Effortlessly manage your smart home ecosystem with Samsung's SmartThings app, your central hub for controlling Samsung Smart TVs, appliances, and a wide array of SmartThings-compatible devices. With SmartThings, you can seamlessly integrate and command hundreds of smart home brands, ensuring that your Samsung Smart TV, smart appliances, smart speakers, and devices like Ring, Nest, and Philips Hue all work together harmoniously within one convenient application.
SmartThings simplifies the way you interact with your home technology. Connect, monitor, and control multiple devices swiftly and efficiently. Enhance your experience by using voice commands through popular assistants like Alexa, Bixby, and Google Assistant, making home management even more intuitive.
Key Features
- Remotely manage and monitor your home from anywhere in the world.
- Create personalized routines triggered by time, weather, or device status to automate your home's operations seamlessly.
- Share control with family members or trusted individuals by granting them access to your SmartThings network.
- Stay informed with real-time status updates and automated notifications about your devices.
While SmartThings is optimized for Samsung smartphones, some features may be limited on other devices. Additionally, availability of certain features may vary by country. For an even more integrated experience, you can install SmartThings on Wear OS-based watches, allowing quick access to routines and device control directly from your wrist. SmartThings for Wear OS requires a connection to a mobile phone and offers complications for direct access from your watch face.
App Requirements
To ensure a smooth experience, your mobile device should have at least 2GB of RAM. For Samsung Galaxy users, Smart View is required for screen mirroring capabilities.
App Permissions
SmartThings requires certain permissions to function at its best. While you can use the app without granting optional permissions, some features may be limited:
- Location: Enables device location, location-based routines, and Wi-Fi scanning for nearby devices.
- Nearby Devices: (Android 12 and above) Allows scanning for nearby devices using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
- Notifications: (Android 13 and above) Provides updates on SmartThings devices and features.
- Camera: Facilitates QR code scanning for easy addition of members and devices.
- Microphone: Used for adding certain devices via high-frequency sounds.
- Storage: (Android 9-11) Enables data saving and content sharing.
- Files and Media: (Android 12) Allows 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) Supports making calls on smart speakers and displaying information about shared content.
- Phone: (Android 10 and above) Enables call functionality on smart speakers.
- Contacts: (Android 9) Retrieves contact phone numbers for text message notifications and identifies content senders.
- Contacts: (Android 10 and above) Retrieves contact phone numbers for text message notifications.
- Physical Activity: (Android 10 and above) Detects the start of pet walks.
