GE Appliances: Difference between revisions

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| Official Website =https://geappliancesco.com/

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}}'''GE Appliances''' is an American home appliance manufacturer owned by the Chinese company [[Haier]] since 2016. It was founded in 1905 as part of General Electric.

}}'''{{wplink|GE Appliances|GE Appliances}}''' is an American home appliance manufacturer owned by the Chinese company [[Haier]] since 2016. It was founded in 1905 as part of General Electric.

==Consumer-impact summary==

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This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].

===Features of ovens locked behind cloud (''date'')===

Some GE ovens have certain features locked behind a cloud integration, requiring the user to connect the stove to Wi-Fi and install the SmartHQ app in order to unlock. The ovens have the necessary physical buttons to utilise the features, but the oven refuses till the requirements are met. The sales literature <ref>https://www.geappliances.com/ge/connected-appliances/ranges-ovens-cooking.htm</ref>, manual{{Citation needed}}, and website{{Citation needed}} have no mention of such requirements.

Some GE ovens have certain features locked behind a cloud integration, requiring the user to connect the stove to Wi-Fi and install the SmartHQ app in order to unlock.{{Citation needed}} The ovens have the necessary physical buttons to utilise the features, but the oven refuses till the requirements are met.{{Citation needed}} The sales literature <ref>https://www.geappliances.com/ge/connected-appliances/ranges-ovens-cooking.htm</ref>, manual{{Citation needed}}, and website{{Citation needed}} have no mention of such requirements.

===DRM on refrigerator water filters (''2017 - Present'')===

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 | Official Website =https://geappliancesco.com/
 | Logo =GE Appliances logo.svg
-}}'''GE Appliances''' is an American home appliance manufacturer owned by the Chinese company [[Haier]] since 2016. It was founded in 1905 as part of General Electric.
+}}'''{{wplink|GE Appliances|GE Appliances}}''' is an American home appliance manufacturer owned by the Chinese company [[Haier]] since 2016. It was founded in 1905 as part of General Electric.
 ==Consumer-impact summary==
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 This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the [[:Category:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|{{PAGENAME}} category]].
 ===Features of ovens locked behind cloud (''date'')===
-Some GE ovens have certain features locked behind a cloud integration, requiring the user to connect the stove to Wi-Fi and install the SmartHQ app in order to unlock. The ovens have the necessary physical buttons to utilise the features, but the oven refuses till the requirements are met. The sales literature <ref>https://www.geappliances.com/ge/connected-appliances/ranges-ovens-cooking.htm</ref>, manual{{Citation needed}}, and website{{Citation needed}} have no mention of such requirements.
+Some GE ovens have certain features locked behind a cloud integration, requiring the user to connect the stove to Wi-Fi and install the SmartHQ app in order to unlock.{{Citation needed}} The ovens have the necessary physical buttons to utilise the features, but the oven refuses till the requirements are met.{{Citation needed}} The sales literature <ref>https://www.geappliances.com/ge/connected-appliances/ranges-ovens-cooking.htm</ref>, manual{{Citation needed}}, and website{{Citation needed}} have no mention of such requirements.
 ===DRM on refrigerator water filters (''2017 - Present'')===