This is a bit interesting and we don’t mean for the beer slant on it, seriously, we don’t care about the beer… honest.
Category: Domestic Appliance News
Domestic Appliance News
All the latest general news from the domestic appliance industry that we find all over the world, and stories that are of interest to the trade and public, often with our own unique non-politically correct spin on it.
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Samsung “Exploding” Washers
It seems Samsung just an’t seem to catch a break with appliances going into meltdown, on fire or now self-destructing after a new lawsuit has been filed in the US over “exploding” washing machine models.
Connected Appliance Security
This isn’t news to us and being online and very aware of the potential for security breaches every time we see stuff about the security of connected appliances we get a bit concerned as we think most people will reckon they’re good, it’s safe.
Hoover TED Detects Laundry
Hoover have shown their latest creation off at IFA this week, a new washing machine known as TED that can detect what laundry you put into the washing machine.
Liebherr + Microsoft =
Liebherr are now playing catch up in the arms race that is the connected fridge as both LG and Samsung slug it out for dominance in the sector with almost everyone else snapping at their heels.
Haier Get Cooking
Some might say oh no but we’re afraid it’s a big yes, Chinese company Haier are getting into the cooking space with some new hobs that are apparently getting debuted in the UK.
LG To Use Alexa
We’re confused over LG’s strategy with this technology stuff on their latest fridge freezers and we will try to explain why that was so.
Fridge Smells Your Food Is Off
Not to be left off the smart appliance bandwagon Chinese manufacturer Haier have jumped onboard with some new product launches at IFA as well, along with of course claiming the No1 spot as usual and that this is all new.
Beverly Washing Machines
We’re still scratching our heads at this one from Little Swan as it’s a bit bizarre. No actually, it’s just plain weird.
Smart Appliance Fail?
Regular readers of this website may recall an article some months ago about an experiment Sainsburys were running with Bosch and their smart fridge. We say “smart” when what it really is would be a fridge with a camera in it and an app so, not that smart.