TL;DR
- Samsung is rolling out a new software update to its Family Hub refrigerators in the US.
- The update adds promotions and advertisements to the refrigerator’s display when it is idle.
- Samsung has confirmed the pilot program, though some Cover Screen themes will remain ad-free.
Samsung started rolling out an update to its refrigerators that brought ads to the display, whether you like it or not. The whole situation is rather surreal but not entirely unsurprising. There were some doubts that the changelog wasn’t real or that it belonged to a different product. Now, Samsung has confirmed to us that ads are indeed coming to its refrigerators.
We had reached out to Samsung for a statement, and this is what a Samsung spokesperson said: