- 01/01/2021
- By Editor
- Appliance Repair Staten Island
The Smart Home system has been shown included
- a robotic vacuum cleaner,
- refrigerator,
- washing machine,
- air conditioner,
- smart TV,
- mounted camera
– since the home was described as a New York apartment, these were all obviously in a single room.
How many Samsung appliances do you own, anyways?
In addition to letting you turn individual appliances on and off, it’ll give you a view of your home if you have a camera attached, and a “chat” mode is the equivalent of a remote control, offering a series of commands to start the washing machine, check the fridge temperature, and more.
The funny thing is that the Smart Home app will, in turn, open individual apps for even more options, which means there are essentially three layers of control depending on which device is giving or receiving commands. Since it seems to be in the early stages – things could end up getting easier, and some of the current integration is pretty useful if you’ve got multiple Samsung appliances and want to check on them from outside the house.
Unfortunately, if you’ve got a smart device of another brand, the Smart Home app won’t help you right now, though it’s supposed to start supporting non-Samsung products in the future. Samsung is only one of many companies trying to make connected homes a reality over the past several years, and while its competitors don’t have the same catalog of white goods, their products are often more platform-agnostic and take advantage of the wealth of locks, smoke detectors, and lights that have built-in connectivity.
Fortunately, few people have a pressing need to automate their homes, so there’s plenty of time to comparison shop. And who will be able to repair such a complex system if something goes wrong – it’s a question.