Refrigerator
A refrigerator in this role exposes compartment temperatures, door state, and filter status to Home Assistant, so automations can catch a door left open and track filter life without a calendar reminder.
A connected refrigerator is the one appliance in the house that never turns off, which makes its telemetry unusually useful. Home Assistant reads the fridge and freezer setpoints, the door, the water and air filter status, and the rapid-cooling modes. Setpoints and boost modes are usually writable; the compressor never is.
How Selora AI uses refrigerators
- Door-left-open alerts that fire after a grace period, which is the single most requested and most valuable refrigerator automation.
- Filter reminders read from the appliance’s own water filter sensor rather than a hand-rolled countdown.
- Vacation handling that eases the setpoints a couple of degrees while the house is empty and restores them on the return trip.
- Ice and rapid-cool boosts triggered ahead of an event on the calendar instead of remembered on the day.
What installers should plan for
Refrigerators almost never expose an energy sensor, so compressor health and consumption tracking need a smart plug or a circuit-level energy monitor behind the appliance. Some controls that exist in the manufacturer’s app are read-only in Home Assistant, power-saving mode being the common example, so verify what is writable on the client’s specific model before designing an automation around it. Because these integrations are cloud-based, treat the door sensor as a notification source rather than a security signal.
Compatible devices
27 cu. ft. Smart InstaView Counter-Depth MAX French Door Refrigerator
The LRFGC2706S is a 27 cu. ft. Counter-Depth MAX French door refrigerator with an InstaView window, dual freezer drawers, and an internal water dispenser instead of a through-the-door one. It reports to Home Assistant through the cloud lg_thinq integration with the same entity set as the rest of LG's smart refrigerator range.
26 cu. ft. Smart InstaView Counter-Depth MAX French Door Refrigerator
The LRFOC2606S is a 26 cu. ft. Counter-Depth MAX French door refrigerator with an edge-to-edge InstaView window, dual ice makers, and an external ice and water dispenser. Home Assistant reads it through the cloud lg_thinq integration: compartment setpoints, door state, and filter life all arrive as entities.
23 cu. ft. Counter-Depth French 4-Door Refrigerator with Full-Convert Drawer
The LRMVC2306S is a 23 cu. ft. counter-depth French four-door refrigerator with Door-in-Door, an InstaView window, dual ice makers with Craft Ice, and a Full-Convert drawer that switches between fridge and freezer across five temperature settings. It reports to Home Assistant through the cloud lg_thinq integration.
26 cu. ft. Counter-Depth MAX French Door Refrigerator with Mirror InstaView
The LRYKC2606S is a 26 cu. ft. counter-depth French door refrigerator with a Mirror InstaView panel that returns to a mirror finish, four ice types including Craft Ice, and a tall dispenser sized for pitchers. Home Assistant connects through the cloud lg_thinq integration for setpoints, door state, and filter tracking.
Recipes that need this role
LG Fridge: Door Alert
Installs a Home Assistant automation that watches your LG fridge and freezer doors, straight from the ThinQ integration, and alerts you when one is left open longer than a grace period you set. Add lights and it flashes the room; add a speaker and it announces the warning out loud.
LG Fridge: Filter Reminder
Turns your LG fridge's built-in water filter sensor into a Home Assistant push notification, so you are told the moment the fridge reports the filter needs replacing instead of having to notice it in the app or on a dashboard. Optionally add the months-in-use sensor for an earlier heads-up.
LG Fridge: Ice Boost
Installs a Home Assistant automation that switches your LG fridge's rapid cooling on ahead of events on your calendar, so there is plenty of ice and cold drinks when guests arrive, then switches it back off when the event ends.
LG Fridge: Vacation Mode
Creates a Fridge vacation toggle. Flip it on before you travel and Selora AI eases your LG fridge and freezer setpoints up to an energy-saving level and switches rapid cooling off. Flip it back and everything returns to exactly what it was.