I was told at the store that the washer had wifi built in and that it was simple to connect. The washer has all of the wifi symbols and when you hold the temp button the wifi light starts flashing. I ended up having to call GE to verify whether or not it had this capability and have them assist. It turns out that not being able to initially connect to appliances is a known issue. They had me use an iOS device and it went through without a single problem.