Although we have questioned the usefulness of smart or connected appliances over the years the one thing we didn’t get into or consider all that much was the reliablity of them. Turns out J.D. Power in the USA has and, it’s not good news.
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Xiaomi UK Launch
T3 has reported (as we speculated a while ago) that Xiaomi will be launching more, larger products, in the UK and Europe and this is set to include large appliances such as fridge freezers and washing machines.
Interesting Things About Updates
We keep on seeing manufacturers mooting so-called AI features these days, and along with that, often the mention of future updates seems to be common. We thought we’d take a look at that for people so that they can understand that these are unlikely and, even if they do happen, are not liable t…
Samsung Fridges To Show Ads
This is a new one, Samsung are trialling showing ads on people’s Family Hub smart fridges, and they cannot be disabled by users, it is being reported.
Washing Machines Hacked
As we’ve said before, one of the dangers that are faced with connected appliances is the possibility of them being hacked, be it just for fun or something more malicious, and it has now happened.
Haier To Re-Repair Dryers
You might remember the Haier produced tumble dryer fire risk recall a few months back and how it all went a bit wrong with users being told to stop using them after they were modified, well, now it seems Haier is set to re-repair them.
Vestel Restructures
In the face of losses, falling sales and increased competition Vestel is having to restructure their business quite significantly to combat £2.6 billion of debts.
Graphene Heating Elements
This is an interesting one that didn’t get very much attention. Midea have come up with graphene heating elements, and for those who are unfamiliar with this miracle material, we’ll explain a bit.
Beko Uses AI
Like virtually every single maker on the planet, Beko has launched what it’s calling AI-Driven appliances but we’ve pored over what we can find on it and we don’t see much “AI” going on here.
Smeg Blast Chillers
On top of the vacuum drawer that we mentioned yesterday, Smeg have also launched a range of blast chillers that are very versatile machines but, agian, not at all cheap at the best part of £4000!