I’m a sucker for the smart kitchen. Build me a kitchen that can tell me what to cook, when to cook, how to cook it, and do the boring bits for me, then clean it all up afterward, and I’ll be a happy tech reviewer. For years, this has seemed totally out of reach. Appliance makers have stuck Wi-Fi chips in everything, but have barely done anything to make those appliances smart. Unless all your appliances are from the same brand, nothing works together in the smart kitchen — the one place where interoperability really matters.
At the IFA tech show in Berlin, Germany, this week, the biggest names in home appliances will be showing off their latest gadgets, and hopefully presenting solutions to some of these problems. I’ll be there to hear...
