Overview
- CHiQ (Changhong) unveiled AI features across TVs, refrigerators, air conditioners and washer‑dryers and won the IDG/IFA AI Home Ecosystem Brand Award for its integrated approach to home scenarios.
- Haier presented a coordinated smart‑home vision spanning laundry, cooking, entertainment and robotics and pledged at least €13 billion over five years for AI, semiconductors and IoT security.
- Hisense demonstrated an AI Companion suite and said it will support Alexa+ control for select air conditioners using Amazon’s Smart Home AI Toolkit in the coming months.
- LG showcased on‑device AI advances including the α11 AI Processor Gen3 and a text chat agent called ThinQ Claw while highlighting Homey platform integration to link products from multiple makers.
- Across vendors the emphasis shifted from single devices to coordinated ecosystems that use vision, presence sensing and conversational agents, but most demonstrations remain prototypes with limited global rollout details.