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Miele is a manufacturer of domestic appliances founded in 1899.
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'''[[Wikipedia:Miele|Miele]]''' is a German manufacturer of domestic appliances and commercial equipment. It  was founded in 1899 by Carl Miele and Reinhard Zinkann.


A lot of Miele appliances are equipped with online functionality.
==Consumer-impact summary==
====Freedom====
====Privacy====
====Business model====
====Market control====
==Incidents==
===Proprietary smart-home ecosystem===
Miele appliances are equipped with online functionality, and protocols used for managing those appliances are proprietary. No Matter integration is provided although Miele is part of CSA.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miele |url=https://csa-iot.org/members/search/?m_keywords=miele |access-date=20 Mar 2025 |website=CSA |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250120130535/https://csa-iot.org/members/search/?m_keywords=miele |archive-date=20 Jan 2025}}</ref>


The Protocols used for managing those appliances are proprietary. No Matter integration is Provided although Miele is part of CSA.<ref>https://csa-iot.org/members/search/?m_keywords=miele</ref>
Instead Miele offers its own protocol which is difficult to set up, needs a Miele Developer Account<ref>{{Cite web |title=Miele 3rd Party API Version 1.0.7 |url=https://www.miele.com/developer/ |url-status=live |access-date=20 Mar 2025 |website=[[Miele]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251104153124/https://www.miele.com/developer/ |archive-date=4 Nov 2025}}</ref> and is only practical for technically experienced users.


==  Miele app incident ==
Miele devices do not offer any official local API and instead require a connection to Miele's cloud service for any form of integration or app control to work. However, recent efforts of the [https://github.com/akappner/MieleRESTServer MieleRESTServer project] seem to have had success in controlling some devices via the local network through unofficial means.
With Version 4.0 released 7/2021 the Miele companion app suddenly lost critical advertised features:


* the Washing assistant
===Miele app incident (2021)===
* the ability to view the remaining detergent in washing machines.
With Version 4.0 released in 2021, the Miele companion app had suddenly lost critical advertised features<ref>{{Cite web |title=TwinDos detergent container levels no longer editable on new Miele home app? |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/Miele/comments/ph4udc/twindos_detergent_container_levels_no_longer/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1 |url-status=live |access-date=20 Mar 2025 |website=[[Reddit]]}}</ref> such as:


These functions came back slowly in 2022 after lots of negative feedback of users.
*'''The washing assistant'''
*'''The ability to view the remaining detergent in washing machines.'''
 
These functions came back slowly in 2022 after lots of negative feedback from users.
 
===Forced updates (2022)===
A user on X has reported that their dishwasher refuses to start unless the user run an update which the device has found after being connected to a WiFi.<ref>{{Cite web |last=@isislovecruft |date=31 Jan 2022 |title=my dishwasher won’t start until i let it update its firmware over the wifi |url=https://x.com/isislovecruft/status/1487947074901463040 |url-status=live |access-date=19 Mar 2025 |website=[[X]] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250708184047/https://x.com/isislovecruft/status/1487947074901463040 |archive-date=8 Jul 2025}}</ref>
 
==Products==
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== See also ==
 
* [[Bosch]]
* [[GE Appliances]]
 
==References==
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[[Category:Miele]]