Your fridge probably doesn’t have a touchscreen, and neither does your washing machine, dryer, or oven. And yet this year, AI is giving them all a reason to have one.
If you’ve wondered just where AI goes next, the answer isn’t just your phone. It’s not just your computer or your tablet or your browser or even your car. It may not even just be your TV, though there are certainly a few uses for AI in your living room this year.
Rather, it’s your kitchen and your laundry, as Samsung finds a way to make the whitegoods in your life more connected.
As part of the company’s AI vision, Samsung is adding more screens and smart home tech to its appliances, bolstering the Family Hub fridge models with 21 and 32 inch screens, and the oven with a camera and a much smaller screen.
New to the 2025 smart home appliance line-up is a version of its Family Hub fridge with a smaller 9 inch display, one of the company’s “Bespoke” gadgets designed to fit in with kitchens exerting a little more designerly control, with this screen also being useful for controlling aspects of the smart home such as lighting, plugs, and monitoring energy usage.
The new fridges will also use a bit of AI for cooling, something Samsung calls “AI Hybrid Cooling” where a thermal control Peltier module works with AI to optimise energy usage while also extending food life.
Last year’s evolved oven will see its 7 inch screen upgraded to work with AI, which includes recipe recommendations using artificial intelligence, as well as saved oven settings for frequently cooked recipes. You can even check the weather from your oven, though you can also do that from your phone.
In the laundry, you’ll find either a 4.3 inch screen or a 7 inch version, providing more direct control of the Samsung Bespoke washer and dryer models, while the AI features will cover energy monitoring and wash cycles, as well as an energy usage map to monitor which appliance is spending the most energy in your home, something you’ll also be able to monitor from a Samsung TV, or even your phone.
“Samsung is committed to continuously evolving the potential of home appliances to operate beyond consumer expectations and be accessible in new ways to unlock more value, convenience and joy for Australians, everyday,” said Jeremy Senior, Vice President of Consumer Electronics at Samsung Australia.
“Pairing AI with advanced screen technologies across a broader range of home appliances in the kitchen and laundry, we’re extending the ability for Australians to securely access and optimise their connected home from more centralised locations while adding entertainment features to unlock more value and joy from individual appliances,” he said.
Like most CES 2025 announcements, there’s no word on when any of these AI appliances will land locally, but given Samsung has made a comment locally, availability in Australia seems highly likely, expected some time by the middle of the year.
