Samsung fridge lets you check what's inside while you're at the grocery

LAS VEGAS — The era of people talking to their appliances and the appliances answering back has begun.

Samsung’s Family Hub Refrigerator, unveiled here at 2016, is the company’s latest smart appliance and it brings together a massive 21.5 inch, 1080p touch screen with surprising intelligence inside and out.

It is, to our knowledge, the first third-party home appliance to feature Amazon Alexa. Yes, that Alexa, the always-listening digital assistant first introduced in Amazon’s Echo device late last year

On the refrigerator, Alexa will function exactly as it does on the Echo and if you already own an Echo, it’ll be like adding another one to your Amazon account. Samsung could not tell us how many microphones are in the fridge or if it will be as sensitive to the call of its name. It’s also not very integrated with the rest of the refrigerator’s smart technology. Read more...