Review: GE Smart Countertop Microwave With Scan-to-Cook Technology
WIRED—August 13, 2018
The first thing that struck me about the mass-market microwave that connects to the internet is how peculiar the machine’s diet is.
The GE Smart Countertop Microwave with Scan-to-Cook Technology is, despite the mouthful of a name, fairly unassuming to look at. It’s nearly identical to the slightly tinier, hardworking GE JES1072SHSS that I own. Yet this new, .9 cubic-foot, 900-watt microwave comes packed with high-tech features: You can use an app to scan the bar code on the back of your Hot Pockets to set the cooking time on the microwave. If you’ve got an Amazon Dot, Echo, or Show, you can do important things like turn it on and off or thaw chicken with your voice.
Is that important? Are you dubious, too? Read on in WIRED and see how GE’s latest stacks up.