Overview
- Samsung confirmed a software rollout for U.S. 2024 Family Hub models that will place ads on idle Cover Screens and in a Daily Board ad tile.
- The company says ads are contextual rather than personalized, with initial campaigns promoting Samsung products and potential third-party ads reported for the future.
- The ad widget appears alongside items like weather, calendar and news, rotating content roughly every ten seconds, and it does not show when art or album themes are active.
- Owners can opt out via the Advertisements setting, the ads are enabled by default, and individual ads can be dismissed for the duration of a campaign.
- The premium refrigerators carry MSRPs of about $1,899 to $3,499, and coverage highlights customer surprise about default-on ads on high-priced appliances.