[palmotea]

> Introduced in the early 2010s, the smart washing machine promised convenience and efficiency by allowing users to control and monitor their washing machine remotely. The connection to a Wi-Fi network allows the user to operate functions from a smartphone, download additional wash programs, and receive alerts when a load is complete.

Unless the thing will load and unload itself, all those "features" are stupid.

We really ought to have a special derisive name for buzzy features like those, that make absolutely no sense and are basically useless in the real world.

[BrandoElFollito]

One feature I would like to have in a washing machine is a controlled start and an end signal so that I can automate a valve switching the water on and off.

For the rest I agree, the real deal will be a load/unload functionality :)