https://www.cnet.com/news/5-ways-samsung-galaxy-home-can-beat-echo-homepod-and-google-home/

At Samsung's lavish Unpacked 2018, the tech powerhouse announced two new gadgets we all expected -- the Galaxy Note 9 phone and a new Galaxy Watch -- as well as one we didn't: the Galaxy Home smart speaker. You know, the speaker that looks like a cauldron, fondue pot or backyard grill.

The Home is Samsung's first speaker based on Bixby, a voice assistant that debuted with the Galaxy S8 phone and has since made its was to Samsung's TVs and smart appliances. Its competition includes Amazon's Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple's Siri, all of which have a pretty healthy head start. The Home is trying to break into a market with three of the most aggressive competitors out there -- and that's not even including other players like Microsoft, Xiaomi and Alibaba.