比 Apple 的 HomePod 还早推出市场。眼看着众多对手相继以智能扬声器抢攻，Samsung 却因为语音识别问题已搁置：

Vega is only the latest of Samsung’s speaker projects, which go back years, according to people familiar with the matter. The company had once planned to debut one code-named “Hive” in March 2015 at the Mobile World Congress in Spain, the people said, but it was quietly shelved over software issues including problems with voice recognition.

至于到底 Samsung 是否真的在研发智能扬声器呢？相信聪明的各位都清楚知道是势在必行，只是看 Samsung 葫芦裹卖甚么药，更多资讯请继续留意 HYPEBEAST 的报道。