Every day, I go to the place where I leave work on time…”A smarter house than me.” [It’s dangerous outside the house]

As soon as they arrive home, home appliances linked to smartphones perform their own routines. The living room lights up and the middle door opens. As you enter the house, the curtain slowly reclines and the warmth of the heater approaches warmly. Water is automatically supplied to the pot and the air purifier is working. The cat, who had a good day today, comes out to greet him with stretching.

It’s no longer a movie scene. The era has come when home appliances equipped with artificial intelligence (AI) recognize users’ lifestyles and enjoy customized residential environments. This is thanks to AI home appliances that companies are rushing to pour out, turning their homes into “my own smart companion.” Smart homes led by Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are reorganizing the life ecosystem beyond simple convenience.

According to the home appliance industry on the 16th, the size of the global AIoT (AI+IoT) market is expected to grow from about 600 trillion won in 2022 to about 3100 trillion won in 2029, an annual average of about 26%. In particular, attention to smart homes is high. The smart home market is expected to grow more than 27% annually, expanding from $127.8 billion (about 188.5433 trillion won) last year to $537.3 billion (about 792.6786 trillion won) in 2030.

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The home landscape embodied by AI home appliances focuses on becoming like a person. The home appliance industry is focusing on user experience (UX) innovation with smart home solutions that imitate human behavior and operate autonomously.

Through the ThinQ platform, LG Electronics supports integrated control of the entire product line, from large home appliances such as washing machines, air conditioners, and refrigerators to small home appliances such as air purifiers, humidifiers, and massage chairs, with a single smartphone application.

LG’s AI home strategy is to plant brains all over the house. The AI home hub “ThinQON” monitors home appliances and Internet of Things (IoT) devices 24 hours a day while understanding the user’s daily language and performing complex commands at once.

For example, they understand user voices such as “turn off the air conditioner and return the robot cleaner” and “turn on the dehumidifier an hour later,” and adjust the device by combining temperature, humidity, and air quality sensor data.

The kimchi refrigerator recognizes the type of kimchi and manufacturers and vendors through barcode scanning, sets the optimal storage temperature, and learns the door opening and closing pattern to keep the cold air away from defrosting time. AI diagnoses the condition of the house in real time and moves home appliances according to users. It’s literally a ‘secretary in charge of the house’.

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TV analyzes usage patterns with “five AI functions” such as AI concierge, AI search, AI chatbot, AI screen, sound wizard, and voice ID, and displays recommended content by time, and automatically calls other home screens and image quality modes by classifying personal accounts only by the viewer’s voice. The more AI delves into the homeowner’s taste, the closer it is to a dedicated screen even for the same TV.

Samsung Electronics is putting forward “screen, connection, and zero (0) housework” as the keyword for AI home appliances. TVs and monitors are equipped with “Vision AI Companion” to grow the screen as a companion for searching and recommending information, not just a content consumption device.

Watching a sports game, “Who won this game? If you ask “Show us the highlights,” you will find scores and related videos, and if you ask “recommend a travel destination,” you will suggest information on art exhibitions or leisure activities, which are the users’ hobbies, in accommodations, restaurants, and schedules.

“SmartThings,” which connects the entire house, manages not only refrigerators, washing machines, and air conditioners, but also lighting, security, and energy through map views within the app. The integrated laundry dryer “Bespoke AI Combo” is equipped with a seven-type touch screen that shows the structure of the house in three dimensions and can control the location and condition of the connected home appliances at a glance. Here, Bixby, an advanced voice assistant, remembers the previous conversation and understands commands such as “Start with the course I mentioned earlier.”

Energy saving function using AI is also a strength. AI windless combo analyzes usage patterns, weather, and space areas and converts them to windless after strong cooling. In the “Good Sleep Mode” linked to the Galaxy Watch and Ring, the home temperature is adjusted according to the sleep stage and the sleep mode is terminated when the wake-up alarm goes off. SmartThings ‘AI Saving Mode’ reduces the burden of summer electricity bills by predicting and automatically converting monthly electricity to reduce energy consumption by about 30%.

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AI functions are also maximized in the field of healing and hobby home appliances. Plant household appliances “tiun” automates water, nutrition, and temperature management to help beginners easily grow flowers, herbs, and vegetables indoors. An analog hobby of watering and touching soil is now shifting to digital companion plants that check their growth status with cutting-edge technology.

The massage chair “Arte-Up” analyzes the courses and intensity frequently selected by users, suggests AI courses suitable for users’ conditions, and adds EEG stability sound to the mind care and sleep care course to turn the house into a spa and sleep clinic.

In addition, an “Aerocat Tower” that manages the weight change and air quality of pets at the same time and an air purifier equipped with AI air quality sensors that have completed learning from pollutants will be added to complete an ecosystem that takes care of the health of users and pets to the end.

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AI is responsible for coffee time, which is a break time. Nespresso’s “Smart” app supports status check, firmware automatic update, and maintenance in conjunction with Virtuo Machine, a coffee machine. If you store about 20 recipes according to your preference, the home cafe will be completed and the capsule order will be digitized in connection with the “boutique” app.

Coffee machine manufacturers plan to combine functions such as coffee and beverage recommendations that diagnose users’ health conditions and suggest recipes that can be enjoyed most deliciously by beans in the future.

“The AI home appliance market is expected to grow explosively, but it is evolving from simple convenience to platform competition,” an official from the home appliance industry said. “The key is software updates and device connectivity strengthening, and energy efficiency and personalization services will take the lead in the market next year.”

This article has been translated by GripLabs Mingo AI.