SmartThings

Editor's Review

🏡 SmartThings is your all-in-one solution for connecting and controlling your smart home devices with ease! 💡 Compatible with hundreds of smart home brands, SmartThings allows you to manage everything from your Samsung Smart TV to your smart home appliances in one convenient place. 📱

🔗 Connect your Samsung smart TVs, smart appliances, smart speakers, and popular brands like Ring, Nest, and Philips Hue, all from a single app. 🗣️ Control your smart devices using voice assistants such as Alexa, Bixby, and Google Assistant for a truly hands-free experience. 🤖

[Key Features]

🌍 Control and monitor your home from anywhere in the world. Whether you're at work or on vacation, stay connected to what matters most. 📍

⚙️ Create routines based on time, weather, and device status to automate your home. Set your lights to turn on at sunset or adjust your thermostat based on the weather forecast. ☀️

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Allow shared control by giving access to other users. Grant family members or roommates the ability to manage devices and settings. 🔑

🔔 Receive status updates about your devices with automated notifications. Stay informed about important events, such as a door opening or a water leak being detected. 🚨

⚠️ SmartThings is optimized for Samsung smartphones, and some features may be limited when used with other vendors' smartphones. Feature availability may also vary by country. 🌍

⌚ You can also install SmartThings on Wear OS-based watches for quick access to routine runs and device control. Add the SmartThings tile to your watch for easy access and use SmartThings complications to enter the app directly from your watch face. ⌚

[App requirements]

Some mobile devices may not be supported. The app requires a memory size of 3GB or over. 💾

[Optional access permissions]

📍 Location: Used to locate your devices, create location-based routines, and scan for nearby devices using Wi-Fi. 📡

📱 Nearby devices: (Android 12 ↑) Used to scan for nearby devices using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE). 🔵

🔔 Notifications: (Android 13 ↑) Used to provide notifications about SmartThings devices and features. 📣

📷 Camera: Used to scan QR codes to easily add members and devices to SmartThings. 📸

🎤 Microphone: Used to add certain devices using high-frequency sounds. 🔊

🗄️ Storage: (Android 10~11) / Files and media: (Android 12) Used to save data and share content. 💾

🖼️ Photos and videos: (Android 13 ↑) Used to play photos and videos on SmartThings devices. 🎬

🎵 Music and audio: (Android 13 ↑) Used to play sound and video on SmartThings devices. 🎶

📞 Phone: (Android 10 ↑) Used to make calls on smart speakers. 🗣️

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Contacts: (Android 10 ↑) Used to get phone numbers of your contacts to send text message notifications. ✉️

🏃 Physical activity: (Android 10 ↑) Used to detect when you start pet walks. 🐾

Features

• Control home from anywhere

• Build routines based on time/weather

• Allow shared control to users

• Receive status updates automatically

• Control Samsung smart TVs

• Control smart home appliances

• Compatible with Ring devices

• Compatible with Nest devices

• Compatible with Philips Hue

Pros

• Control devices from anywhere

• Automate home with routines

• Share control with other users

• Receive status updates via notifications

Cons

• Optimized for Samsung smartphones

• Feature availability varies by country