Samsung’s New Smart Home Hub
As the smart home market continues to grow, users need simple, interoperable and dependable ways to connect a more significant number of devices.
Today, Samsung launched a new smart hub called SmartThings Station to help make this easier and cheaper for consumers. It offers quick setup and compatibility with a range of Matter devices with the simplicity that users expect from Samsung.
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SmartThings Station
As Fastcompany Jaeyeon Jung Smarttag Smartthings December continues to expand its smart home product lineup, the company is offering the SmartThings Station as a hub for users to quickly and easily connect their devices. Using the Samsung SmartThings app, users can set up pre-set routines to automate their homes. The app also allows users to monitor their appliances and devices, and control their lighting and temperature settings, among other things.
According to the company, a single tap on the SmartThings button can trigger routines to turn on lights or adjust thermostats, for example. A long press or double tap could control devices that are set up through the SmartThings app, such as locking doors or arming a security system.
The Fastcompany Jaeyeon Jung Smarttag Smartthings December works with a range of smart home devices including those that support Matter, and it can even act as a wireless charging pad for your phone or other device that supports Qi (up to 15W). As well as acting as a hub, the Samsung SmartThings Station can act as a Zigbee controller for many popular connected gadgets.
One of the best features of the Samsung SmartThings Station is that it’s easy to set up. When you power it on for the first time, a series of pop-up messages will appear on your smartphone to guide you through the connection process. The Samsung SmartThings app then allows you to efficiently onboard devices by scanning a QR code with a smartphone camera.
You can also use the station to trigger a number of automated tasks, including turning on the lights at night or shutting off all the lights at bedtime. It can also act as a shortcut to activate the do not disturb mode of a Galaxy phone, or sense the whereabouts of your other SmartTags and Wearables.
A quick tap on the SmartThings button can also kickstart routines for your devices, so a quick tap before you go to sleep can start a Good Night scene that shuts off all of your lights and turns down your heating. Another routine, in the morning, could be set up to turn on your alarm and wake you up by switching off your television.
SmartThings Energy
SmartThings Energy is the latest addition to Samsung’s eco-friendly offerings and a major step toward helping people reduce their energy usage. It monitors the real-time energy consumption of connected appliances and devices, and analyzes them to provide tips on how to save energy and reduce power bills.
While other brands offer similar services, Samsung is the first to integrate this information into their smart home platform. That means you’ll be able to see your energy consumption from anywhere in the world and set automations to optimize it.
The service is free and runs within the SmartThings app, but there are some steps to get it set up. You need to add your electricity smart meter to the app and then enable the “SmartThings Energy Control” service. Once that’s done, you can then connect any of the devices in your home that support it and start tracking your energy usage.
For example, if you use your air conditioner to cool down your house during the summer, it can send you a notification if you’re consuming more power than usual, so that you can adjust the temperature setting on your unit. You’ll also be able to set daily energy-saving targets, and the system will automatically switch your device to its energy-saving mode when it hits those limits.
You can also see which devices are consuming the most energy when they’re not in use, so that you can make better decisions about how to operate them. It also gives you notifications when devices are left on when you’re not in the house, and it sends alerts if they’re consuming more than their monthly target.
It’s important to note that the SmartThings Energy feature will only work if you have compatible Samsung products in your home, so it’ll only be useful for people with a full suite of the company’s smart devices. But it’s a good start, and it should be possible to build automations around the feature that will help you make smarter choices about how you use your electricity.
It’s a great way to start reducing your carbon footprint while saving money, and it could be especially helpful for people on a tight budget. It also offers an easy way to monitor your home’s energy usage, which is a must-have these days.
SmartThings Find
Fastcompany Jaeyeon Jung Smarttag Smartthings December has a new smart home hub that’s designed to be as matter-friendly as possible. It’s called the SmartThings Station, and it comes with a built-in wireless fast charging pad, as well as a single button that can trigger your favorite smart home routines, including Samsung’s item-tracking service SmartThings Find.
The SmartThings Find feature lets users track the location of their Galaxy devices and other items with a tag attached – from smartphones, tablets, watches, earbuds and other personal belongings to keys or a wallet. The application routinely scans for the devices and tags in the user’s home and provides a location alert on their smartphone whenever they leave or return.
That’s great news for Samsung Galaxy owners who want to keep track of their devices without having to rely on the SmartThings app or an external device. Now, they can do it all on their smartphone or tablet – just download the new SmartThings Find software update and open the Samsung app.
It’s a great addition to the growing list of asset tracking features available in the SmartThings ecosystem, and it’ll help you locate your missing devices when you lose them. With an integrated map direction feature and the ability to “ring” a lost device, you can get it back right away.
Another benefit of this new feature is that you can use it on your smartphone, rather than your tablet or watch, which makes it easier to locate a device when you’re out and about. That’s because you can use the app to activate the search nearby function, which uses color graphics that increase in intensity when it detects that a device is getting closer to your smartphone.
Adding to the convenience of the new feature is a quick QR scan that gets the app up and running in seconds. It also sends an automatic setup message to your Samsung Galaxy phone as soon as you plug the SmartThings Station into your wall and turn it on.
With all that in mind, the Samsung SmartThings Station is an extremely attractive choice for people looking to get their smart home off the ground quickly and easily. It’s a great way to connect your Matter-compatible gadgets and get the ball rolling on smart home automation, and it’s affordable enough that anyone can afford to give it a try.
SmartThings Routines
The Fastcompany Jaeyeon Jung Smarttag Smartthings December may be a bit on the pricier side, but it comes with a number of clever tricks up its sleeve. For starters, it boasts a nifty little QR code scanner to onboard devices with minimal fuss. It also has a multi-coloured LED display that shines when you’re looking at it. In addition to the hub’s main features, the company has included some blingtastic extras in the form of a Smart Tag that can track the whereabouts of any device with a hologram attached.
For something to do with a smartphone, the company has also introduced the SmartThings app for Android phones and tablets. It’s been around for a while, but it’s a bit more streamlined than before, making it a cinch to install and use.
