SmartThings Helps You Use Less and Live More with AI

When we picture a Smart Home, we often get excited about the promise of easier chores and automated devices that helps us to save time, energy, and electricity consumption. 

On World Environment Day, we explored ways and smart practices we can incorporate in our daily lives, using Samsung’s latest smart appliances and devices that integrate connectivity and cutting-edge technologies like AI. 

Save Energy, Save Costs

Using AI Energy Mode with the WindFree Conditioner

Take your energy monitoring to the next level with the SmartThings Energy[1], Artificial Intelligence (AI) Energy Mode[2]. AI Energy Mode uses AI to keep track of usage patterns and power consumption of your compatible appliances, by providing an overview of daily, weekly, and monthly power consumption across Bespoke AI appliances, and analyses the data to provide useful insights through the SmartThings app[3].

For the Bespoke Top Mounted Freezer refrigerator, AI Energy Mode recommends users to switch to AI Energy Mode when an estimated monthly electricity bill goes over preset targets.[4] It also helps adjust Air Conditioners’ settings based on your usage patterns, room temperature, and humidity.

Forgot to turn off your lights before leaving the house? Fret not about incurring unnecessary electricity costs. The power-off function on the SmartThings app lets you turn off your compatible appliances, such as TVs, kitchen appliances, lights and even plugs[5] remotely whether you are in another room or outside your home.

Set up your power-off routines in a few taps

With SmartThings Energy[6] on the SmartThings App, your compatible devices can also be programmed to power down by scheduling. For instance, enable location-based routines and cue SmartThings to turn off your compatible household appliances such as the air-conditioner when all your family members have left home.

Clean Home, Conscious Consumption

Doing laundry may seem like a chore, so efficient time management is always helpful. Connect your compatible Samsung washer to SmartThings and receive timely notifications when the wash cycle is done or if any errors occur – so you can start saving time and energy today!

Step-by-step optimal cleaning with AI Wash

Another handy feature is AI Wash, which helps you wash clothes thoroughly[7] but gently with less detergent waste and effort[8], and built-in sensors that do all the hard work for you, working to determine the optimum amount of water and detergent to use, as well as the optimal amount of water to rinse the load.

Intensive and intelligent cleaning with the Bespoke Jet™ AI

Beyond laundry, keeping your home clean is likewise a breeze with Bespoke Jet™ AI, the world’s first UL Verified AI cordless stick vacuum cleaner[9]. Equipped with AI mode[10] which classifies complex cleaning environments[11]

Eat Well, Reduce Food Waste

While savoring food is often a highlight of our day, the preparation process can be tedious and sometimes result in unintentional food wastage.

Manage your food simply to make sure no ingredient goes to waste. Before grocery shopping, check a food list on the SmartThings App[12], created with the help of AI Vision Inside[13] that uses an internal camera[14] to automatically identify certain fresh food items. All Family Hub™ refrigerators allow users to view images of items in the door bins, manually manage a food list and set use-by dates, and get recipe recommendations based on the food list with Samsung Food on the Family Hub™ touchscreen.

Baking for the family or roasting a feast for friends? Make cooking easy, fun, and shareable with professional results using Bespoke AI Oven’s AI Pro Cooking’s[15] artificial intelligence.

The Sense Inside function recommends recipes based on ingredients

Serve up amazing dishes while saving time to ideate recipes with AI Pro Cooking’s Sense Inside[16] function that recognises ingredients, recommends recipes, and optimise settings with just one button[17]. It also monitors the doneness of your food, guiding you on whether your food is under or overcooked, and even alerting you if burning is detected[18].

Check on your dish with the SmartThings App[19]

Last but not least, AI Pro Cooking’s View Inside internal camera[20] eliminates the guesswork for you, helping you check on your dish without frequently opening the oven door, ensuring a more convenient and effective cooking process.

Be it optimising your energy usage with the handy AI Energy Mode or saving time on laundry or cleaning chores, take these small and mighty steps to using less and living more today!     

[1] SmartThings Energy currently works with around 40 Samsung home appliances that are SmartThings enabled. These include air conditioners, air purifiers, clothes dryers, cooktops, dishwashers, energy meters, hoods, microwave ovens, refrigerators, TVs (from June 2022), vacuum cleaners and washing machines.

[2] Currently supported by nine Samsung appliance categories, including refrigerators, air conditioners, washers, dryers, dishwashers, air purifiers, dehumidifiers, hoods, and TVs. Selected models only.

[3] The SmartThings App is available on Android and iOS devices. A Wi-Fi connection and a Samsung account are required. Users are required to utilise a single log-in account between the devices.

[4] SmartThings will display a notification before activating the saving algorithm in both ‘Maximum Mode’ and ‘Custom Mode’.

[5] Currently supported by four Samsung appliance categories including air conditioners, air purifiers, hoods, and TVs. Selected models only. Supported third-party devices are only selected plugs, lights, and switches.

[6] Available on Android and iOS devices. A Wi-Fi connection and a Samsung account are required.

[7] Based on AI-created algorithm. Actual results may vary depending on individual use.

[8] Compared to cycle without AI Wash. AI Wash holds detergent for up to 1 month’s washing, based on the average of 4 loads per week. May vary depending on the washing load and settings.

[9] In May 2023 it was the first cordless stick vacuum cleaner to receive AI certification from UL Solutions, a leading independent safety science organisation.

[10] AI Cleaning mode related functions/performance will be continuously updated and upgraded through SmartThings.

[11] The ability to identify different cleaning environments can be affected by environmental conditions.

[12] User may need to manually operate the list for accuracy.

[13] As of March 2024, AI Vision Inside can recognise 33 food items, such as fresh fruits and vegetables. If a food item is not recognisable, it may be listed as unknown item. AI Vision Inside cannot identify or list any food items in the refrigerator door bins or freezer. It recognises food items based on deep learning models, which may be updated periodically to improve accuracy.

[14] A red light will turn on when the camera is working. The user’s appearance can be captured, but surroundings other than food items will automatically be blurred.

[15] AI Pro Cooking is only available on 76L Built-in Pyrolytic Flex Door Oven with AI Camera – NV7B6799AAK.

[16] Only available when using the Auto Cook menu. The type and quantity of some ingredients may not be recognized.

[17] Based on an AI created algorithm and not real time learning. After the ingredients have been identified and the recipe selected, if pre heating is required, the ingredients need to be removed from the oven during pre-heating. If pre heating is not required, they can be cooked immediately after they have been identified.

[18] May not work properly when cooking specific food items that are a dark color or have a cover, which can hinder recognition. So you should also monitor the cooking status yourself.

[19] The SmartThings App is available on Android and iOS devices. A Wi Fi connection and a Samsung account are required. This scene is staged and for illustrative purposes only. The images shown may differ from those captured by the actual camera.

[20] The camera is only operating when the light is on.