List" feature uses the barcode scanner to quickly (and precisely) add items to a shareable shopping list in the company’s ...

GE Profile has launched a brand-new smart fridge at CES 2026, sporting one unique feature we've never seen before. It could ...

List" feature uses the barcode scanner to quickly (and precisely) add items to a shareable shopping list in GE's SmartHQ app.

Ahead of CES 2026, GE announced the GE Profile Smart Refrigerator with Kitchen Assistant, which boasts a barcode scanner that can add an item to your grocery shopping list — and syncs directly with ...

Featured in many sci-fi stories as a quicker, more efficient way to record and transfer information, barcodes are both extremely commonplace today, and still amazingly poorly understood by many.

Using the new barcode-scanning feature is simple. Just say “Alexa, scan this to my shopping list,” and Alexa will activate the Echo Show’s built-in camera and display an outline of a generic barcode ...

The SmartHQ voice assistant is another first for GE Appliances. In addition to adding items to your shopping list, it can ...

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Every month Amazon adds new skills to its Alexa smart speakers. This month the most notable is the addition of barcode scanning via Amazon’s Echo Show devices, thanks to the built-in camera. Prime ...

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