[kiddico]

Connected washing machines continue to make little sense to me. The only benefit I can think of is a notification when it's done. Otherwise all the interactions with it are done in person. (loading/unloading etc)

What would you want to script?

[PeterisP]

The common use case is to want to set the time so that it runs not right now but later - either because for noise reasons, or so that it finishes when you're back home to unload.

Also, of course, there's the "internal scheduling" of various different activities that the machine is doing; you can do that mechanically but IMHO it's simpler now to do that with a cheap microcontroller.

[isbvhodnvemrwvn]

All washing machines I bought in the last decade had delayed start mechanism.

[mhh__]

My washing machine doesn't automatically starting draining or drying after finishing, so I have to go up and down the stairs, and it has a mind of its own as to when it finishes.

An ESP-32 is about 2 quid last time I checked, I have many, and I would happily attach it to the machine if not for the fact that it doesn't belong to me.

[ClumsyPilot]

I have a washing machine from year 2000, and it has that functionality built in. Are you sure you read the manual?

[mhh__]

I don't think so. I can't work out how the washing machine isn't obviously just an example.

Also, the thing that's more annoying is actually that the machine's alarm is extremely quiet and the timer very inconsistent (e.g. I made a Pizza oven that sends me an email, and it wasn't hard to do at all).