I develop a sharp condition from the envy of the devices every January. This is when LG, Samsung, Whirlpool and other manufacturers in the CES exhibition explain how their new tools can be integrated into the smart home, controlling them through one application, slight problems in self-reports that can lead to expensive repairs if they are not processed, and in the case of devices that work together, such as talking about each other.
When our clothes dryer recently failed for the second time in less than three years, my wife and I decided to replace it. I do not know the number of years of service provided by the dryer, but it is clear that what the brokers describe as a “private owner”; Any cheap model, without decoration that is hardly covered the basics.
The dryer, and a skeptical quality washing machine was included in the sale of the house we bought in late 2021. It was not great devices, but I was not about to argue when the seller offered to leave them behind. He has provided us with time and money, and he has provided them with the problem of taking them out of the basement. As sellers, we did the same when we moved from California to Oregon. The victory was in both cases-at that time, at least.
It was not a washing machine and my old dryer in this Bad shape, but they were not far.
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After they decided to replace the CARAPPY, we decided to strike the bullet and replace the cheap washing machine equally-in part to avoid increasing the prices caused by the customs tariff that will surely come. But when I started shopping, I quickly discovered that instead of buying the best washing machine and the best dryer, regardless of the brand, I need to buy all my smart devices from same The brand if you want the promised integrated experience.
I quickly discovered that I need to buy all my smart devices from the same brand if I wanted the promised integrated experience.
Although MATTER is looking to climb the silos between smaller smart home categories – light, HVAC control, and home security, for example – it will take many years before the Federation takes large home appliances into consideration. At the present time, in fact, the CSA alliance that made us a matter leaves large smart devices up to total last Consortium, home contact alliance (HCA).
HCA membership includes many companies themselves in CSA, but it moves at more than one snail pace. For example, HCA LG and Samsung members promised, for example, that their smart devices will work within smart home applications for each other – WhinQ and SmartThings, respectively – at the end of 2023. He is Available in Korea, that SmartTHings users in Europe can control air conditioners, washing machines, dishwashers and dishwashers through the SmartTHings app. “Companies evaluate the results and preferences before expanding other regions,” said a Samsung spokesman.
Washing problems in the first world have been solved
LG LG Washing Machine uses sensors, sensors and algorithms to choose the correct settings automatically based on the weight and smoothness of the fabrics placed in its fleet.
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My wife and I own a very small house – there is a living space with an area of only 760 square feet – with a partial cellar where the washing machine and the dryer are found. To make the most of the available storage space, we decided to accumulate it – another factor dictating the purchase of both devices from the same brand. You cannot buy a set that allows you to play a LG dryer at the top of the Samsung front washing machine, for example.
After reading a lot of product reviews, we settled on the LG WM5500HWA washing machine and LG Dlex500W electric dryer.
We have used the washing machine and the dryer two weeks ago, and it has been the happiest obsessive intercourse inside me (I am not quite sure that my wife appreciates it a lot). The two devices talk to each other about the Bluetooth connection, so when you determine the type of pregnancy you put in the washing machine – for example – the dryer will already be in the same setting when it is run and transferred to pregnancy.
The washing machine sends a notification of payment to our smartphones when it is finished its current session, to remind us that the washing must be removed immediately, and that if it should be left there for a long period of time, we can start a short washing cycle – through our phone – to keep He can Put them in the dryer. For his part, the dryer will send the payment notifications upon completion, with a reminder of changing the lint filter and cleaning the filter with water after every 10 sessions. The dryer has a similar job if you cannot empty it immediately; This one flourishes periodically clothes to prevent wrinkles from putting.
The presence of devices connected to my Wi-Fi network means that I can use an application to run and stop them and choose the settings that you should work on. But ThinQ from LG does other more useful things. The energy consumption feature will report the amount of energy that each device consumes this month and finally, and maintains a date of the courses used each time, including the cycle options (temperature, dry level, energy saving mode, etc.).
The LG application also allows you to create smart-like procedures that are implemented on request using a button pressure, or run in a state-time, your current location, or even weather, for example. When you leave the house for a short time, your LG Robot vacuum can start and clean the floors during your journey. This is great – except for the fact that preparing these procedures depends on all your smart devices that are LG products.
Smart kitchen appliances
This LG double fuel is connected to the Wi-Fi network, but the smart features are relatively limited. One of the most useful: I synchronized her watch with my smart phone, so I don’t need to pay the buttons to change time twice a year.
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I have already bought a new group of double rotation when the range that came with the house-another private owner-was made shortly after our transfer, and the repair technology was unable to get an alternative part. I chose the LG model because I wanted dual electric furnaces but cooktop gas. Yes, I know that natural gas is fossil fuel, and the air pollutor burns it inside your home. But there is nothing like cooking with gas. However, this is everything next to this point. The LG range is connected to Wi-Fi and is also part of the ITINQ SMART Home Ecart from LG, but this has not been treated much in my decision at the time. I just wanted a high -quality stove, and this has got good reviews.
In this case, I am happy that I did not rely on ThinQ to improve the experience of cooking and bread. Aside from sending reminders to me periodically, the oven placed in the self-cleaning mode-using the oven control tools, not the application-the range connection was not attached a lot in the path of daily comfort. This does not mean that ThinQ features of useless scope are less clear. I work at home and my wife retires, so the ability to start the oven when we are far from home is not a big attraction.
ThinQ puts all of my smart devices in one place, but only the washing machine and the dryer have really useful smart features. However, I am sure that the smart diagnosis feature that all shares will be useful on the road.
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On the other hand, if the range begins to act strange – if one of its burners fails to start or the oven does not reach the programmed temperature, for example, I can operate a smart diagnostic routine from the LG application on my smartphone that will be achieved from different components, including the allergy temperature, the heating item, and even its followers for abnormal operation. If a problem is determined, I can press a button in the app to send the report to LG customer support along with my phone number, so that they can contact me.
But there are two other advantages that I think will prove more useful, and there are two washing machine and dryer as well as the range. First, if you need detailed information about any of the features or settings of these devices, I can download a copy of its user guide from within the application. Second, if you need to buy a portion of these devices or serve any of them, I only need to open this application not only to find the model number but the serial number and – for the purposes of the guarantee – the devices were placed in the service.
No thin, no problem?
It lacks the Wi-Fi adapter, our LG refrigerator is not part of the ThinQ Smart Appliace Appliance. But this was the only French model, the freezer on the bottom that fits our small kitchen.
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While we did not do Need To replace our cheap refrigerators last year, we are tired of bending to find things inside the refrigerator compartment (we greatly prefer freezer designs on the bottom), listen to their loud compressors, and push high electrical bills because of their ineffective operation. In addition to the presence of the freezer at the bottom, we wanted a French model back, thinking that the smaller doors will work better in our 47 -foot kitchen.
When we went to shop, we discovered that LG was the only manufacturer that presented an accredited capacity of the stars adopted that is suitable for the narrow space in which our 30 -inch 30 -inch (LG LFDS22520S is suitable for the logo, and its width is 29.75 inches). The only thing Not Check before I asked that the LG refrigerator was a ThinQ, perhaps because I did not like ThinQ in the range I bought. As it became clear, the refrigerator does not really support ThinQ because it does not have a Wi-Fi adapter on the plane.
The refrigerator features LG smart diagnostic technology that can help in identifying problems.
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Interestingly, this did not prevent me from adding the refrigerator to the ThinQ app, I just needed to carry my phone to the upper right door joint, where the words “smart diagnosis” are printed, then pushing and holding a button on the control panel in the refrigerator, on the left door. This refrigerator to send a report to my phone, encrypted in a series of bile and shoes.
Besides the feature of exploring and repairing errors, ThinQ does not provide a lot in the way of the user’s benefits to the refrigerator. But you can download the user guide from here, and you can register with LG for warranty purposes by providing the retail seller’s name that you bought from the purchase date. The app will allow you to take a picture to receive you or attach a PDF file for itself.
Thus it became closed in the environmental LG ThinQ system
I was enthusiastic about the smart home for more than 20 years, and I have always been able to set contrasting standards and protocols together: Alexa, Google Home, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Z-WAVE, Philips Hue, and even Ring and Nest- I have products that depend on each of them. Smart devices have found to be a completely different animal.
I did not start making this side of my smart home revolving around a specific brand. In fact, I had not thought about it a lot before now, because Samsung did not acquire SmartTHings until 2014, and did not fully launch LG ThinQ until 2017. HECK, ThinQ was not a decision -making when I bought the LG range in 2022, or LG refrigerator in 2023, or even LG Washer and Dryer that I just obtained. I wonder about my dishwasher? We have taken out of the small kitchen that we had in our small kitchen and turned the space into a wardrobe.
Currently, I do not regret being stuck in the LG ThinQ- I have already solved some problems of the first world. Given the fact that large home appliances are supposed to last from 10 to 15 years, I hope that the home communication alliance will offer his promises before I need to replace one of them. I don’t want to be in a position where Ownership To purchase another LG only to maintain compatibility.
But I do not hold my breath in this result. I also inquired from LG about the inter -delivery, but no one has returned to the time of the press.