seoul samsung and lg are promoting their latest technologies on home cooking and meal services at the worlds largest tech expo industry officials said on wednesday as they highlight connected and personalised experiences amid the pandemicinduced stayathome trendthe two south korean tech firms unveiled food tech services compatible with their home appliances leveraging artificial intelligence ai and internet of things iot solutions at this years alldigital consumer electronics show ces 2021at its press event for ces 2021 on monday samsung introduced smartthings cooking service that uses technologies from whisk a british food tech startup acquired by the south korean tech titan in 2019 yonhap reported advt samsung said the service which is scheduled to be launched in the first quarter of the year in the united states and south korea is designed to deliver a seamless culinary journey to people who search plan purchase and prepare for their mealsan automatic meal planner powered by whisks food ai recommends meals for the whole week makes shopping lists with the ingredients you need and connects to grocery retailers for onestop shopping straight from the family hub refrigerator or your mobile screen samsung said recipe instructions can be sent directly to synced samsung cooking devices to minimize hassles and mistakessmartthings cooking can recommend personalized recipes based on peoples tastes and preferences according to samsung the service also help peoples grocery shopping through major retailers including walmart kroger instacart and amazon fresh using the whisk networksamsung said owners of its family hub refrigerators can manage their meal planning from the smart fridge as it comes with a fullscreen dedicated board for the service the company said family hub refrigerators can check what is inside the fridge and add missing ingredients to users online grocery cart for home deliverylg introduced foodrelated services that utilize its lg thinq platform on its panel talk event on tuesday advt the company highlighted its scantocook feature using lg thinq app which allows users to have the right settings on their lg ovens for preprepared meals by just scanning the packagings barcodelg said its scantocook feature will support meal kits from tovala a usbased allinone appliance and gourmet meal service provider and products from household food makers including nestle and kraftheinz later this yearin south korea lg has been forging partnerships with food companies including cj cheiljedang pulmuone and dongwon fb in recent yearsthe idea is that although online shopping and meal kits and ovens are all different categories of products and services as long as they are all parts of one task we need to really connect them up said park ilpyung the chief technology officer of lg at lg future talk event and its that connection that really enhances the user experience ians published on jan 14 2021 at 0108 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button