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I have a wifi washer and dryer.
The biggest advantage is that it sends you a ping when it's done, and can send you a message about the need for routing maintenance, like changing filters or refilling the detergent container.
Settings wise, it's slightly easier to set from the app, since a telephone has better UX than a washing machine. Mostly I just leave it at "you figure it out" so it's moot.
You can't actually start it remotely unless you press a button on the machine first, just send settings to it to activate by pressing start.
How is the phon UX better than the machine UX? The machines i know just have a knob dial for the program and a button each for stuff like temperature, spin, pre-program and start timer. It doesn't get simpler than that imo.
It's got a few more options for different settings than my previous washer did, as well as a steam setting that's only available with certain programs.
It also has a couple of toggles for things like "extra rinse" and "wash faster".
Having four knobs and three toggles, two of which are context dependent on one or more knob settings would be confusing, so it uses a screen with a knob and a couple of buttons.
It's perfectly possible to use standing at the machine, but I also noticed that the last time I needed to change a setting I did so on my phone is all.
*turns dial to 30, presses start*
Right, UX, yeah yeah
I have more settings than a timer, so if I want to do more than just press the start button, which is what I usually do, it's slightly easier to use the phone.
I'm joking about how the washer I have has one dial with just the heat and a start (and stop) button. It's some industrial model