GE Appliances is developing voice technology to recognise the wide array of colloquialisms used in the home . Voice - recognition company Geneva is being trained to understand commands for about 2,500 tasks for more than 100 models of appliances . Developers have compiled more than 160 billion versions of household commands commonly used by Americans . Call it a refrigerator, fridge or ’frigerator and Geneva, the voice-recognition tool used with Haier Group’s GE Appliances, will understand. For example a refrigerator may also be referred to as " fridge " or " ice box " . More phrases will be added via software updates . GE Appliances was the first large appliance maker to launch such a tool , which is compatible with other voice - recognition services , including Amazon 's Alexa .
GE Appliances is developing voice technology to recognise the wide array of colloquialisms used in the home . Voice - recognition company Geneva is being trained to understand commands for about 2,500 tasks for more than 100 models of appliances . Developers have compiled more than 160 billion versions of household commands commonly used by Americans . For example a refrigerator may also be referred to as " fridge " or " ice box " . More phrases will be added via software updates . GE Appliances was the first large appliance maker to launch such a tool , which is compatible with other voice - recognition services , including Amazon 's Alexa .