Built-In Wi-Fi Ranges From 41% to 100% Across Major Brands

Buying a “smart” appliance for the Wi-Fi feature? The brand on the door tells you less than you think. Among the models in our database whose own product page states a Wi-Fi status at all, the share that actually has Wi-Fi built in ranges from 41% at Bosch to 100% at Miele. Two brands that market the exact same connected-home app can land on opposite ends of that range.

Key takeaways:

• Built-in Wi-Fi share ranges from 41% (Bosch) to 100% (Miele) across the eight major brands with at least 20 catalogued models that state a Wi-Fi status either way.
• Samsung (99% of 142 stated models) and Miele (100% of 62) build Wi-Fi in almost without exception; Bosch (41% of 230) and Siemens (48% of 84) treat it as optional far more often.
• Bosch, Siemens and Neff all share one app, Home Connect, yet their combined built-in rate is only 44% across 335 models with a stated status, ranging individually from 41% (Bosch) to 52% (Neff).
• Beko-group brands sharing HomeWhiz, Beko, Grundig and Bauknecht, rarely state a Wi-Fi status at all (17 of a combined 100 catalogued models), but every one of those 17 has Wi-Fi built in.
• AEG’s 97% share is real but thin: only 39 of AEG’s 108 catalogued models, about 36%, state a Wi-Fi status at all, against 90%+ for Bosch, Siemens, Samsung and Miele.

How common is built-in Wi-Fi, really?

One rule first, because it decides what these numbers mean: a model only counts here when the manufacturer’s own product page states its Wi-Fi status one way or the other, recorded in our database as built-in, optional, or none. A model with no stated status is left out of the percentage entirely. It is never assumed to lack Wi-Fi just because the spec sheet stays quiet, matching this site’s standing rule that a missing value is never coerced to zero.

With that filter applied, here is the built-in share for every brand with at least 20 catalogued models that state a status:

Brand	Models with Wi-Fi status stated	Built-in	Share
Miele	62	62	100%
Samsung	142	140	99%
AEG	39	38	97%
LG	51	42	82%
Haier	22	14	64%
Neff	21	11	52%
Siemens	84	40	48%
Bosch	230	95	41%

Samsung’s SmartThings platform and Miele’s own app ecosystem both sit near universal: if a Samsung or Miele model tells you anything about Wi-Fi, the answer is almost always yes. Bosch sits at the other end. Of the 230 Bosch models in our database that state a Wi-Fi status, 95 have it built in and 135 explicitly do not.

The one number here that needs a caveat is AEG’s 97%. AEG’s own product pages state a Wi-Fi status for only 39 of AEG’s 108 catalogued models in our database, about 36%. The other 64% simply say nothing about connectivity. Bosch, Siemens, Samsung and Miele each disclose a status on 90%+ of their catalogued models (Bosch 230 of 244, Siemens 84 of 87, Samsung 142 of 157, Miele 62 of 76), so AEG’s near-perfect rate is real but rests on a much smaller and less certain sample.

Does one shared app mean one Wi-Fi rate?

Here is where the brand-name shortcut breaks down completely. Bosch, Siemens and Neff are all owned by BSH Group and all push the same Home Connect app, right down to shared marketing on their individual product pages, including this Bosch dishwasher, this Siemens coffee machine and this Neff dishwasher. Beko, Grundig and Bauknecht, now part of the Beko Europe portfolio, all push HomeWhiz instead, a fact Bauknecht’s own homepage repeats rather than running a separate Whirlpool-branded app.

App	Brands	Models with stated Wi-Fi status	Built-in	Share
Home Connect	Bosch, Siemens, Neff	335	146	44%
HomeWhiz	Beko, Grundig, Bauknecht	17	17	100%

Sharing one app across a brand family does not mean sharing one Wi-Fi attach rate, and these two rows are the proof. Home Connect brands disclose a Wi-Fi status on nearly every catalogued model, 95%+ as shown above, but only 44% of those disclosed models actually have Wi-Fi built in, ranging from 41% at Bosch up to 52% at Neff individually. HomeWhiz brands barely mention connectivity at all, just 17 of a combined 100 catalogued models state a status, roughly 17%, but every single one of those 17 has Wi-Fi built in.

Turn that into the decision at the shelf. A Home Connect badge on a Bosch, Siemens or Neff spec sheet is a genuine coin flip on whether that specific model has Wi-Fi. It tells you the app exists and the company wants you connected, not that this particular unit has the radio to do it. A HomeWhiz badge, on the rare model that mentions connectivity at all, is close to a sure thing. The app name on the box is a corporate-family fact. The Wi-Fi line on that one model’s own spec sheet is the fact that actually matters.

Which brand should you trust to include it standard?

If you are choosing between a dishwasher, a tumble dryer or a coffee machine and Wi-Fi control is part of the deal, treat the brand name as a starting hint, not an answer. At Samsung or Miele, the brand name carries real weight, both sit at 99% and 100% of stated models. At Bosch, Siemens or Neff, it carries almost none, since fewer than half of their stated models actually have it. Before you pay a premium for the “smart” trim, open that exact SKU’s own product page and find its Wi-Fi line. If you are torn between two specific models, compare them side by side rather than trusting whichever one has the louder app-ecosystem marketing.