SmartThings

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

About this app

Quickly and easily connect and control your smart home devices through SmartThings.
SmartThings is compatible with 100s of smart home brands. So, you can control all of your smart home gadgets in one place, including your Samsung Smart TV and smart home appliances.
With SmartThings, you can connect, monitor and control multiple smart home devices quicker and easier. Connect your Samsung smart TVs, smart appliances, smart speakers and brands like Ring, Nest and Philips Hue - all from one app.
Then control your smart devices using voice assistants including Alexa, Bixby and Google Assistant

[Key Features]
- Control and check in on your home from wherever you are
- Build routines that are set on time, weather, and device status, so your home runs smoothly in the background
- Allow shared control by giving access to other users
- Receive status updates about your devices with automated notifications

※ SmartThings is optimized for Samsung smartphones. Some features may be limited when used with other vendors' smartphones.
※ Some features may not be available in all countries.
※ You can also install SmartThings on Wear OS-based watches.
※ SmartThings for Wear OS is only available when the watch is connected to a mobile phone. You can get a quick access to routine run and device control by adding SmartThings tile on your watch. We provide SmartThings complications that allow you to enter SmartThings app service directly from watchface.

[App requirements]
Some mobile devices may not be supported.
- RAM size : 2GB over
- Galaxy : Smart View to support screen mirroring

※ App permissions
The following permissions are required for the app. You can use the app without optional permissions, but some functions may be limited.

[Optional access permissions]
• Location : Used to locate your devices, create routines based on your location, 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 so you can easily add members and devices to SmartThings
• Microphone : Used to add certain devices to SmartThings using high-frequency sounds
• Storage : (Android 9~11) Used to save data and share content
• 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 9) Used to make calls on smart speakers and show information about people sharing content with you
• Phone : (Android 10 ↑) Used to make calls on smart speakers
• Contacts : (Android 9) Used to get phone numbers of your contacts to send text message notifications and to show the names of people who send content to your devices
• 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

Ratings and reviews

Several issues. Our samsung water leak sensors all disappear as of July 1st. This was not their original behavior(several years of working well). Second issue is turning off or on devices with respect to sunset (or sunrise) time, or with some random variation seems very difficult if not impossible. Generally happy that it supposedly supports multiple protocol devices, particularly low bandwidth systems, but disapointed in other features.

The app is over complicated and makes even basic tasks like turning devices on and off difficult. Routines are a mess and have all sorts of odd limitations and warnings. The new device control integration is also a huge downgrade. Small things like every device being forcibly named "Personal Device - " means you can't see the name of any device, just "Personal Device -" in the menu. You can't really customize the layout, just the order, so it is as cluttered as before.

They require this app, and an account just to use your phone as a remote. Then it isn't even as full featured as other remote apps I have used. A quick google tells me that it used to be able play sound through your phone, but they removed that functionality. Why?!? They really need a separate app for people who just have a tv, not a smart home. As it is, this is enough to make me return my new tv and just get a much cheaper roku tv.

What's new

In order to provide you with better services, some features have been improved in the new version.

- You can share your Routines with others

- The device tab experience has been improved

- Hub group management menus are supported