My dishwasher won’t start until I let it update its firmware over the WiFi
Looks like a Miele. That menu can be exited (the image where it says &quot;Software Update&quot;, the tiny bit on the right... that&#x27;s a scroll bar of multiple options including the ability to exit this menu), but it does imply that the dishwasher is already connected to Wi-Fi and that it has determined that there is an update available.<p>There are few times that a dishwasher is interacted with, if not when you go into the menu to start it then when? It&#x27;s just asking &quot;Do you want to do this now?&quot; if not that is fine (the menu can be exited), but now you know to do it later.<p>Alternatively as the dishwasher clearly is on Wi-Fi already (the only way it would know there&#x27;s an update), one can use the Miele@Home app to perform the update at a more convenient time.<p>I have a Miele dishwasher, it is connected to Wi-Fi (on a VLAN with other white goods, outbound connections to certain domains only). The Wi-Fi is useful... the dishwasher auto-doses the powder, rinse aid, salt, etc... and can let me know the levels of those. In addition it tells me when the cycle is done. Performs updates, etc. There&#x27;s a Home Assistant integration too, but I&#x27;ve not done that (my VLAN setup prevented it!).<p>PS: If you&#x27;re of the opinion that a dishwasher doesn&#x27;t need to be on Wi-Fi and you wouldn&#x27;t connect it... then great, that&#x27;s another way not to be asked to do an update. This dishwasher isn&#x27;t going to ask to connect to Wi-Fi, it&#x27;s something you choose to do (something that takes a degree of determination I might add).