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Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by duxup on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:42AM (#30148358)
My clothes washer will alert me when it is done.

It is handy if you have a lot of laundry to do (kids) and you want to be on top of doing one load after another / not forget.

Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by rootusrootus on Monday January 31, 2022 @11:44AM (#30150020)
That's a feature I'd kinda like, but I won't rope myself into the manufacturer's ecosystem just to get it. Especially not Samsung, the maker of my current washing machine. Not that I'll ever buy another Samsung appliance, but that's a different story.

What I did instead was paste an Aqara zigbee vibration sensor to the side of the washing machine. Then a little bit of Home Assistant magic and it tells me when the washer seems to be done. In case I didn't hear the symphony it plays at the end of a cycle.

Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by zbrozek on Monday January 31, 2022 @09:51AM (#30148470)
Is the chime at the end of the cycle inadequate?
Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by duxup on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:16AM (#30148782)
My washer is not where I always hear it and the notification on my phone is a handy reminder.
Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by micromacrofoot on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:00AM (#30148591)
Yes, because it assumes you can hear it.
Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by mcphage on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:05AM (#30148637)
If you're too far away to be able to hear it, then what would you do with the information anyway?
Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by duxup on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:20AM (#30148825)
Kids, life, family, noise happens, it is pretty easy to have it go off and not hear it, but still want to get to it when it is done.
Re:My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmw... by lupire on Monday January 31, 2022 @10:19AM (#30148821)
walk downstairs.