LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 2, 2026--
GE Profile ™ today unveiled the GE Profile™ 27.9 Cu. Ft. Smart 4-Door French-Door Refrigerator with Kitchen Assistant™ ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026. This groundbreaking appliance redefines the role of the refrigerator, transforming it from a passive appliance into an intelligent hub that takes the guesswork out of grocery shopping, streamlines meal planning, and helps reduce food waste. Now, consumers can finally break the daily cycle of wondering, “What’s for dinner?”
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With busy lives and constant pressure, struggling to remember what to buy for all members of a household becomes a leading chore. The GE Profile™ Smart Refrigerator delivers the ultimate solution with a first-of-its-kind, built-in Scan-to-List barcode scanner seamlessly positioned in the exterior dispenser. This patented innovation tackles the universal pain point of grocery guesswork by delivering precise, error-free tracking that simplifies routines for the whole household. With more than four million products recognized in the Scan-to-List solution, users simply scan any grocery or household item running low, and the fridge automatically adds it—complete with brand, flavor, and size—to a digital, shareable, shoppable grocery list in the SmartHQ™ app. This shared list can be referenced while shopping in the store or synced directly to Instacart for delivery in as fast as 30 minutes, minimizing forgotten essentials, streamlining routines for busy households and reclaiming precious time. For non-barcode items, users can easily add them via voice or text on the refrigerator or in the SmartHQ™ app.
“The GE Profile™ Smart Refrigerator with Kitchen Assistant™ builds on our legacy of kitchen breakthroughs by delivering solutions that adapt to real lives and solve universal stressors such as meal decision fatigue and grocery shopping," said Jason May, executive product director of French-door refrigeration at GE Appliances. "We're creating intuitive experiences that feel natural and effortless, turning the refrigerator into a true kitchen companion that evolves with families over time."
Through this innovative refrigeration solution, GE Profile is also helping reduce food waste while saving owners time and money with FridgeFocus™—a smart solution that tackles the everyday frustration of overbuying perishables and forgotten fridge contents. Integrated into a flush-mount LED bar, this camera delivers real-time, on-demand snapshots of crisper drawers, focusing on the most costly and perishable items. Integrated with the AI-powered vision system, it empowers anyone in the household to remotely check inventory while shopping, simplifying planning and preventing duplicates. For added control, users can easily turn off the camera in the app or slide a physical shutter to restrict camera vision.
These disruptive refrigerator concepts go beyond passive storage, saving owners time and money by providing a complete end-to-end solution that turns hectic weeknights into inspired moments. Additional features include:
The GE Profile™ Smart 4-Door French-Door Refrigerator with Kitchen Assistant™ will be available in standard-depth and counter-depth starting in April 2026 at geappliances.com and select retailers nationwide for a suggested MSRP of $4,899.
Attendees at CES 2026 can experience private demos by appointment only. Email geappliances@allisonworldwide.com for more information.
About GE Profile™
As a leader in connected appliances, GE Profile offers kitchen and laundry solutions with sleek aesthetics and leading-edge features that simplify daily life. At the intersection of meaningful technology and sophisticated design, GE Profile brings smarter innovation to life through its line of major and small appliances. For the latest products, visit www.geprofile.com or @geprofile on Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest or YouTube.
About GE Appliances, a Haier company
At GE Appliances, a Haier company, we come together to make good things, for life. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, we are a leading U.S. manufacturer of home appliances with 15,500 team members nationwide. GE Appliances, found in half of all U.S. homes, is proud to be rated America’s #1 Appliance Company 1 and trusted by millions of families nationwide. We manufacture and sell products under the Monogram™, Café™, GE Profile™, GE®, Haier™, and Hotpoint™ brands. Our operations support nearly 90,000 additional American jobs and represent an investment of more than $2 billion since 2016. We are deeply committed to the communities where we live and work, passionate about getting closer to our product users to understand their needs and driven by the belief that there’s always a better way.
To learn more about our company, brands, career opportunities, and impact, visit geappliancesco.com or connect with us on LinkedIn
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GE Profile’s latest refrigeration innovation eliminates grocery guesswork, helps reduce food waste and simplifies busy household routines. (Photo: GE Appliances, a Haier company)
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss investigators believe sparkling flares atop Champagne bottles started a fire in a bar at an Alpine ski resort that left 40 people dead and another 119 injured during a New Year’s celebration.
Most injuries, many of them serious, occurred when the blaze swept through the crowded bar in southwestern Switzerland in the early hours of Thursday.
The Crans-Montana resort is best known as an international ski and golf venue. Overnight, the Le Constellation bar morphed from a scene of revelry into the site of one of Switzerland’s worst tragedies.
Here’s what we know:
The blaze broke out around 1:30 a.m. Thursday during a holiday celebration inside the Le Constellation bar.
Two women told French broadcaster BFMTV they were inside when they saw a male bartender lifting a female colleague on his shoulders as she held a lit candle in a bottle. The flames spread, collapsing the wooden ceiling, they told the broadcaster.
People tried to escape from a nightclub area in the basement, up a flight of stairs and through a narrow door, causing a crowd surge, one of the women said.
A young man at the scene said people smashed windows to escape, reported BFMTV. He said he saw about 20 people scrambling to get out of the smoke and flames.
Gianni Campolo, a Swiss 19-year-old who was in Crans-Montana on vacation, rushed to help first responders after receiving a call from a friend who escaped the inferno. He described a scene of people trapped on the ground, severely injured and burned.
“I have seen horror and I don’t know what else would be worse than this,” Campolo told French broadcaster TF1.
Swiss officials described the blaze as a likely flashover, meaning that it triggered the release of combustible gases that can then ignite violently.
The injured suffered from serious burns and smoke inhalation. Some were flown to specialist hospitals across the country and elsewhere in Europe.
Authorities urged people to show caution in the coming days to avoid any incidents that could require the already overwhelmed medical resources.
Out of the 119 injured, 113 have now been identified, officials said Friday.
The severity of the burns has made it very difficult to identify bodies, bringing fresh agony for families who now must hand over DNA samples to authorities. In some cases, wallets and any ID documents inside turned to ash in the flames.
Emanuele Galeppini, a promising 17-year-old Italian golfer who competed internationally, is officially listed as one of Italy’s missing nationals. His uncle Sebastiano Galeppini told Italian news agency ANSA that their family is awaiting the DNA checks, though the Italian Golf Federation on its website announced that he had died.
Italy's foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, said that 13 Italian citizens were injured and six remained missing by midday Friday. Galeppini’s name was on the missing persons list.
France's foreign ministry said eight French people are missing and another nine are among the injured. Top-flight French soccer team FC Metz said one of its trainee players, 19-year-old Tahirys Dos Santos, was badly burned and has been transferred by plane to Germany for treatment.
On Instagram, an account filled up with photos of people who remained unaccounted for, with their friends and relatives begging for tips about the whereabouts of the missing.
The injured include 71 Swiss nationals, 14 French and 11 Italians, along with citizens of Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Luxembourg, Belgium, Portugal and Poland, Valais Canton police commander Frédéric Gisler said Friday. The nationalities of 14 people remain unclear.
The nearby regional hospital in Sion took in a flood of victims from the fire. Its general director, Eric Bonvin, recounted how staff scrambled to determine the extent of people’s injuries.
The hospital — in the heart of the Alps and no stranger to winter sports accidents — was well staffed for the end of the year, when crowds flock to the mountains. On top of that, many colleagues who had not been scheduled to work rushed in to lend a hand.
Still the hospital, which is about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the resort by air, quickly hit full capacity, authorities said, taking in about 80 seriously injured people in just three hours.
As of Friday, the hospital still had about 30 seriously injured patients in its care.
With high-altitude ski runs rising around 3,000 meters (nearly 9,850 feet) in the heart of the Valais region’s snowy peaks and pine forests, Crans-Montana is one of the top venues on the World Cup circuit.
The resort will host the best men’s and women’s downhill racers, including Lindsey Vonn, for their final events before the Milan Cortina Olympics in February.
The town’s Crans-sur-Sierre golf club, down the street from the bar, stages the European Masters each August on a picturesque course.
Dazio reported from Berlin and Leicester reported from Sion, Switzerland. Geir Moulson in Berlin, Graham Dunbar in Geneva and Nicole Winfield in Rome contributed to this report.
A police officer helps a boy to light a candle near the sealed off Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, where a devastating fire left dead and injured during the New Year's celebrations. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
Police officers inspect the area where a fire broke out at the Le Constellation bar and lounge leaving people dead and injured, during New Year’s celebration, in Crans-Montana, Swiss Alps, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
