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Samsung has announced that nan adjacent large type of SmartThings brings Matter 1.4 integration. It is nan first awesome smart location level to bring nan latest type of Matter, arsenic Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit, and Google Home don't person nan characteristic yet.
SmartThings now besides features deeper Samsung Health integration and much elasticity pinch Modes And Routines. It besides gets a caller characteristic for Samsung's soundbars and wireless speakers. These are nan features Samsung is introducing to its smart location level for this year.
SmartThings gets Matter 1.4 integration for wider instrumentality support, multi-platform controls
Samsung's SmartThings is nan first awesome smart location level to bring Matter 1.4, which is nan latest type of nan interoperable smart location standard. This type of Matter adds support for much instrumentality types, including batteries, artillery retention devices, power pumps, star panels, and h2o heaters.
Samsung says SmartThings' Matter 1.4 integration besides brings support for in-wall switches, dimmers, and dimmable load power devices (like instrumentality velocity regulators).
Matter 1.4 besides offers amended power complete things for illustration EV charging, robot vacuums, and thermostats. For example, you tin inquire a compatible robot vacuum to cleanable a circumstantial room. More importantly, Matter 1.4 makes it easier to usage 1 Matter-compatible instrumentality pinch aggregate platforms (like Alexa and Google Home) and offers much granular controls.
Samsung Health integration brings easier smart location controls to SmartThings
SmartThings and Samsung Health tin now activity together to connection a much conducive slumber situation and amended automation experiences. SmartThings tin now connection a slumber situation study that includes information for illustration c dioxide levels, humidity, ray intensity, and somesthesia from sensors installed successful your home.
You tin now set your sleeping situation based connected information from your Galaxy wearable. For example, you tin create automations to move connected nan lights erstwhile you really aftermath up, based connected information from erstwhile you Galaxy Ring aliases Galaxy Watch, alternatively than a peculiar clip of nan day. So, if you slumber much than accustomed connected a peculiar day, nan lights won't disturb your sleep. Or, you tin group nan curtains to unfastened and play euphony erstwhile you aftermath up.
SmartThings now offers much elasticity to Routines, sound broadcasts for soundbars and speakers
Samsung has improved SmartThings Routines too. They now support automations pinch recurring schedules (weekly, monthly, aliases yearly). For example, you tin automatically alteration nan colour of your lights connected your day aliases a typical event. If you person a Samsung smart show aliases smart TV launched successful 2025, you tin usage SmartThings to automatically move it connected and move to a euphony aliases news transmission successful nan greeting aft you aftermath up.
We recently reported that nan SmartThings app received nan expertise to broadcast your sound to SmartThings-capable smart speakers (like Music Frame) and soundbars. This characteristic was formally announced today, and it mimics sound broadcast functionality disposable connected rival platforms for illustration Alexa and Google Home.
Calm Onboarding for SmartThings-compatible smart location devices
SmartThings now supports a streamlined and easier setup process for not conscionable Samsung devices but besides SmartThings-compatible partner devices purchased from Samsung's website.
It links nan full merchandise travel to your Samsung account, truthful you get notifications astir your acquisition and merchandise transportation straight successful nan SmartThings app. This characteristic is called Calm Onboarding and it will first rotation retired successful South Korea and past to different countries.
Image Credits: Samsung, Matter
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