Consumers continue to invite connected appliances into their homes to help them clean up. Click through to see some of the newest smart home technology on the way to retail shelves.
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In The Bathroom & The Laundry Room
One year after revealing the prototype, the Kitchen Hub is ready for a May commercial launch. The over-the-range creation consists of a 27-inch touchscreen display, forward- and downward-facing cameras, built-in Google Assistant and a ventilation system to provide recipes, live video chat, and whole-home connectivity over the U+ Connect open platform. Suggested retail: $1,199 to $1,399.
Featuring the company’s Bixby digital assistant, this model boasts Laundry Recipe, Laundry Planner and HomeCare Wizard — recommending ideal best cycle for different loads and alerting smartphones when they’re done. The BoostSpray feature and large drum with Swirl+ drum pattern, meanwhile, reportedly slash laundry time down to 30 minutes for a full load. Suggested retail is $1,099.
Using the free app, consumers can import photos or select one of the preloaded patterns and directly print them on their nails with this Wi-Fi-connected printer in a matter of seconds. It’s designed to deliver high-res prints in a compact, lightweight and easy-to-store footprint. Pricing hasn’t been set.
The new flagship model of the company smart vanity line, the 9-inch double-sided mirror iCVA66 allows users to charge their phones, listen to music and answer calls, while built-in Amazon Alexa helps play music, set alarms, check calendars or access news, traffic, weather and more. It’s also compatible with Google Assistant and Siri. It’s currently available for a $199 suggested retail.
