The display can also show memos and to-do lists, and a digital menu lets you add virtual stickers and tags to indicate what’s stored inside and the expiration dates of those items. If you knock twice on it, the display will become transparent, allowing you to see inside without opening the door. LG’s Smart InstaView will feature a jumbo-sized, 29-inch, touch-screen LCD display. Both companies’ fridges will also be able to run apps, and both will have artificial intelligence technology built in that will allow them to respond to voice commands and queries. Those will include touch-screen displays on the front of their doors, one or more cameras inside, and Wi-Fi radios to connect to the internet. “Smart refrigerators open a whole new world for getting content and services,” said Dinesh Kithany, senior principal analyst for home appliances with IHS Markit, a London-based technology market researcher.īoth Samsung’s and LG’s smart fridges will be tricked out with an array of high-tech features. Expected to be out later this year, LG’s Smart InstaView and Samsung’s Family Hub refrigerators will allow owners to play music in their kitchen, leave digital notes for family members, check to see if they’re out of milk when they’re away from home and even order groceries with just a voice command. ![]() ![]() ![]() Leading the charge are two of the best-known names in consumer electronics, Samsung and LG. A century after the refrigerator supplanted the ice box as the newfangled way to keep perishable foods cool and fresh, the fridge is getting a digital makeover and joining the ranks of “smart” products.
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