The ability to open the fridge hands-free would be a great idea.

I agree a hands-free feature would be a really great idea. As for cleaning the evaporator coils, they sell vacuum attachments designed for that purpose. Mine is 36" long and works well.

I believe my aunt had that feature on her fridge back in 1963. If you search the feature you'll find it was banned as unsafe for refrigerators.

I thought I remembered a pedal to open the fridge door - just like in that ad - but it was such a vague memory I didn't trust it.

My family's 1964 Philco bottom-freezer unit had a pedal to open the freezer door.

French door design would require two pedals. 😂

The pedal was so you could balance the water in your ice trays and get them into the freezer without spilling the contents. Before ice makers.

"Before ice makers".

A curse on ice makers! The riskiest part of a fridge/freezer combo; I hate having to pay for them and will never hook one up.

My dogs would love a pedal open fridge.

LG Signature URNTC2306N:

• Auto Open Door: ...step on the "Door Open" light projection on the floor in front of the refrigerator and the door gently opens.
• Auto Open Drawer: Freezer drawers glide out...in response to opening the freezer doors... Drawers seamlessly glide back in response to closing the freezer doors.
• Voice Control: By simply saying "Hi LG," ThinQ® responds to your voice to open the door...