It seems Samsung made its own smart home hub to rival Amazon’s Echo

It looks like Samsung will soon have its own home device to compete with the Amazon Echo and Google’s incoming Home. Called a Scoop, the hardware is very reminiscent of an Amazon Echo Dot; it’s short, but packs all the same punch you’d expect from a smart home device. There’s a speaker and volume buttons up top, a microphone around front and ports (likely for power and perhaps hard-wiring to devices so you can play music) around back. The oddest part of this one is