Tag: Galaxy Home Mini

At Current Samsung Will Not Sell Galaxy Home Mini Separately
In answer to the query of a customer, Samsung representative in South Korea says for now there is no plan to sell Galaxy Home Mini separately. At the current, the home speaker is only available as a gift when customers in South Korea pre-order Galaxy S20 series smartphones. That means the customers who pre-ordered Galaxy S20, S20+ or S20 Ultra will use it first though they will receive it on March 6. At the deleted post, Samsung had mentioned launching Galaxy Home Mini on February 12 but later canceled it without proper specification.
Here is the reply from Samsung representative at South Korea (Translated),
“Hello, I am in charge of your Samsung mobile phone. I’m sorry for the late reply. Thank you for contacting Homi Mini. We will guide you through inquiry. At present, the Galaxy home Mini is not going to be sold separately when the relevant department is confirmed, and it is currently only available as a free gift of S20 pre-order purchase benefits.”
Many Samsung customers are eagerly waiting to get their hands on the home speaker but the official says they don’t have any specific release date. The other tragedy is the customers who have waited for a long time to purchase the home speaker are not in the mood of Galaxy S20. As per the deleted post, the Galaxy Home Mini will be available for $83 in the market so I don’t think any user will pay for galaxy S20 to get a free gift.
Samsung has to come up with a fixed launch date as the Galaxy Home Mini was announced in 2018 along with Galaxy Note 9. Last year, Samsung had also started a beta program to test the speaker and recently, the leaked videos and photos told us more about it. Google & Amazon is now in the market with its Google Home Mini & Amazon Echo respectively so Samsung should take one step further.
February 18, 2020
Samsung Offers Free Galaxy Home Mini with Galaxy S20
Samsung announced the next decades of Galaxy smartphones – Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+ & Galaxy S20 Ultra devices in the special event. To boost sales, Samsung announced to give free credits or gifts to customers in many countries. Now to attract the customers in South Korea, Samsung is giving free Galaxy Home Mini, who pre-orders the new Galaxy S20. To get benefits of the offer & to pre-register Galaxy S20, users can visit the Samsung Digital Plaza in the nearest place or from the official website. Once you book any of the Galaxy S20 series devices, then you will get your free gifts when the company starts shipping the product.
The customers that don’t want to get Galaxy Home Mini as a gift then they can choose Nemonic sticky note printer. In the other benefits users also get 4 months free YouTube premium & 50% off on the cost of display damage repair insurance in a year. Last week, Samsung accidentally leaked the release date for Home Mini as February 12 but later removed the post. There is no independent sale for the smart speaker but the Galaxy S20 users can now use it. In South Korea, the pre-orders will start from February 27 and the pre-sale will start from February 14 till February 26. The offer to get Galaxy Home Mini will begin from February 14.
In the presence of global media & exclusive fan members, Samsung has introduced its new decades of Galaxy S20 & Galaxy Z Flip smartphones. We hope Galaxy Z Flip will walk on the path of Galaxy Fold and avoid the mistakes that the first-generation foldable phone had made. The event was all about Galaxy S20, Galaxy S20+ & Galaxy S20 Ultra smartphones. There was also room for Galaxy Buds+ to show its glory in the same event.
February 12, 2020
Galaxy Home Mini Scheduled to Launch on February 7
This week, Samsung posted an article about the official release date for Galaxy Home Mini in South Korea. Later, Samsung deleted the post that was mentioned on the February 12 release date with other information. Now, the Samsung customer support in South Korea says the rescheduled launch date for Galaxy Home Mini is February 7. Many users have asked about the release date and all got the same answer. If we go with this, then Samsung will release its smart speaker on Friday in the home country.
One of our reader sent a screenshot that we captured from the official website and asked Samsung customer support team about the actual release date. Here is the answer from the in charge of Samsung Mobile Phone of South Korea. It is in the South Korean language so below is the translation in English.
“Hello, I am in charge of Samsung Mobile Phone. Sorry to let you wait a long time first. I received the attached file which sent well. The release date is scheduled for Friday, February 7, but please note that it may change depending on the situation. The price is expected to be 99,000 won. Thank you for taking the time to contact us and we look forward to providing you better products and services.”
The Samsung representative has again mentioned that the company could change the release date as per the situation, that will be clear on February 7th. The price for the Galaxy Home Mini will be 99,000 in South Korea. Still, there is no word on the release date for other regions.
February 5, 2020
Galaxy Home Mini Will Release on February 12
Samsung is working on Galaxy Home Mini for quite a long time. Since the announcement, Samsung had never announced the release date. We got the first sign when Samsung opened a beta testing program for Galaxy Home Mini in August last year. Now after long waiting, the company has finally revealed the launch date for its AI-based smart speaker. Samsung will officially launch Galaxy Home Mini on February 12. South Korea will be the first country to get Galaxy Home Mini smart speaker for 99,000 won.
Last month, In the CES 2020 event CEO of Samsung’s consumer electronics division, Hyunsuk Kim hinted to launch the product in early 2020. That means, soon the smart speaker will land in other major regions. On the reason for the delay, the company said it delayed due to the company focused on making it control hub for other smart home devices rather than just Bixby voice assistant. The beta program for the smart speaker was also part of it.
Update: Samsung has removed the original article from its official website for some reason or to update the information. You may encounter the broken link so here is the screenshot (in Korean) from official website, taken before it went down.
The Samsung Galaxy Home Mini was introduced in August 2018 and since then, it had seen many launch dates. Now finally, Samsung decided to make it official for the customers, at least in the home country. Samsung will unveil Galaxy S20 series smartphones on February 11 and the next day we will see the first smart speaker from the company. In the market, it will compete with Google Nest Mini & Amazon Alexa Echo smart speakers.
February 3, 2020
Galaxy Home Mini Beta Program Opens, Launch Imminent
Samsung Galaxy Home & Galaxy Home Mini speakers are taking more than usual time to release. In the last few months, we heard many leaks & information from various sources as well as from the official spokesperson. In the last statement, the Samsung spokesperson is taking the time to launch both home speakers for the quality reason. The company doesn’t want to compromise with quality as it happened with Galaxy Fold or before that with Galaxy Note 7.
Finally, taking this much of time the company is ready to introduce its home speakers, at least the mini version. The Galaxy Home Mini has now appeared on Samsung’s official website of South Korea and available for beta testers in the initial phase.
Samsung officially announced the Beta Program for Galaxy Home Mini which is the Samsung Smart Home Speaker. The time period to apply for the program is from 28th Aug to 1st September 2019, interested beta users can enroll for the program to check this amazing smart home speaker.
To enroll for the program, you should have the latest version of the Samsung Members app and log in to the Samsung account for beta tester support.
Samsung Galaxy Home Mini smart speaker
Galaxy Home mini is a smart home speaker which aims to strengthen customer communication and gives control over home appliances and IoT devices. You can control these devices with the help of your voice through Bixby and SmartThings. Galaxy Home mini has a round design with touch controls located on the top.
We already know Home Mini comes with Bluetooth 4.2 & it can connect using Micro USB instead of USB-C. The beta program allows you to test the upcoming product and enrich it through valuable feedback. Selected beta testers can get one Galaxy Home mini beta product.
Though the company plans to launch the Galaxy Home mini there is no schedule announced for the launching though it has passed FFC & Bluetooth certification. It has been predicted that Samsung will launch Galaxy Home Smart Speaker in the last quarter of the current year and the beta testing leads us towards the launch date.
If you want to join the Beta program, then visit this Samsung’s official page and apply for it. This moment, the program is for South Korean users, it may launch soon in other countries.
August 28, 2019