Google Gemini is coming to these Samsung fridges – what it means for your grocery list

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ZDNET’s key takeaways

• Samsung is adding Gemini to its Bespoke refrigerator line.
• This is the first time Gemini is on a home appliance.
• Gemini will simplify tasks and see what’s in your fridge.

The annual CES conference always hosts some of the biggest innovations of the year, and Samsung just dropped a big reveal that it will be showing off fully at this year’s event. For the first time, Google Gemini is coming to a refrigerator.

Samsung said the integration, coming to the Bespoke AI Refrigerator Family Hub, will “simplify everyday tasks and elevate the overall kitchen experience.”

One of the biggest improvements comes to the AI Vision feature that lets your fridge see what’s inside, so you can add items to your shopping list or quickly check in while you’re out shopping. 

The existing version of this feature can recognize just under 40 types of fresh foods and 50 types of processed foods, which you have to register first. The new version will recognize more food items without needing a separate registration and eventually detect user-labeled items and foods stored in personal containers.

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Samsung didn’t provide any more details, but added that it would be showcasing more at CES — like new use cases for AI Vision. We don’t know what those new uses will be, but it seems likely you’ll be able to do things like ask your fridge for recipes with what’s inside and get alerts when food might go bad.

With the addition of Gemini to its refrigerator line, you also have to wonder if Samsung will eventually introduce the technology to other Bespoke appliances like washers and dryers, microwaves, and ovens, or if other manufacturers will introduce Gemini (or other chatbots) to their refrigerators.

Samsung didn’t reveal pricing or an expected availability date, but we can look to last year’s release for some hints. Models in that line were priced right at $3,000, and you could preorder in the spring for summer delivery.