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An alarm could likely help you accomplish the same thing without the wifi-connected washing machine.
Whatever works for you works for you, though.
Likely an alarm needs to be set every time, a notification of finished load is likely automatic.
Yup, I have alarms in my phone for this. Adhd means I'll forget to set that alarm most of the time.
Get an NFC card and stick it to the device, set it to start a timer for you and tap when you do the washing.
I have to remember to tap my phone for that to work.
You also have to breathe to live, unfortunately
That's handled by my autonomous nervous system. Tapping a phone to a NFC tag is not a function of the autonomous nervous system.
This is only true if every load takes exactly the same amount of time. Modern machines have more sensors to adjust things like water level and spin times. Very often now I start my washer and the time will drop from 1 hour depending on how much is in the machine.
Plus, the alarm is easy to dismiss and forget about. An actual notification on my phone isn't.
Well, you don't necessarily need to deal with the laundry the second the machine is ready - if you merely set the alarm to be the approximate maximum time, you're probably going to be fine with the laundry spending half an hour or so sitting wet in the machine.
If the alarm is easy to dismiss, then perhaps a reminder app could be of use. I frequently use Google Tasks with a time for the tasks to cope with everyday life, which sends a notification at the specified time.