Samsung might finally release a mainstream smart speaker – the Galaxy Home Mini 2

Third time’s the charm

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Samsungis reportedly working on the Galaxy Home Mini 2 – a new entry in its mysterious stop-start smart speaker lineup.

If the nameSamsung Galaxy Home Miniisn’t ringing any bells for you, and you’re wondering why there’s a ‘2’, then you’re not alone – the original Home Mini was only available in South Korea with purchases of theGalaxy S20 phone, while the regularGalaxy Homesmart device was announced in 2018 but never actually launched.

Despite this, Samsung is having another crack at the smart speaker game according to leakerMax Jambor, who recently tweeted “Galaxy Home Mini 2 (SM-V320) isn’t too far away anymore.”

In a follow-up tweet,Jambor added“In other words: production started” indicating that an announcement could be coming sometime this year.

Adding further fuel to the fire, the websiteSamMobilereported late last year that its sources had told them a new Galaxy Home Mini was in the works.

While we should always take rumors with a pinch of salt, the fact that we’ve now seen multiple reports suggests that we can indeed expect a new smart speaker from Samsung – but what might it look like?

So far there aren’t many detailed leaks, but we can hazard a few predictions.

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While it’s easy to imagine that the Galaxy Home Mini 2 will take cues from its South Korea-exclusive predecessor, which looked like a more sphericalGoogle Nest Miniand relied on theBixby assistant, we believe that a new Samsung speaker would also incorporate a screen, but not like those on theGoogle Nest HuborAmazon Show.

Instead, we think it would be a folding display like the one we reported onback in September 2021. At the time we discussed a video from the South KoreanIMID expothat showed a Samsung-made prototype for a smart speaker with a flexibleOLEDscreen.

The unfurling design would allow the device to morph between a sleek compact speaker and a more bulky gadget with a screen able to display an array of useful information and offer video playback.

In its more compact form the curved display would still show some information, like the time and weather, and a Galaxy Home Mini 2 could also include touch controls.

This isn’t just wild speculation either – the SamMobile report on the Galaxy Home Mini 2 rumors also mentioned that the speaker is believed to come with a display of some kind.

We’ll likely have to wait a while longer before knowing for certain what – if anything – Samsung has in store for us, but we are excited to see if its third attempt at a smart speaker is more successful than what’s come before.

Hamish is a Senior Staff Writer for TechRadar and you’ll see his name appearing on articles across nearly every topic on the site from smart home deals to speaker reviews to graphics card news and everything in between. He uses his broad range of knowledge to help explain the latest gadgets and if they’re a must-buy or a fad fueled by hype. Though his specialty is writing about everything going on in the world of virtual reality and augmented reality.

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