GE Appliances

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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.

GE Appliances

Basic information
Founded	1905
Legal Structure	Subsidiary
Industry	Appliances
Also known as
Official website	https://geappliancesco.com/

Consumer-impact summary

Overview of concerns that arise from the company's conduct regarding (if applicable):

• User freedom
• User privacy
• Business model
• Market control

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Incidents

This is a list of all consumer-protection incidents this company is involved in. Any incidents not mentioned here can be found in the GE Appliances 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.^{[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 , manual^{[citation needed]}, and website^{[citation needed]} have no mention of such requirements.

DRM on refrigerator water filters (2017 - Present)

Main article: GE Refrigerator water filter DRM

GE refrigerators manufactured since 2017 make use of RFID-based Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems in their water filtration units, preventing the use of third-party replacement filters. These systems use 13.56 MHz ISO14443A passive RFID tags embedded in filter cartridges that communicate with readers inside the refrigerator cabinet. When non-authenticated filters are detected, the system displays "Leak Detected" error messages & disables water & ice dispensing functionality entirely.

It is possible to request a filter bypass plug from GE that allows the refrigerator to dispense unfiltered water. To receive the filter, the refrigerator must be registered with GE. Registering the appliance online requires the user to create a GE Appliances account and agree to mandatory arbitration with no opt-out.

Products

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See also

• Bosch
• LG
• Samsung