I know this is a joke, but in all seriousness it will probably be locked to a Samsung Thermostat controller with a screen - which can absolutely show ads - and require an App with GPS permissions to work (and use your location history to drive the advertisements)
Having everything in one unit is a recipe for a single point of failure disaster. Because it's Samsung, don't expect any of the parts to be interchangeable. One unlucky lightning strike and you're forced to rebuy and reinstall another of their all-in-one units or wait without heat and AC for a week for the parts to maybe arrive undamaged.
It does seem very pleasing from a physics perspective. You could be cooling your house and heating your water with some of the heat you’re pumping out of your living space.
From an engineering perspective sort of problematic having all the critical systems in your home be tied to a single point of failure.
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 36.5 ms ] threadWhy is this news? Is it because it can heat water to 85 degrees Celsius? Is it because it’s Samsung?
Are they going to pipe audio ads into your vents as well?
Don't buy a Samsung anything.
IDK if this new but in summer cooling house while producing hot water for showers is essentially free real estate
From an engineering perspective sort of problematic having all the critical systems in your home be tied to a single point of failure.
Classic monolith vs microservice tradeoff.