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01-06-2017, 07:40 PM
The biggest takeaway from CES this year is that soon your entire house will be connected to the internet. Is that concerning? Yes. Is it kind of cool? Yes. Is it a couch potato’s idea of utopia? Yes, yes, and yes again.
It’s not just that every appliance in your house will have a Wi-Fi connection (at least if manufacturers like LG and Samsung have anything to say about it). It’s that those appliances will also have apps, and many of them are integrated with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, so all you have to do is speak and tasks will just…take care of themselves.
A smart fridge that talks backhttp://images.techhive.com/images/article/2017/01/lg-smart-instaview-refrigerator-100702489-medium.jpg (https://cms-images.idgesg.net/images/article/2017/01/lg-smart-instaview-refrigerator-100702489-large.jpg) LGLG showed off a new Wi-Fi refrigerator (http://www.techhive.com/article/3154503/consumer-electronics/lgs-new-touchscreen-refrigerator-gets-an-assist-from-amazon-alexa.html) that responds to voice commands, thanks to Alexa, and can even order groceries for you. The fridge has a giant 29-inch touchscreen, which lets you browse recipes, watch videos, add notes for family members, scroll through photo albums—you know, standard fridge functions. There’s no pricing or availability information for LG’s Smart InstaView refrigerator, but expect it to be $$$.
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It’s not just that every appliance in your house will have a Wi-Fi connection (at least if manufacturers like LG and Samsung have anything to say about it). It’s that those appliances will also have apps, and many of them are integrated with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, so all you have to do is speak and tasks will just…take care of themselves.
A smart fridge that talks backhttp://images.techhive.com/images/article/2017/01/lg-smart-instaview-refrigerator-100702489-medium.jpg (https://cms-images.idgesg.net/images/article/2017/01/lg-smart-instaview-refrigerator-100702489-large.jpg) LGLG showed off a new Wi-Fi refrigerator (http://www.techhive.com/article/3154503/consumer-electronics/lgs-new-touchscreen-refrigerator-gets-an-assist-from-amazon-alexa.html) that responds to voice commands, thanks to Alexa, and can even order groceries for you. The fridge has a giant 29-inch touchscreen, which lets you browse recipes, watch videos, add notes for family members, scroll through photo albums—you know, standard fridge functions. There’s no pricing or availability information for LG’s Smart InstaView refrigerator, but expect it to be $$$.
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