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Amazon is building a smart fridge to judge you for only keeping leftovers and condiments in the house
A self-aware appliance that knows what's inside itself
Every fall, Amazon holds its annual hardware event, where it launches products in such rapid succession, it’s often difficult to keep up. Last week, the company showed off its new Astro robot, a super-sized Echo Show, and a budget smart thermostat, but it’s not done yet. Although it missed this year’s event, Amazon is working on building an internet-connected fridge designed to track your food.
LG is getting set to roll out an update to its SmartThinQ app that could change the way people use its smart home appliances: it will incorporate Google Assistant to recognize vocal commands for its Wi-Fi enabled laundry machines, refrigerators, ovens, dishwashers, vacuum cleaners, air conditioners, and other devices.
Bixby is one of the less popular voice assistants on the market today, with most of its mentions in the news concerning Samsung not allowing Galaxy owners to disable it. In spite of that, the company is on a mission to put it in more and more of its products. Samsung has announced that it'll be putting Bixby in all of its IoT (Internet of Things) products by 2020.
LG Electronics released its fourth quarter and full-year 2017 financial results this morning, and while the news is mostly very good for the company, its mobile division continues to suffer losses.
2018 is shaping up to be the year of the voice assistant, and Gourmia wants to bring that magic to all the dumb appliances in your kitchen. The company has five new products it's Google-ified, covering a broad range including the nebulously titled "Kitchen Machine" down to more pedestrian coffee maker and sous vide. Whether it's your kitchen fantasy or gustatory dystopia, Gourmia is bringing one vision of the future to meal-prep.
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- We've reached out to Google and learned that scene support is now official, as per the API documentation mentioned in the comments of this post (Thanks, Nick Felker!). Some partners who are confirmed to have enabled proper scene support are SmartThings, Lutron, and TP-Link.
About a week ago, the smart home devices support page of Google Home was updated to add a host of new features that we hadn't heard about until then. We reached out to Google to get some information and we finally have a few answers to share with you.
Coffee is an integral part of so many people's lives, so it makes sense to make the brewing process more convenient. The folks at Behmor thought of this and created the Behmor Connected Coffee Brewer. The MSRP of $299 might have made it a bit out of reach for many consumers, but Groupon currently has this WiFi-toting machine for just $159.99 - a savings of around 46%.The Behmor Connected Coffee Brewer sports a number of noteworthy features, such as a double-walled stainless steel carafe, a stainless steel water reservoir, a flat bottom filter gasket and gold filter, as well as pulsed water flow. You can also control temperatures between 190 and 210 degrees Fahrenheit and pre-soak coffee grounds for up to four minutes. And of course, since it's WiFi-connected, you can use the Behmor app to set the coffee's temperature, pre-soak the grounds, control the number of cups being brewed (up to eight), and more.$159.99 is the lowest price for this brewer we've been able to find online; for reference, Amazon has it for $179.99. Shipping is free, as are returns. The site lists a 'limited time remaining' on this deal, so don't snooze if you want one.Source: Groupon
Samsung Electronics America has announced that it is in the process of acquiring Dacor, a company famous for its high-end appliances but known to us as the creator of crazy Android ovens. The California-based company's brand and identity will not change, and neither will its operations or American manufacturing. Once the deal is finished, Samsung will own 100% of Dacor.
Samsung makes absolutely anything and everything that can fit inside a home. Whether it's the TV showing the big game, the refrigerator chilling the beer, the computer keeping track of everyone's fantasy rosters, the phone you silenced so no one can nag, or the washing machine needed to get that nacho cheese stain out, Sammy's got you covered. Now the Korean conglomerate has dropped an app in the Play Store for controlling many of its appliances from a single location, along with the requisite plugins to make it happen.
Ever since Android was released, there have been attempts to build it into appliances. None of these products have kicked off the era of smart appliances we've all been dreaming about, but Dacor is back at CES this year with yet another Android-powered appliance in its Discovery iQ series. The Discovery iQ 48” Dual-Fuel Range has a 7-inch Android 4.0 tablet built right into the front panel.
Getting in some early news, Samsung has - as part of CES 2014 - announced its new Samsung Smart Home service, a means by which users will be able to control all their connected home appliances (from refrigerators to air conditioners to smart light bulbs) through a single app on their compatible smartphone, tablet, smart TV, or wearable device.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is working on a few things. They are, according to the world's most infamous tipster "People Familiar With The Matter," working on an Android-powered video game console. And a smart watch. And a new Nexus Q. And the possibility of Android-powered appliances (like refrigerators). And Laptops. And, oh yeah, low-cost phones for developing markets.