I found the first Matter smart fridge

Home appliance shaper Bosch is showing disconnected its first Matter-enabled appliance connected the show level astatine CES this week. The 100 Series Frech Door Bottom Mount Refrigerator launched successful November and should beryllium disposable to bargain successful the US this spring.

The fridge retails for $2,500 and has a spot connected committee that supports Matter. A firmware update to the smart location modular will travel this summer, says Eelco Lammertink of BSH, which owns Bosch, Siemens, Thermador, and Gaggenau.

The 100 bid is the sister merchandise to the Matter-enabled Siemens XXL Fridge I spotted astatine IFA successful Berlin past November. That built-in exemplary will travel to the European marketplace connected a akin timeline. Lammertink tells maine BSH plans to bring Matter to each its appliances crossed its Bosch, Siemens, and Thermador lines, starting pinch refrigerators this year, 1 much appliance class adjacent year, and 3 successful 2026.

The 100 Series will support Matter 1.3, allowing you to power the somesthesia remotely and person notifications from the fridge connected your smart location level of choice. That way, a smart speaker tin denote erstwhile the doorway has been near open, if you want.

While galore smart fridges already person these features, pinch Matter, the relationship betwixt the appliance and the ecosystem becomes section — making it faster and much secure. Currently, only Samsung SmartThings and Home Assistant support appliances successful Matter, but Lammertink tells maine that Amazon will support them this year. There is nary connection connected Google Home aliases Apple Home yet.

Lammertink says the scheme is to bring power reporting and power guidance capabilities to the fridge. This would alteration it to beryllium portion of a Matter-enabled full location power guidance system. Sadly, he said they won't beryllium updating existing appliances to Matter (bad news for my Thermoador scope and dishwasher.) “The challenges are excessively big,” he said. “We conscionable can't consequence bricking your fridge.”