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based on what is being cooked. They
can also be adjusted, turned on and off
remotely via the related app.
Smart coffee machines can facilitate
settings specific to the particular tastes
of various individuals in the family, even
allowing for different blends for different
people, all programmed via an app.
Your laundry can be smart too, with
washing machines being available that
can facilitate you adding items to a cycle
already in progress. The app determines
a point, at almost any stage of the cycle,
where additional items can be added.
Some ranges allow your washing machine
and tumble dryer to communicate via
WIFI so that the tumble dryer knows
what to expect load-wise, and adjust its
settings accordingly.
Most smart appliances can be activated
via voice control if connected to a smart
device like Amazon Echo and Alexa Voice
Service. These will facilitate you issuing
voice commands and the corresponding
appliance responding. These devices are
quickly becoming the centre of many
European and American homes and
are being used to connect the entire cleaners are all joining the smart crowd. With the growing pace and pressure of
household, and those in it, to the internet, It may be some time until the connected daily life, optimising convenience and free
acting as a modern-day butler for the kitchen becomes the norm in South time is a priority and smart appliances are
home. Africa but it is definitely on its way. If we designed to do that for one of the busiest
The list of appliances that can interface
via WIFI and applications is growing are to follow the trends of Europe and the rooms of the home – the kitchen. dw
UK, more and more homes will move to
daily. Dishwashers, lighting, vacuum
having a device like Alexa at their heart. www.ksa.co.za

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