{"id":623403,"date":"2025-12-22T12:30:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T10:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=623403"},"modified":"2025-12-22T12:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T10:20:14","slug":"whats-next-nicolaas-hanekom-discusses-samsungs-latest-air-conditioners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/623403-whats-next-nicolaas-hanekom-discusses-samsungs-latest-air-conditioners.html","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Next \u2014 Nicolaas Hanekom discusses Samsung&#8217;s latest air conditioners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In this What\u2019s Next with Aki Anastasiou interview, Nicolaas Hanekom discusses Samsung\u2019s air conditioner range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hanekom is the Sales Lead for Digital Air Solutions at Samsung South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is focused on communicating the fantastic features and efficiency of Samsung\u2019s air conditioner range to the South African market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hanekom also helps South Africans understand how integrating their Samsung air conditioners into the SmartThings ecosystem provides meaningful benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is passionate about the role air conditioners can play in improving your home or business environment \u2014 not just during extremely hot conditions, but throughout the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The interview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this What\u2019s Next interview, Hanekom discusses the biggest shift in consumer expectations around home air conditioning today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then unpacks the standout technologies in Samsung\u2019s latest air conditioners, as well as how they help improve indoor air temperature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hanekom then reveals how AI enhances comfort and efficiency, before looking at the long-term energy savings that users can expect from Samsung\u2019s air conditioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also covers Samsung\u2019s inverter technology and why it is perfect for South Africa, before sharing the smart control features users get when pairing their air conditioners with the SmartThings ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hanekom concludes the interview by sharing the experience customers can expect when installing Samsung air conditioners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the full interview with Nicolaas Hanekom, below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What&#039;s Next \u2013 Nicolaas Hanekom on how smart air conditioning is reshaping modern home living\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CYRzO1GLDMg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicolaas Hanekom discusses the biggest shift in consumer expectations around home air conditioning today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":623404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[102682,645,102486,65345,65351],"class_list":["post-623403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-nicolaas-hanekom","tag-samsung","tag-samsung-windfree-air-conditioners","tag-whats-next","tag-whats-next-with-aki-anastasiou"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623403"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623403"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":623634,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623403\/revisions\/623634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}