Samsung Fridges - Smart Features That Make Life Easier

Samsung refrigerators have various intelligent features that simplify your life. They are also Energy Star-certified and come with a 10-year guarantee.

Family Hub is an Android-powered touchscreen built inside the refrigerator door. It lets you manage your calendar, create grocery lists and stream music.

FlexZone

While LG might have the upper hand when it comes to innovative refrigerator features, Samsung offers a few things that set its refrigerators apart from others. For instance, some Samsung models have the Food Showcase design and a FlexZone section that can function as either a freezer or a fridge. This section has a customizable Smart Divider that can help organize the items and keep them at the proper temperature.

This model is perfect for those looking to create a modern and sleek design for their home. It's finished with stainless steel and has a handleless design. It looks great in any kitchen style. It also has plenty of storage space with two bins for crispers that are controlled by humidity and three shelves that can be moved around as needed. The refrigerator is also ENERGY STAR-certified, so you can rest assured that it will reduce your energy costs.

Samsung's FlexZone feature lets you convert your bottom space into a freezer or fridge depending on what you need. This is a great way to maximize your storage space and cut down on power costs. You can also use the FlexZone to store frozen food and fresh vegetables at the same time. This feature is available on certain Samsung French door refrigerators.

The Samsung FlexZone refrigerator has a flexible layout that accommodates an array of food items and drinks. The compartments are separated by doors with independently controlled temperatures. The shelves can be adjusted to fit large or tall items. It also has a handy ice maker that can create both crushed ice and cubes. It also comes with a integrated Full height fridge-width drawer for the pantry to store deli meats and platters for parties.

This Samsung refrigerator is large in storage capacity and is perfect for those with limited space. The modern and sleek design comes with doors that open to make it easy to get your favorite snacks. The refrigerator features an inverter compressor that is digital and is made from robust materials that can last for many years. It also features a pivot that is recessed, which minimizes air gaps which helps keep your refrigerator running smoothly.

Door-in-Door

Door-in-Door refrigerators feature a dedicated compartment inside the fridge that opens with just one pull of the handle, making it easy to access drinks, condiments, or snacks without opening the main refrigerator. This can reduce loss of cold air, which keeps your food fresher for longer. Some refrigerators offer this technology as a standalone option, while others, such as the LG Side-by-Side Refrigerator integrated full height fridge LRMVC2306S, integrate it into the design of the refrigerator so that opening the dedicated door opens both the door-indoor compartment and the main refrigerator compartment.

While many refrigerator bells and whistles might seem like gimmicks for some but they are designed to satisfy the real needs of consumers. The Door-in-Door compartment in Samsung refrigerators is a great example. It lets you access often-used items such as butter or ketchup as well as milk without opening the entire refrigerator, which could result in cooling performance suffering from loss of cold air.

Certain Samsung French-door models have interactive refrigerator doors, such as the Family Hub. They let you plan your calendar, stream apps, and create to-do lists from the fridge's touchscreen. Some have cameras in the fridge, so you can track food and drinks from any location.

Family Hub

A 21-inch touchscreen powered by Tizen is built into the refrigerator. It can be used as a digital display, smart speaker powered by Bixby as well as a fridge manager and tablet powered by apps. It also includes three tiny cameras that capture images each when the refrigerator door shuts and lets you look inside (though this feature isn't yet available in all markets). The Family Hub is preloaded with various apps to keep you connected, organized and in contact with your family. These apps range from grocery delivery services to recipe apps to whiteboards where you can leave messages for your family or your children.

The Family Hub offers a variety of apps that keep everyone entertained. For instance, you can play music right through the built-in speakers in the fridge--the perfect soundtrack for impromptu kitchen dance celebrations. You can also utilize the touchscreen to stream TV shows via your smartphone or other Samsung devices, such as TVs with built-in support for Samsung's SmartThings platform.

While the Family Hub has some great features but it's not without limitations. One of the most notable is the absence of an app store for third-party apps. This means that if you do not like the default screens or apps, you're unable to simply download a different one. This is a problem in the event that you'd like to use a different app for shopping lists or reminders or when you have a specific loyalty program you prefer to use with your food-related apps.

Another drawback is that you aren't able to use voice commands to control the fridge. When Samsung first unveiled its Family Hub refrigerator, Alexa was the most prominent item on the list of features. This meant that the fridge on sale would essentially become an Amazon Echo for the kitchen. This never happened and is an unintentional absence.

Despite these limitations The Family Hub remains an impressive and useful gadget. It's a great way to stay in touch to your family, manage your kitchen and groceries, and manage your home's smart devices--assuming you're a Samsung customer and are willing to use the only app options the Family Hub offers.

SmartThings

SmartThings may not get the same attention as Amazon Alexa or Google Home, but it is a powerful platform for smart homes. Its hub has Z-Wave radios and Zigbee radios. This means that you can connect a broad selection of compatible devices including Lutron, Sonos Ecobee, Lifx Ring, Belkin Arlo and Philips Hue. SmartThings has Scenes that allow you to control a grouping of compatible devices simultaneously. You can create a scenario called "movie-night" which dims the lights and turns on the Blu-ray player.

SmartThings is an app that lets you to monitor and control many connected appliances including your fridge. The app will notify you when the refrigerator is consuming excessive energy, for instance. The app will modify the settings of your appliance to help you reach your energy-saving goals. The SmartThings app can also be used to create custom schedules and automates that will shut off your oven or dishwasher before you go to bed, for example.

Samsung has preinstalled SmartThings on all of its tablets and smartphones since it acquired the company in 2014. It has one of the most robust home automation platforms out available, but it's not without fault. Many users have reported significant server issues. This is a major issue for integrated Full height fridge those who depend heavily on their smart home technology. The good thing is that these outages are usually only an hour long and the engineers of the company are working to resolve the problem.

If you're looking for a smart fridge that will connect to other appliances in your home, the SmartThings-compatible Family Hub is an excellent choice. It is compatible with a range of smart gadgets from third parties and other Samsung devices. It is compatible with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Mercedes Benz's voice assistant, that allows you to use the platform you prefer.

The Family Hub refrigerator is also equipped with other smart home features, such as a touchscreen, a whiteboard digital and a built-in camera. You can easily make notes and schedule reminders on the screen, and make use of the whiteboard feature to communicate grocery lists or shopping lists with others in your household.