Time to Start the Party
At the 2023 consumer electronics show, LG launched an impressive new refrigerator. Called the MoodUp refrigerator, this fridge could either be a new take on appliances for the modern home or an epic flop. We will walk you through the features that it offers as well as questions we still have and leave it to you, dear reader, to decide.
The MoodUp refrigerator comes with many different features. There are two major ones that we will discuss first before we dig into the more practical set.
The first feature that we're excited about is the built-in Bluetooth speakers. Being able to have music while you clean or cook is really important for a lot of us, especially if you are looking to enjoy your time in the kitchen more. Whether it's food prep or making the nightly meal, or cleaning up after a long day, having something to listen to can make all the difference. After all, that's why Audible and services like it are so very popular. We like the addition to the refrigerator, and we're excited to see LG being inventive.
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The showstopper of course is the panels that are on the outside of your refrigerator. If it was a normal refrigerator, you would need to remove them and change them out if you wanted to change the color or material. Or, heaven forbid, you might have to purchase an entirely new refrigerator if it no longer matches your kitchen. LG, with their MoodUp refrigerator, asks what if that was no longer an issue? Instead, you now have the capability to match every Pantone color of the year that you could want. You can even go so far as to change your color every day if you want to.
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The demonstration advertises 190,000 different possible color combinations. The key word in that sentence is combinations. It doesn't mean that you're getting the capability for 190,000 different colors. Instead, you're getting the capability of multiple different panels that can all do different colors at the same time.And that's just at the rollout. There's nothing to say that LG won't update or improve the color offerings over time.
That isn’t everything that the MoodUp can do though. You also are able to knock on the upper right panel to see what you have inside the fridge without having to open it and waste the cold air. You can also have it set to a ‘nighttime’ mode so that you get a quiet glow from the fridge when you’re forced to wake up in the middle of the night. Last, but most importantly, we’re excited that you can also set the fridge to more muted colors like stainless steel, silver or a wood color if you’re not in the mood to be vibrant on a particular day.
After all this though, there is still quite a bit that we don’t know yet about LG’s new friend. So, we’re left with several questions.
How good are the speakers? It's not every day that you attempt to build speakers into your refrigerator, not to mention a refrigerator is not conducive to sound output. Much of the insulation that goes towards keeping your food cold is going also to block sound waves.
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Is LG attempting to replace the need for a conventional speaker system? It can be pleasant to be able to play music while you're cooking, but it's not something we consider our fridge for typically.
What are the size options? Can we get this in anything smaller than what the video portrayed? We know there is a French door model, but what about the various arrangements of the freezer and refrigerator portions? Is this counter depth, or will it stick out past everything? Knowing how a refrigerator will fit into your space is vastly more important than whether or not the color will match and that doesn't change simply because the mood up is capable of changing colors.
Are there other features than the ones we've discussed here that won't be revealed until closer to the release date?
And that leads us straight to what is the release date? LG was not clear in the video on when this would be released to the consumer market. Will it be locked to certain regions only? Is there going to be a waiting list? All of these questions are ones that we urge consumers to ask before getting too excited about the new fridge.
That right there is everything we know so far about the LG MoodUp refrigerator as of January of 2023. With what we know, are you interested? Would you consider updating your fridge once the MoodUp comes to market? Let us know in the comments below or over on our Facebook page.
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