SmartThings

Effortlessly manage your Samsung Smart TVs, appliances, and a variety of SmartThings-compatible devices with the SmartThings app. This powerful platform serves as your central hub, allowing you to connect and control your smart home ecosystem with unparalleled ease.

SmartThings boasts compatibility with hundreds of leading smart home brands, ensuring that you can seamlessly integrate and manage all your smart gadgets in one convenient location. From your Samsung Smart TV to your smart home appliances, SmartThings empowers you to connect, monitor, and control multiple devices swiftly and efficiently. Enhance your smart home experience by linking devices from popular brands like Ring, Nest, and Philips Hue, all managed through a single, intuitive app.

Take control of your smart home using voice commands via Alexa, Bixby, or Google Assistant, making your daily routines even more convenient and hands-free.

Key Features

• Remote Access: Manage and monitor your home from anywhere in the world, giving you peace of mind and control at your fingertips.
• Automated Routines: Create personalized routines triggered by time, weather, or device status to ensure your home operates smoothly and efficiently in the background.
• Shared Control: Grant access to other users, making it easy to manage your smart home collaboratively.
• Real-Time Updates: Stay informed with automated notifications about your devices' status and activities.

※ SmartThings is optimized for Samsung smartphones, though some features may be limited when used with other vendors' smartphones.

※ Please note that some features may not be available in all countries.

※ SmartThings is also available on Wear OS-based watches, providing quick access to routines and device control through the SmartThings tile on your watch face. SmartThings complications allow you direct entry into the app from your watch face.

App Requirements

Ensure your mobile device meets the following criteria for the best SmartThings experience:

• RAM Size: At least 2GB
• Galaxy Devices: Smart View is required for screen mirroring functionality

App Permissions

SmartThings requires the following permissions to function optimally. While optional, these permissions enhance your ability to fully utilize the app's features:

Optional Access Permissions

• Location: Facilitates device location, location-based routines, and Wi-Fi-based device scanning.
• Nearby Devices: (Android 12 and above) Enables Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) scanning for nearby devices.
• Notifications: (Android 13 and above) Provides timely updates on SmartThings devices and features.
• Camera: Allows scanning of QR codes for easy addition of members and devices.
• Microphone: Utilized for adding devices via high-frequency sounds.
• Storage: (Android 9 to 11) Enables data saving and content sharing.
• Files and Media: (Android 12) Facilitates data saving and content sharing.
• Photos and Videos: (Android 13 and above) Permits playback of photos and videos on SmartThings devices.
• Music and Audio: (Android 13 and above) Allows for sound and video playback on SmartThings devices.
• Phone: (Android 9) Enables calls via smart speakers and displays information about content sharers.
• Phone: (Android 10 and above) Facilitates calls through smart speakers.
• Contacts: (Android 9) Retrieves contact phone numbers for sending text message notifications and displays names of content senders.
• Contacts: (Android 10 and above) Retrieves contact phone numbers for sending text message notifications.
• Physical Activity: (Android 10 and above) Detects the start of pet walks.