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In a world dominated by constant notifications, there’s one task where you might not notice that vibration on your phone or alert from your smartwatch: vacuuming. Thankfully, Samsung has come up with a solution.
Their latest cordless vacuum, the Bespoke AI Jet Ultra priced at $1,099, features an LCD control panel that, besides showing power levels and battery status, can inform you of incoming calls or messages. Alongside its impressive 400AW suction power and an extensive 100-minute battery life, it comes with an auto-empty charging station.
Additionally, if you’re doing laundry and your phone is in another room, Samsung’s washers and dryers now come with touchscreens. The new Bespoke AI Laundry Vented Combo washer/dryer, valued at $3,099, enables you to take calls directly from its 7-inch LCD screen. More conveniently, this Combo can automatically add detergent and even open its door once the washing cycle ends.
The company has been rolling out the ability to answer your phone from your appliance to its entire Bespoke AI line. At CES this year, Samsung showed off these AI Home control panels on several appliances, including its new Bespoke AI smart fridges and wall ovens. The features work with Android and iOS and require a Samsung account and the SmartThings app.
AI Home is a new terminology Samsung uses to refer to the 7- or 9-inch LCD screens on its products and the screens built into its flagship Family Hub smart fridge. The fridge now has the option of a slimmed-down screen that — like the other AI Home screens — includes music, weather, and cooking apps, and smart home controls.
Of course, you can still get the fridge with a giant 21.5-inch or 32-inch screen that can run even more apps, including Samsung TV and TikTok. These screens all also work as controls for the appliance and integrate with other Samsung appliances and services, sometimes using AI.
For example, on the fridge screen, you can look up a recipe in the Samsung Food app using ingredients it has identified you have using its AI-powered cameras. You can then send the cooking instructions to your oven and use the screen to view the recipe. It’s like having your phone with you everywhere, except your hands are free.
The AI Home screens can connect to Samsung’s SmartThings smart home platform. That means you can get alerts on your appliances about other events in your smart home, for example, you can see (and talk to) whoever is at your Ring video doorbell while unloading the washer.
Samsung’s “screens everywhere” approach is part of its AI for the home push, its vision of tech working in the background to help you with your daily life. While the smart home has plenty of potential to save you time, money, and energy, putting screens into everything feels like overkill. A smart display could serve much of the same purpose, and would probably cost less to replace than a cooktop when you drop a pan on its screen.
Tech-heavy touchscreens built into appliances also feel susceptible to obsolescence, not to mention being more likely to malfunction than that plastic knob on your washing machine. The other concern about screens in the home is that they could be used to serve up ads, as is the case with Amazon’s Echo Show smart displays. While Samsung has not done this yet on its appliances, it’s an understandable worry. The Verge reached out to Samsung about these concerns and will follow up with the company’s response.
