X

Jenn-Air connected wall ovens will work with Amazon's Alexa

You'll be able to ask the voice-activated, virtual assistant to preheat your oven.

Ashlee Clark Thompson Associate Editor
Ashlee spent time as a newspaper reporter, AmeriCorps VISTA and an employee at a healthcare company before she landed at CNET. She loves to eat, write and watch "Golden Girls" (preferably all three at the same time). The first two hobbies help her out as an appliance reviewer. The last one makes her an asset to trivia teams. Ashlee also created the blog, AshleeEats.com, where she writes about casual dining in Louisville, Kentucky.
See full bio
Ashlee Clark Thompson
Chris Monroe/CNET

Soon, you'll be able to ask Alexa to preheat your Jenn-Air Wi-Fi-enabled wall oven.

The luxury appliance brand has created a Skill that will let you use voice controls to operate your oven through Amazon 's voice-activated, virtual assistant.

The new integration, announced this week at the Architectural Digest Design Show in New York City, will be available "soon" according to the company. Once the Jenn-Air Skill becomes available, you can give a voice command to your Alexa-enabled smart speaker to complete tasks like preheating, setting timers or changing temperatures. For example, you can say, "Alexa, tell Jenn-Air to preheat the oven to 350 degrees."

Jenn-Air, which is part of the Whirlpool Corporation, is serious about connecting smart home platforms and devices to its Wi-Fi-connected wall ovens. The appliances already work with the Nest Learning Thermostat , and you can control its settings through the company's iOS and Android apps.

The company recently ended a partnership with a connected-kitchen software company called Innit, but has continued to move forward with introducing Wi-Fi-connected appliances. Jenn-Air also introduced at the Architectural Digest Design Show a new line of refrigerators that you can control from your smart device.