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Kohler is taking your entire bathroom online

At Kohler's Smart Home Experience Lab in Wisconsin, we got a first-hand look at its new line of connected bathroom products.

CNET staff
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Kohler Smart Home Experience Lab

Kohler's Smart Home Experience Lab in Kohler, Wisconsin, is set up to demonstrate its entire suite of new connected bathroom and kitchen products.

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Verdara Voice Lighted Mirror

The Verdera Voice Lighted Mirror is the anchor product. It has a built-in Alexa speaker. Every other bathroom product in the collection communicates with Alexa using the Kohler Konnect mobile app.

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Verdera Voice Lighted Mirror

Fortunately, you can mute the Alexa microphone on the mirror.

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PerfectFill Bathtub

This PerfectFill tub design is just a concept. It could look different when it ships later this year.

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PerfectFill Bathtub

You can set the tub's temperature and water fill level through the Kohler app or with voice commands

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DTV+ Shower

Kohler's line of DTV showers have been on the market for years, but this is the first one with app connectivity and voice command support.

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DTV+ Shower

The in-wall controller will look familiar to anyone that already owns a DTV shower. Current owners will be able to add the connectivity features via an upgrade accessory.

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DTV+ Shower

The app will let you set the shower temperature and set up profiles with your preferred settings. Then you can queue up your profile via a voice command.

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DTV+ Shower

The app also lets you monitor usage stats.

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Numi Intelligent Toilet

The Numi smart toilet is also an existing product line that's getting connectivity. 

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Numi Intelligent Toilet

It has fore and aft bidet features, you can flush with a voice command and even use the app to raise and lower the seat, hands-free.

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Numi Intelligent Toilet

The in-wall control for the Numi toilet.

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Sensate Kitchen Faucet

The Sensate faucet is an existing hands-free design that's also getting a connectivity update.

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Sensate Kitchen Faucet

The motion sensor in the Sensate lets you run it hands-free.

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Sensate Kitchen Faucet

You can also use the app or a voice command to tell the faucet to dispense a specific volume of water or to run at a certain temperature.

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Sensate Kitchen Faucet

The faucet will work with Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri.

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