Samsung Electronics Updates 'SmartThings Home Care'... "Strengthening Family Care Features"

"Family Well-being Can Be Checked by Refrigerator Usage Frequency"

Samsung Electronics is updating its 'SmartThings Home Care' service.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Han Yeju] Samsung Electronics announced on the 9th that it will update the 'SmartThings Home Care' service.

SmartThings Home Care is one of the six major services of 'SmartThings Home Life,' an integrated home appliance solution launched by Samsung Electronics last February. It consists of AI-based product malfunction diagnosis, product management, and family care functions.

The newly introduced service in this update is the family care function, which analyzes refrigerator usage frequency to check on family members living alone or far away. If the refrigerator door remains closed for a preset period, a push notification is sent to the registered family member's smartphone, and the call function can be used to check on their well-being.

Also, if the robot vacuum cleaner 'Bespoke Jet Bot AI' is connected to the 'Family Care' section, the device recognizes when a user in need of help inside the house says, "Hi Bixby, help me," and sends a push alarm to the pre-registered family members. Upon receiving the alarm, family members can call other household members to check on them or use the 'Our Home Monitoring' feature applied to the Bespoke Jet Bot AI to check the home situation via video.

Yoo Mi-young, Vice President of Samsung Electronics' Home Appliance Business Division, said, "As the proportion of single-person households increases in our country, the caregiving function of home appliances is becoming more important," adding, "We will continue to develop the SmartThings Home Life service according to changing consumer lifestyles to provide various services through home appliances."

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