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Intelligent Auto Fill

The perfect, hands-free pour

Meet our new refrigerator that uses AI to sense and fill nearly any container for a seamless, splash-free fill.

Hands-free fill

The smarter way to fill

Our AI-enabled dispenser uses three advanced sensors to detect your cup, measure depth, and auto-stop when full.

Hands-free fill

Convenient, automatic start and stop

Universal compatibility

Extra-Tall Dispenser fits bottles and containers up to 14”

Splash proof

A steady water flow helps to prevent spills and splashback

Universal compatibility

Automatically fills nearly any

Tall enough for oversized water bottles and wide enough for coffee pots, you can fill nearly any container in your kitchen.

Splash-proof

Fill your water, hands-free

Experience the beauty of advanced laminar flow—a smooth, steady stream of water that pours perfectly into nearly any container without splashing.

Discover innovative features designed to elevate your every day

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Smart Align Technology

Tells you if your cup is off-center so you can easily adjust it, while ignoring non-cup objects to prevent accidental splashes and messes.

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Expandable Drip Tray

Slide out the extendable base to easily help steady wider containers, mixing bowls and large pitchers.

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14” LED Strip Lighting & Lock Feature

Lighting illuminates the dispenser on approach for a clear view—day or night—while the control lock ensures effortless, wipe-clean maintenance.

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FAQs

KitchenAid® Intelligent Auto Fill lets you set your cup down and have it filled correctly, hands-free. AI intelligently senses when your cup is within the dispenser, your glass is off-center, or can even detect when a hand pulls your cup away, ensuring a splash-proof, "set and forget" water-filling experience.

The built-in ultrasonic sensor measures depth, finds cup rim, cup bottom and dispenser bottom, then continues to fill containers up to 75%. When cups are removed from the water well, the sensor automatically stops dispensing water, which helps prevent spills and messes.

The Extra Tall Dispenser fits vessels as small as 2” and up to 10.5" tall. Sensors will detect the height of various containers. Plus, the Expandable Drip Tray fits containers from 1.5” to 7” wide — perfect for wider vessels like pots and pans.

To prevent spills, the auto-fill stops around 75%. If you’d like to fill your glass more, simply press and hold the Pour/Stop button to top it off manually.

Yes, this AI fridge dispenser features an ultrasonic Intelligent Auto Fill sensor that measures container depth and will accurately fill containers up to 75% and then auto stop. It is recommended to add ice before using the automatic water fill. The sensors account for the ice volume to prevent overfilling.

The optical sensor functions purely as an operational tool to detect containers in the dispense area. It does not record audio, and visual data is strictly used to process dispenser placement and accuracy.

The LCD screen will show a “Centralization Animation” with directional arrows to help the user align the vessel with the nozzle. An alert tone will also play every 5 seconds until it is centered.

Yes, all KitchenAid® refrigerators with Intelligent Auto Fill are ENERGY STAR® certified.

No, only select KitchenAid® intelligent refrigerators feature Intelligent Auto Fill.

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How Intelligent Auto Fill works

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Proximity sensor

Senses your approach to illuminate the dispenser and activate the camera system so it’s ready before you even place your cup.

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Infared camera

Uses an integrated machine learning model to instantly recognize your cup and confirm it’s perfectly centered before dispensing.

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Ultrasonic sensor

Works alongside computer vision algorithms to measure precise depth, automatically stopping the fill around 75% to prevent splashing and overflows.

Compatible container sizes

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Minimum auto fill size

2" Tall / 1.5" Wide

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Maximum auto fill size

10.5" Tall / 7" Wide

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Maximum dispenser clearance

14” Tall