SmartThings

Effortlessly manage your Samsung Smart TVs, appliances, and SmartThings-compatible devices with the power of SmartThings. This intuitive platform allows you to seamlessly connect and control your entire smart home ecosystem from one convenient app. Whether it's your Samsung Smart TV or a range of smart home appliances, SmartThings integrates with hundreds of smart home brands, making it your one-stop solution for home automation.

With SmartThings, the possibilities are endless. You can link up your Samsung smart TVs, smart appliances, smart speakers, and even popular brands like Ring, Nest, and Philips Hue, all managed through a single, user-friendly interface. Enhance your experience by using voice commands with assistants such as Alexa, Bixby, and Google Assistant, making control of your smart home even more accessible.

Key Features

• Remote Access: Control and monitor your home from anywhere in the world, ensuring peace of mind and convenience.
• Custom Routines: Create personalized routines based on time, weather, or device status to automate your home's operations smoothly.
• Shared Control: Easily grant access to other users, allowing seamless control and collaboration within your smart home environment.
• Automated Notifications: Stay updated with real-time notifications about your devices' status, keeping you informed and in control.

SmartThings is optimized for Samsung smartphones, though some features may be limited on other vendors' devices. Additionally, availability of certain features may vary by country. For enhanced mobility, you can also install SmartThings on Wear OS-based watches, provided they are connected to a mobile phone. This integration offers quick access to routines and device control directly from your wrist, with SmartThings tiles and complications allowing you to dive into the app's services from your watch face.

App Requirements

To ensure optimal performance, your mobile device should have at least 2GB of RAM. For Samsung Galaxy users, Smart View supports screen mirroring, enhancing your smart home experience.

App Permissions

SmartThings requires certain permissions to function effectively. While the app can be used without granting optional permissions, some features may be limited. Here are the optional access permissions:

• Location: Used to locate your devices, create location-based routines, and scan for nearby devices via Wi-Fi.
• Nearby Devices: (Android 12 and above) Utilizes Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to scan for nearby devices.
• Notifications: (Android 13 and above) Provides updates and alerts related to SmartThings devices and features.
• Camera: Enables QR code scanning for easy addition of members and devices to SmartThings.
• Microphone: Facilitates adding certain devices using high-frequency sounds.
• Storage: (Android 9 to 11) Allows saving data and sharing content.
• Files and Media: (Android 12) Used for saving data and sharing content.
• Photos and Videos: (Android 13 and above) Enables playing photos and videos on SmartThings devices.
• Music and Audio: (Android 13 and above) Plays sound and video on SmartThings devices.
• Phone: (Android 9) Allows making calls on smart speakers and displaying information about shared content.
• Phone: (Android 10 and above) Enables making calls on smart speakers.
• Contacts: (Android 9) Retrieves phone numbers for text message notifications and identifies senders of shared content.
• Contacts: (Android 10 and above) Retrieves phone numbers for text message notifications.
• Physical Activity: (Android 10 and above) Detects when you start pet walks.

With SmartThings, managing your smart home has never been easier or more efficient. Embrace the future of home automation today.