Effortlessly manage your Samsung Smart TVs, appliances, and all SmartThings-compatible devices with the power of SmartThings. This innovative platform allows you to seamlessly connect and control your smart home ecosystem, ensuring a streamlined experience right at your fingertips.
SmartThings is designed to work with hundreds of smart home brands, providing you with the convenience of controlling your entire smart home setup from a single application. Whether it's your Samsung Smart TV, smart appliances, or even third-party devices like Ring, Nest, and Philips Hue, SmartThings brings everything together in one easy-to-use interface.
With SmartThings, you can not only connect but also monitor and control multiple smart home devices with unprecedented ease. Integrate your Samsung smart TVs, smart appliances, smart speakers, and other compatible brands into your SmartThings ecosystem, and control them all through voice commands with assistants like Alexa, Bixby, and Google Assistant.
Key Features
- Control and monitor your home from anywhere in the world, ensuring you're always connected to your smart devices.
- Create customized routines based on time, weather, or device status to automate your home's operations smoothly in the background.
- 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.
※ SmartThings is optimized for Samsung smartphones, though some features might be limited on other vendors' smartphones. Additionally, availability of certain features may vary by country.
※ Extend the convenience of SmartThings to your wrist with the SmartThings app for Wear OS-based watches. Quick access to routines and device controls is available by adding the SmartThings tile to your watch face, and you can also use SmartThings complications for direct access from your watch face.
App Requirements
To ensure smooth operation, your mobile device should have at least 2GB of RAM. For Galaxy users, Smart View supports screen mirroring, enhancing your control over your smart home.
App Permissions
SmartThings requires certain permissions to function at its best. While optional, these permissions enable full functionality:
- Location: Allows locating your devices, setting up location-based routines, and scanning for nearby devices via Wi-Fi.
- Nearby Devices: (Android 12 and above) Scans for nearby devices using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
- Notifications: (Android 13 and above) Sends notifications about your SmartThings devices and features.
- Camera: Scans QR codes for easy addition of members and devices to your SmartThings network.
- Microphone: Adds certain devices using high-frequency sounds.
- Storage: (Android 9-11) Saves data and shares content.
- Files and Media: (Android 12) Saves data and shares content.
- Photos and Videos: (Android 13 and above) Plays photos and videos on SmartThings devices.
- Music and Audio: (Android 13 and above) Plays sound and video on SmartThings devices.
- Phone: (Android 9) Enables calls on smart speakers and shows information about content sharers.
- Phone: (Android 10 and above) Enables calls 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 when you start pet walks.
While you can use the app without these optional permissions, some features may be limited. Ensure your device meets these requirements for the best SmartThings experience.
