https://qz.com/1284201/samsung-vl550-speaker-review-how-it-compares-to-the-amazon-echo-and-google-home-and-apple-homepod/ > If you’ve used any of the popular smart speakers released in the last few years, you’ve probably noticed that they all—pretty much—look like miniature trash cans. The Amazon Echo, Google Home, Sonos One, and Apple HomePod, are all, for the most part, great devices that are best kept hidden on a shelf, away from the center of attention. Samsung’s latest speaker wants to change this. > Teased at January’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Samsung’s VL350 and VL550 wireless speakers look about as good as they sound. Samsung has its fair share of expensive and oddly tubular speakers as well, but these new models are for consumers who want something a little more refined to put on display.