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Samsung’s New SmartThings Hub is Also Your New Wireless Charger

Kellen January 4, 2023 20

Samsung announced its new SmartThings hub today, called SmartThings Station. This little hub can control your home, help you find a lost smartphone, and charge your phone wirelessly. It may not have a screen, but this might a nice addition to your smart home...

Samsung, Google Working Together to Take Frustration Out of Smart Home Device Management

Tim October 12, 2022 5

During its annual developer conference today, Samsung admitted (not really by fault of its own) that controlling smart home devices from two different ecosystems can lead to some serious frustration. Whether it's system incompatibility or needing to switch...

NVIDIA SmartThings Link is Dead Today

Kellen June 30, 2021 7

Back in March, Samsung SmartThings notified owners of the SmartThings Link, a dongle hub that attached to the NVIDIA SHIELD, that the product was no longer supported and would stop working on June 30. Well, it's June 30, guys. If you own or owned a SmartThings...

SmartThings, Android Auto Integration Already Rolling Out to Users

Tim January 18, 2021 3

As part of its Unpacked announcement last week, Samsung detailed that SmartThings and Android Auto would get support for each other, which was great news for Samsung users who are invested into the SmartThings ecosystem. With this announcement, people in their...

Wow: Google and Samsung Partner for SmartThings, Google Assistant Integration

Tim December 8, 2020 12

Announced today, Google is partnering with Samsung to introduce a bunch of new integration between Samsung's SmartThings service and Google's Assistant and Nest services. Previously, both things weren't very friendly with each other, but moving forward, some...

DEAL: NVIDIA’s New SHIELD TV “Smart Home Edition” Bundle With SmartThings Link Costs $199 for Limited Time

Tim August 14, 2018

NVIDIA introduced a new SHIELD TV bundle this morning, the Smart Home Edition. Inside, buyers will receive a standard SHIELD TV unit with SHIELD Remote, but also get a SmartThings Link. With a Link, you’ll be able to start setting up your smart home via SHIELD...

Samsung Introduces New SmartThings Hub, New SmartThings WiFi System

Kellen August 13, 2018

After announcing the Galaxy Note 9 last week, Samsung is back with another new product, this time in the smart home space. Starting today, you can buy a bunch of new SmartThings-related products, including a new SmartThings Mesh WiFi System, a new SmartThings...

SmartThings Begins Transition Out of “Classic” App

Kellen March 5, 2018 11

Samsung sent emails to SmartThings users this morning, notifying them that the SmartThings app they have been using has been renamed to "SmartThings Classic" as we await the arrival of the new app to take its place. For now, it's looking like the new app will...