IoT-based Home Appliance
Samsung Electronics has launched its latest smart refrigerator version of the Chef Collection Family Hub with the artificial intelligence (AI) voice recognition technology in South Korea, opening the era of the Internet of Things (IoT) home appliances.
At Samsung Electronics’ Chef Collection Experience Day at Kunsthalle in Nonhyeon-dong, Seoul, on March 28, Kim Min-kyung, vice president of the home appliances business at Samsung Electronics, said, “The 2017 Chef Collection Family Hub is the innovative product converging various next-generation IoT technologies led by Samsung. We expect to strengthen the IoT business across the company with cooperation with Harman and Joyent.”
At the event, Samsung Electronics unveiled its smart refrigerator of the 2017 Chef Collection Family Hub in South Korea for the first time. The latest version of the Chef Collection Family Hub allows users to exchange messages and photos with other family members, enjoy entertainment contents, including music, and ask for more than 800 recipes. The 919-liter refrigerator is priced at 10.59 million won (US$9,511).
The best feature of the Chef Collection Family Hub is the cloud-based voice recognition technology which enables users to control applications using a voice command alone. Users can use various features, such as internet search and shopping, at the kitchen without touching the screen.
In the future, if Samsung’s ambitious AI assistance Bixby makes a successful debut with the upcoming Galaxy S8 smartphone, the AI program will also be applied to the Family Hub refrigerator which is now equipped with Samsung’s own voice recognition technology.
Samsung Electronics is planning to connect 90 percent of its products with the IoT by the end of this year and 100 percent of them by 2020.