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A connected appliance still needs to perform its ordinary job.
Smart Appliances
Connected household appliances evaluated through core performance, ordinary controls, alerts, service and software support.
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Understand Smart Appliances
Smart appliances add software, sensing or connected functions to ordinary household equipment. Our coverage examines those additions alongside the appliance’s main job, physical controls and service needs. Compatibility, accounts and useful alerts are assessed through household routines, with attention to what remains available when an app or connection is unavailable.
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