Samsung Electronics, on August 22, announced that it will showcase smart home services using artificial intelligence, voice recognition, cloud, and Internet of Things (IoT) technology at IFA 2017, the largest European appliance exhibition in Berlin.

Samsung Electronics stated that it will apply smart functions to all home appliances, especially by 2020. The `Family Hub` refrigerator has already applied a natural-language speech recognition artificial intelligence function, and will connect various products in the house to evolve it so that it can be controlled by voice alone, the company explained.

Samsung Electronics is applying `Samsung Connect` to control all products based on cloud service regardless of device type and operating system (OS) in a single mobile app. Currently, Samsung Electronics can control about 130 other products, including consumer electronics products, and plans to increase the number of linked products in the future, the company added.

Besides, `Artificial Intelligence Remote Diagnosis Service` will be linked with Samsung Connect app. Currently, the service center receives various information and analytical results collected from smart appliances through a remote diagnosis process. However, next year, it plans to identify and solve the problems of each product directly on the smartphone.

Samsung Electronics has been standardizing the smart home and IoT platform at the OCF (Open Connectivity Foundation), the world`s largest IoT standardization organization. Currently, it has received OCF certification for smart TVs, family hub refrigerators and air conditioners. All appliances, such as washing machines, ovens, robot cleaners and air cleaners, will be certified for OCF in the year, the company said.

The company will also work with external consumer electronics companies that offer other companies` artificial intelligence services, such as Amazon`s AI services` Alexa `and Google`s` Google Home.`

"IoT technologies such as artificial intelligence, voice recognition, and cloud are developing at a speed much faster than we predict," mentioned Samsung Electronics` managing director of the home appliance division. "In order for technology development to make meaningful changes in everyday life, we will do our utmost."

By Kim Eun silverkim@


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