[CES 2026] A Home Companion Making Daily Life More Effortless

What would a home free from household chores look like? At The First Look 2026, Samsung Electronics redefined home appliances in the Home Companion zone as interactive partners designed to engage with users and help create a zero-housework lifestyle.

Samsung Newsroom experienced how an AI-powered appliance ecosystem^[1] delivers smarter, more seamless everyday living.

Making Daily Life Easier: Appliances that See, Listen and Suggest

View of the Home Companion zone

At the entrance to the exhibition, connected AI appliances offered a glimpse of how intelligent connectivity can support everyday life at home. The Bespoke AI Refrigerator Family Hub – a CES Innovation Awards 2026 honouree – displayed Now Brief, a personalised overview of schedules and activity information on its screen. FoodNote recapped food intake patterns and recommended recipes to help users make more informed grocery decisions.

Video demonstration of how to open and close the refrigerator door using voice commands

Voice command demonstration

Bespoke AI Jet Bot Steam Ultra robot vacuum cleaners assessed their surroundings using built-in cameras before starting to clean, while users asked Bixby questions and received immediate, conversational responses. The experience highlighted how appliances that see, listen and suggest are transforming the way household tasks are managed.

AI-Enriched Kitchens: Intelligence at the Heart of Food

In the AI Kitchen zone, Samsung showcased a range of home appliances including the Bespoke AI Refrigerator Family Hub, Bespoke Double Wall Oven, Bespoke AI 3-Door AutoView French Door Refrigerator and the Bespoke AI Wine Cellar. The line-up delivered a differentiated food experience powered by enhanced AI Vision, with Google Gemini integrated into the Bespoke AI Refrigerator Family Hub — the first such integration in a home appliance.

Visitors saw how AI Vision in the Bespoke AI Refrigerator Family Hub recognised a wider range of food items as ingredients are added to, or removed, from the refrigerator.

AI Food Manager

Building on this capability, an improved AI Food Manager supports ingredient management, grocery planning, recipe recommendations, and analyses refrigerator usage to generate reports that help users use their food more efficiently.

Visitors tested how the refrigerator’s built-in camera functions by placing ingredients and removing them from the refrigerator, demonstrating how AI Vison works. They were also invited to open and close refrigerator doors using the hands-free voice command feature, Auto Door.

Bespoke AI Refrigerator Family Hub

Video demonstration of how to open and close the refrigerator door using voice commands

AI Wine Manager

Samsung’s advanced AI Hybrid Cooling technology drew visitors’ attention, with the system able to detesct appliance usage conditions while adjusting cooling in real time. Built on a dual-power structure combining an AI Inverter Compressor and a Peltier element, the system operates each power source separately or together as needed, reducing energy consumption while maximising cooling efficiency.

AI Hybrid Cooling

AI-Optimised Homecare: Intelligent Cleaning for Everyday Living

The Home Companion concept extends into garment care and cleaning too. From washing and drying to everyday cleaning, appliances assess conditions independently and adjust operations accordingly, helping to reduce the daily burden of household chores.

The Bespoke AI Laundry Combo features an additional booster heat exchanger alongside the main heat exchanger, improving dehumidification by up to 15% and supporting a maximum drying capacity of 20 kilograms while helping prevent overheating.

Bespoke AI Laundry

AI Wash+ detects load weight, fabric type and garment soiling level to automatically adjust water levels, detergent levels, wash intensity, drying temperature and time. AI VRT+ uses AI to analyse floor types and reduce washing machine vibration, helping create a quieter laundry environment.

David Watkins

“I really find doing laundry bothersome. The Bespoke AI Combo seems like it would make the process much simpler, which would be extremely helpful,” said David Watkins, an industry analyst from France. “I think the biggest advantage of achieving zero housework is the time it saves.”

Garment care is further enhanced through seamless device connectivity. When a specialised cycle — such as a blouse cycle — is selected on the Bespoke AI Combo, the same setting is automatically synchronised with the Bespoke AI AirDresser for a smooth transition from washing to post-laundry care.

In addition, the wrinkle-focused care function uses powerful airflow and high-temperature steam to remove wrinkles in a short amount of time.

Bespoke AI AirDresser and Bespoke AI Laundry Duo

The cleaning line-up impressed visitors with its enhanced performance. Samsung showcased its cordless stick vacuums, including the Bespoke AI Jet Ultra which offers the world’s strongest suction power as well as the recently released Jet Fit, its lightest model to date.

Bespoke AI Jet Ultra, Bespoke AI Jet Lite and Jet Fit

The Bespoke AI Jet Bot Steam Ultra uses AI object and liquid recognition to intelligently identify furniture, cables and even coloured or clear liquids — cleaning or avoiding them based on user settings. The EasyPass Wheel allows the robot vacuum to navigate door thresholds and mats up to 60 millimetres-high with ease, while side brushes and a mopping pad effectively cleans along corners and walls.

Bespoke AI Jet Bot Steam Ultra

Powered by up to 10 watts of suction power and a Qualcomm Dragonwing™ AI chipset, the vacuum removes dust and debris from floors, washes mop pads at high temperatures and sanitises them with 100 degrees Celsius steam — helping to reduce odours and maintain a cleaner, more hygienic home environment.

Suction power demonstration

Vanessa Katherina Morales Gurrero

“I have three dogs, and hair gets everywhere,” said Vanessa Katherina Morales Gurrero, a digital content creator from Panama. “The robot vacuum will be my best friend.”

Durability and Reliability: Built to Last

For home appliances to serve as long-term companions, performance must be matched by durability. Over the past 50 years, Samsung has improved the design of key components — producing more than half a billion compressors and motors — to boost efficiency and durability while extending product lifespan.

Software support is equally robust. With up to seven years of software updates, users benefit from new features as well as ongoing improvements in device connectivity, security and the user interface. Samsung introduced Home Appliances Remote Management (HRC) in 2017 to allow users to update and manage their appliances. Visitors were introduced to the new AI version that can actively monitor performance and usage, recommending preventative measures before they come up.

Designed around the vision of freedom from household chores, Samsung’s Home Companion zone showcased how AI-powered capabilities, through camera-, screen- and voice-based form factors, are expanding the role of home appliances in everyday life. Samsung looks ahead to a future shaped by appliances that truly see, listen and suggest.

_{^[1] This article contains products, features and services that have not yet been launched in-market. The plans, timelines and specifications described are forward-looking and subject to change without notice. Their future availability in markets not explicitly mentioned is not guaranteed.}