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Kitchen experience of the future

BSH develops concepts for tomorrow’s kitchens

  • BSH steps up investment in research and development with the focus on digital technologies
  • Connected solutions and services offer growth potential
  • Personal kitchen assistant concept opens up the world of artificial intelligence

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Munich, May 4, 2017 (bsh) – Controlling appliances remotely, operating them with facial expressions or speech, and a wealth of additional services – tomorrow’s kitchen is connected and offers a variety of multimedia options. The ideas and future concepts for this are forged in the innovation hub at BSH Hausgeräte GmbH. One such example is Mykie – “my kitchen elf”. Mykie adds a personal assistant to BSH’s vision of the connected kitchen. As a kitchen specialist, he provides everyday support and transforms cooking into an experience.

Digital solutions open up strong growth potential worldwide

BSH is the first home appliance manufacturer to connect the entire home appliance portfolio with its open Home Connect system. The Mykie kitchen assistant concept fits into the home appliance portfolio of different brands connected via Home Connect, and hence also into the attractive partner network of the digital ecosystem offering a variety of services that can be accessed online.

Winking kitchen assistant enables shared cooking experiences

Mykie is operated by means of voice recognition. As a personal assistant, he listens to the user, responds with a facial expression, answers questions, and provides help for a range of everyday topics and queries. For example, Mykie knows what’s in the fridge right now, how much longer the pizza still has to bake in the oven, or which recipe steps have to be followed. Mykie projects these steps conveniently and clearly onto the kitchen wall and sends the recommended appliance settings from the recipe directly to the connected appliances. Apart from controlling the home appliance functions, additional services, such as accessing online entertainment offers, are also offered. Thanks to an integrated camera, Mykie can also bring several users together virtually if desired, thus enabling shared cooking experiences, regardless of where the individual users happen to be.

Mykie development stage

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH presented the smart kitchen assistant concept at the International Consumer Electronics Fair (IFA) in Berlin in 2016. Experience on the expectations consumers have regarding an assistant in the kitchen environment is currently being collected within different cooperation ventures and market research studies. The information from this will be incorporated successively into the next development phases. A precise date for the market launch of Mykie has yet to be fixed.

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Contact for journalists:

BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
Corporate Communication Region Europe
Eva Bauerschmidt
Tel.: +49 (0)89 4590-3441
E-mail: eva.bauerschmidt@bshg.com

With annual sales of around €13.1 billion in 2016 and more than 58,000 employees, BSH Hausgeräte GmbH is one of the global leaders in the home appliance sector. BSH manufactures at around 40 factories, operates over 80 companies and has a presence in around 50 countries.

BSH is a company of the Bosch Group.

The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 417,900 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2024). According to preliminary figures, the company generated sales of 90.5 billion euros in 2024. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, electrification, digitalization, connectivity, and an orientation to sustainability. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in sensor technology, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture user-friendly, sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 470 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 86,900 associates in research and development, of which nearly 48,000 are software engineers.

Additional information is available online at www.bosch.com, www.iot.bosch.com, www.bosch-press.com.

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