Amazon is expanding its smart button initiative with more brands for one-touch purchases in your home.

Earlier this year, Amazon.com introduced the Amazon Dash Button, a device that allows consumers to quickly order supplies with a simple push of button. The device went on sale for $4.99 by the end of July with 18 brands or buttons to choose from. Each button can be programmed to order a single product when pressed, which means you need different buttons for different brands.

Amazon’s dream of making online shopping a seamless part of your everyday life is slowly turning into reality as it has expanded its Dash Replenishing Service (DRS), the same reordering service that powers the Dash Button.  More brands have been added, including General Electric, Samsung, August, Gmate, Oster, Obe, Petnet, CleverPet, Sutro, Thync, and Sealed Air.

“Customers don’t have to do anything—they can simply rely on the connected device to automatically reorder the consumables that keep their homes running smoothly,”said Peter Larsen, Vice President, Amazon Devices. “For device makers, DRS makes it easy to add re-ordering functionality to their devices to deliver a helpful and differentiated experience for customers.”

How DRS works

DRS works by either measuring consumable usage by means of infrared sensors, scales or other mechanisms, to reliably determine when you are running low on supplies and triggers an order through the Dash Replenishment Service APIs, or a physical button can be placed on a product which a consumer can push to reorder.

To see DSR in action, you can drop by the the IoT Pavilion on October 6-8 at re:Invent, Amazon’s annual AWS conference in Las Vegas. There, you can see products from General Electric, August, Gmate, Petnet, Sutro, Sealed Air, and Brita in action. Also, Sealed Air hand sanitiser dispensers will be on display and ready for use by attendees all throughout the conference. These hand sanitizers will be connected to a real-time dashboard that showcases usage and reordering data.

Some DRS applications

Smart lock – when this device’s battery is running low, it can automatically order replacement batteries.

Water filter – the connected water filter will measure how much water has been filtered and will order a replacement filter when at the right time.

Wi-Fi printers – printers will measure ink and toner levels and will place orders before they ran out so you never ran out of ink or toner.

Connected washer and dryer – based on how much users do the laundry, the machines will be able to measure how much detergent and fabric softener is left and will order supply before they run out.

Automatic pet feeders – the device will automatically order pet food when it detects that the amount of pet food in the chamber is low.

Blood glucose meter – connected blood glucose meters can determine how many strips have been used and be able to order before your strips ran out.

Smart pool monitor – this device monitors chemicals in pools and with DRS, it will be able to determine how much chemical has been needed, and order them in time to make sure pools are clean and hygienic.

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