SmartThings

Effortlessly manage your Samsung Smart TVs, appliances, and a wide array of SmartThings-compatible devices with the SmartThings app. This powerful tool allows you to seamlessly connect and control your entire smart home ecosystem from one convenient platform.

SmartThings boasts compatibility with hundreds of leading smart home brands, enabling you to orchestrate your entire smart home experience, including your Samsung Smart TV and smart appliances, in one unified space. Whether it's your Samsung smart TVs, smart appliances, smart speakers, or devices from brands like Ring, Nest, and Philips Hue, SmartThings ensures you have complete control at your fingertips.

Enhance your smart home control by integrating voice assistants such as Alexa, Bixby, and Google Assistant, allowing you to manage your devices with simple voice commands.

Key Features

• Monitor and control your home remotely, ensuring peace of mind wherever you are.
• Create personalized routines triggered by time, weather, or device status for a seamless home automation experience.
• Share access with family or friends, making home management a collaborative effort.
• Stay informed with real-time notifications about your device statuses and updates.

While SmartThings is optimized for Samsung smartphones, some features might be limited on other brands' devices. Additionally, availability of certain features may vary by country. SmartThings can also be installed on Wear OS-based watches, providing quick access to routines and device control directly from your wrist when connected to a mobile phone.

App Requirements

To ensure optimal performance, your mobile device should have at least 2GB of RAM. Samsung Galaxy users can also enjoy screen mirroring with Smart View.

App Permissions

SmartThings requires certain permissions to function fully. Optional permissions allow for enhanced functionality but are not mandatory for basic use:

• Location: Facilitates device location, location-based routines, and Wi-Fi scanning for nearby devices.
• Nearby Devices: (Android 12 and above) Enables Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) scanning for nearby devices.
• Notifications: (Android 13 and above) Delivers real-time updates on SmartThings devices and features.
• Camera: Used for QR code scanning to add members and devices easily.
• Microphone: Assists in adding devices using high-frequency sounds.
• Storage: (Android 9 to 11) For saving data and sharing content.
• Files and Media: (Android 12) For data saving and content sharing.
• Photos and Videos: (Android 13 and above) Enables playback on SmartThings devices.
• Music and Audio: (Android 13 and above) Facilitates sound and video playback on SmartThings devices.
• Phone: (Android 9) For making calls on smart speakers and displaying information about shared content.
• Phone: (Android 10 and above) For making calls on smart speakers.
• Contacts: (Android 9) To retrieve contact phone numbers for text notifications and identify content senders.
• Contacts: (Android 10 and above) For retrieving contact phone numbers for text notifications.
• Physical Activity: (Android 10 and above) To detect the start of pet walks.