Samsung update bricks AI smart fridges, customers report spoiled food in dozens of complaints
fortune · reddit · 2026-09-26
A SmartThings firmware update this week bricked numerous Samsung AI-powered refrigerators, leaving them offline with lights and cooling dead. Dozens of Samsung Members posts flooded the company's forums, with users complaining about spoiled food and demanding compensation. Fortune frames it as the latest sign of consumer anxiety around smart home and AI products even as adoption grows.
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