The 20 Samsung Products You Never Knew Existed

In most Western countries, Samsung Electronics is best known as a cellphone manufacturer. However, in their home country of South Korea, Samsung is and makes everything. In fact, the company is one of the world's largest producers of electronic devices, including, but not limited to, phones. It's also one of the most recognizable names in technology.

When you buy Samsung, you know you're getting a good product. With Samsung producing around a fifth of South Korea's total exports, it makes sense that they're making more than just phones. So, let's look at some products you might not know they make. (If you are in the market for a phone, though, here are 15 questions you should ask before buying a used smartphone.)

To populate this list, we looked at Samsung's current product list. We picked out the best items from categories that Samsung isn't typically known for outside South Korea. Then, we looked at those product pages and researched their functions and unique features.

One of the coolest features of this fridge is that the door auto-opens with a light touch on the door sensor. This feature makes it excellent for people who struggle with hand mobility and grip strength. You can also use the lower right storage space as a freezer if you want a combination fridge-freezer or set the temperature to a fridge level if you have a standalone freezer. The fridge actively retains cold air, even if the door is open and its counter-depth size makes it space efficient for small spaces and people who struggle with proprioception. Best of all, the touch controls are at a low height. So, your kids won't need your help to get things from the fridge.

Like most modern Samsung devices, the company has focused on how it can better integrate AI features into it. It integrates with the AI Family Hub+ application.

Induction stoves are more efficient than gas ones and better for the environment. They used to be prohibitively expensive for most people who wanted them, but Samsung is here to change that. Their Smart Slide-In Ranges are the perfect size to fit into the 30-inch range space your counter already has installed from your previous stove. Since this model is an induction stove, water boils two times faster since induction stoves transfer 90% of the cooktop's heat to the cookware, compared to 50% with gas and 70% with a standard electric stove. The glass cooktop is easy to clean and the Smart Dial learns how you cook to recommend settings.

The stove also integrates with smart home apps such as Smart Switch, allowing you to track your range's power usage and manage it digitally from the app.

If your dishwasher is starting to get a little shabby looking, you can upgrade it with one of Samsung's new AutoRelease Smart dishwashers. This one uses linear water jets to provide full spray coverage to the whole inside of the device, even in tight corners that other dishwashers often miss. The device has sound dampeners that help eliminate the traditional noise associated with dishwashers. When the wash cycle ends, the door automatically opens to circulate air and improve the efficiency of the dry cycle. It also has a flexible third rack to put your silverware on instead of the typical basket, improving the space efficiency of the unit. You'll also want to take advantage of the Zone Booster which adds washing power to the bottom left zone of the dishwasher for hard-to-wash items like pots and pans.

Never forget your food in the microwave again with one of Samsung's smart microwaves. This model features auto-connectivity that allows you to sync your microwave with a compatible range or cooktop. Connecting your microwave to your stove allows it to turn lighting and ventilation on and off automatically to save you time, energy, and effort. Additionally, you'll receive alerts and notifications about your microwave in your smart home app. You can also adjust ventilation, speed, and the cooking time from your phone.

The microwave also has a Sensor Cook option, allowing it to analyze its contents and adjust the settings and cooking time as it runs to optimally cook your food. It won't stink either since it has power ventilation that refreshes the air inside it quickly to remove steam and odors from its operation.

If you don't have room for a whole new induction stove but want to switch to induction, an induction cooktop is an option. Samsung makes a 30-inch induction cooktop that you can install where your counter is and retain the cabinet space underneath it. Like an induction range, it's more efficient for cooking, transferring 90% of the heat from the cooktop into the cookware. The cooktop has precise temperature controls that can immediately bring the burners to a higher or lower temperature. All four burners have a Power Booster that you can take advantage of when doing high-heat tasks like boiling water or searing meat. Just turn on the Power Booster and let the cooktop work its magic.

This easy-to-clean and intuitive cooktop also has Wi-Fi features that can sync and work in tandem with other Samsung kitchen appliances with smart features.

Samsung makes both wall-mounted and free-standing range hoods. However, we picked a wall-mounted one because wall-mounted hoods are generally less well-known. This wall-mounted range hood has a fan like other ones, but is 25% quieter than the average, coming in at around 52 dBA. You can control the hood's features from the SmartThing app on your phone, Samsung's premier smart home integration app. If your cooktop or range is also synced to SmartThings, the fan will turn on automatically when the burners turn on. You can also monitor your hood's energy usage from the app.

The hood has an LED display for controlling the air and lighting settings and a dishwasher-safe, stainless-steel filter that traps airborne dust and oil. SmartThings will let you know when the filter needs to be cleaned if you sync the hood to the app. The impressive ventilation capacity of 630 cu. ft. per minute ensures that your kitchen's air will be clean and filtered even while cooking.

Aside from making washing machines that sing when you turn them on, Samsung also makes washing machines with smart features to improve your daily efficiency. (They still sing, though.) This small form-factor washing machine is about the size of a shallow closet. So, you can fit it into a small space. Like many of the other products on this list, this washer is a smart washer. It uses Samsung's premier Smart Dial that learns your preferences and recommends options based on how you like to do your laundry. You can also remotely start, stop, or delay your washer using the integration with Samsung's SmartThings app.

The best part of this washer is definitely its wash speed, though. With Samsung's Super Speed Wash technology, it can do a full wash cycle in just 28 minutes. It also includes steam treatments for stain removal, smart-powered self-cleaning, and antimicrobial treatments to prevent the washer from getting dirty and smelly.

This dryer is the pair item for the above washing machine. It has similar dimensions, about the size of a shallow closet, allowing it to fit in small spaces efficiently. It integrates with Samsung's other smart home appliances and the SmartThing app. You can start, stop, and delay the cycle right from your phone and when it finishes the washer will send you a notification. So, you don't have to time your washes anymore if you want to do other things while you wait for it to complete. You can also monitor your energy usage and change the dryer's settings remotely to save energy.

The dry cycle on this dryer is much shorter than average at just 30 minutes. It also includes an "AI Optimal Dry" mode where you can allow your dryer to analyze and adjust settings on its own to dry your clothes the correct way. When you pair this dryer with the right washer, you can do a whole load of laundry from start to finish in just under one hour!

If you like to have fresh clothes any time of the day, Samsung's AirDresser can help you achieve that. You can steam, sanitize and refresh your clothes at home as if they were treated by a dry cleaner. It has a capacity of five hangers, allowing you to hang up a whole outfit for cleaning. It has a deodorizing filter that helps it remove unwanted 99% of smells during cleaning and sets you up to smell fresh. The steam cleaning option will remove up to 99.9% of common bacteria and viruses from the fabric of your clothes, making it perfect to use right before you visit a vulnerable person.

It's also extra easy to install. Unlike traditional washers, you don't need a water system to use it. You just have to plug the dresser into a wall outlet and you're good to go! The mirror finish on the front allows you to check your fits before you go and saves you precious wall and floor space by acting as a full-length mirror. Like the other smart appliances on the list, you can also monitor and adjust it remotely from the SmartThings app.

The Jet Bot AI+ is a robot vacuum with LiDAR sensors that create an accurate map of each room in your home so the vacuum knows where to clean. It has multiple filters that trap 99.99% of microdust and other particles as the machine sucks air through it. When the vacuum is done, you can hook it up to a clean station—or have it return to the station of its own accord—and the clean station will use Air Pulse technology to empty the dustbin without your input.

The front camera doesn't just determine whether the vacuum is near an object, wall, or drop. It can also live stream video feed to your phone so you can check on your pets or family members when you aren't home. The SmartThings app can also let you see a detailed map of where your vacuum has been and allows you to tell the AI what parts of your house you want it to clean using the map from the LiDAR sensors.

If you need a new air conditioner and can install a permanent HVAC system, consider Samsung's WindFree 3.0 residential HVAC system. The system reduces cold drafts and maintains the desired temperature in your home. It also reduces the energy it uses by delivering air through micro holes on the indoor unit to produce a dispersed and gentle airflow versus the usual intense indoor wind that comes from standard HVAC systems. It's also integrated with Samsung's Bixby digital assistant, allowing you to control the unit with your voice if you want.

Cleaning your AC is a pretty mindless and honestly kind of annoying task, however necessary it might be. The WindFree 3.0 system takes care of most of the maintenance for you, though. The Freeze Wash feature allows the system to self-clean by frosting the heat exchanger. The unit will then defrost the ice and dry the coil, cleaning away any dirt and dust with the water.

If you've ever wanted to take your media-watching adventure on the go, you might have considered a video projector. However, most of these devices have notable flaws, like bad response times, unclear pictures, crackly sound, and unwieldy cables. However, the Freestyle 2nd Gen projector is perfect for bringing your media wherever you want to go. It has 360-degree, high-quality audio. So, you can set the projector up wherever is best and sit wherever is comfortable instead of needing to sit near the projector or get additional speakers. The projector automatically adjusts the focus, keystone, and leveling to provide the best picture on whatever surface you want to use it on. You can also manually adjust the picture if the computer gets it wrong.

It has a cradle stand that allows you to point it anywhere, even at the ceiling. The cradle stand is compatible with an additional battery pack stand (sold separately) that you can use to extend your enjoyment.

This one isn't a product as much as it's a technology that Samsung uses in a range of their products. Most LED displays are held back by the size of the LEDs in the display. Not only do they cause the display to be larger and require more resources, but if they're too large they can also make the image blurry. Samsung's Micro-LED display is their most advanced display technology yet. It features small form factor LEDs that provide better detail and high contrast when displaying images. These displays have a vast color spectrum that allows them to display images with near-real-to-life color and deep contrast. You won't have murky white and washed-out blacks with these sharp displays.

The features of Samsung's Micro-LED displays vary between models. However, most of them include a Micro AI processor that aids in image processing to produce sharper, smoother images and animations. They also typically lack backlighting, which can wash out colors, and color filters that other displays would use to create the illusion of a deeper color spectrum.

If you're struggling with having enough counter space for all your favorite photos and your speakers, the Samsung Music Frame can pull double duty. This picture frame has a built-in speaker that can play the music you most associate with your favorite memories. It also functions as a Bluetooth speaker, allowing you to play music and other recordings from your phone or other devices. Best of all, it's compatible with Samsung's Q-Symphony program, allowing it to sync with a Samsung TV or soundbar so they can both play sounds and turn your home into a surround sound system without the extra space of a true speaker set.

If you're worried about your new picture frame fitting in with your décor, you can customize the frame. Samsung offers different bezel colors to ensure that the frame matches the things around it. Customizing your frame can also help you match the frame to the image you plan to display on it.

If you don't have room for a full-size speaker set, a soundbar can get you good audio quality with a more compact form factor. Samsung makes both full speaker sets and soundbars. This soundbar model isn't a dinky little soundbar. It has 11 front-facing speakers, a subwoofer, and up-firing channels. Since the soundbar is wireless, you don't need to mess with a million cables to get it set up. You can even hook it up to a Q-Symphony-enabled Samsung TV and use them together without worrying about the sound not syncing up.

The soundbar has smart integration with Alexa, Chromecast, AirPlay 2, and other smart home applications and assistants. It uses sensors to analyze the size and shape of your room to provide you with the most immersive sound, which is great when used while gaming!

If you want an affordable 4K monitor with smart features that can be used as an all-in-one PC, look no further than Samsung's 4K Smart Monitor. It's the perfect hub for gaming, entertainment, and productivity. The slim, ergonomic design is perfect for any space and it won't require a massive desk to hold it. It integrates with Samsung Gaming Hub for an extra great experience if you enjoy video games.

This model is a height-adjustable screen with tilt and pivot hinges to allow you to get the best angle for whatever you're working on. You can even tilt and pivot it 90 degrees to face it upwards or turn it into a vertical monitor.

Upgrading your old HDD to a newer, faster SSD is a must if you want to step into the future of computing. This solid-state drive can read and write lighting fast, with a sequential read speed of up to 5,000 MB/s, a sequential write speed of 4,200 MB/s, a random read speed of 700k IOPS, and a random write speed of 800K IOPS. If you play games, you'll be able to load and pull huge maps with minimal loading times. The SSD can use a PCIe 4.0 connection with four lanes or a PCIe 5.0 connection with two lanes, and Samsung's Magician Software will maintain the SSD digitally and keep it working for longer than a standard SSD.

One of the things that can wreck your SSD and make it run slower both in the immediate and for the future is heat damage. However, the 990 EVO 5.0 has a heat-spreading label that allows it to disperse heat without dedicated thermal paste.

If full-fledged and portable computing is your need, Samsung has you covered with their Galaxy Book series. The Galaxy Book4 Pro model is an excellent premium laptop that's perfect for productivity or gaming. It features an Intel Core Ultra 7, 16 GB of RAM, and a 1 TB SSD. The 14-inch screen is just big enough to be immersive for entertainment without sacrificing portability. It also has an excellent battery life, which is great if you want to take work or play on the go.

This laptop has some excellent premium features, such as an integrated AI assistant, a fingerprint reader, additional security features, and a 1080p FHD webcam.

Samsung doesn't just make small form factor speakers. They also make full-sized speakers in all kinds of form factors, like the Sound Tower Party Audio. It's a tower containing a set of bi-directional speakers that have up to 1,700 watts of power. This speaker tower isn't an indoor-only piece of equipment. It is IPX5-rated for water resistance. So, you can bring it out for the pool party without worrying about it getting ruined. It's also wireless. No need to finagle with cables, especially at outdoor gatherings where they could get damaged. Just hook the speaker up to a Bluetooth device and use it that way!

If you're having a big party, you can cover more ground by connecting up to ten Samsung sound tower units and using them simultaneously to keep the beat bumping no matter where you are on the patio.

If you need a new flash drive, Samsung makes several models. This model is their cheapest, a USB Type-C flash drive with 256 GB of storage ready to use. This flash drive has some excellent premium features. It's waterproof, protecting your data from spills on your desk. It's compatible with both USB 2.0 and 3.0, allowing it to use the increased data transfer speeds of the newer USB technology. This is also a Type-C flash drive instead of a standard USB-A model. Additionally, it's shock-proof, magnet-proof, temperature-proof, and x-ray-proof. So, you can travel with this baby and know that your data is secure and stable.