Samsung has been working for years to improve the ecosystem created by its products. In the company’s catalog not only mobile phones or televisions are included, we can also find other devices such as washing machines, air conditioners or refrigerators. There is a great synergy between all of them. user can manage from the same place:SmartThings.

This app has undergone some very interesting changes in recent months; for example, with the addition of a 3D map that allows us to see all our Samsung devices. A new update is coming to the Android version of the applicationand we’ll tell you all the news right below.

SmartThings updated to give more information and control over our home

This update moves the app forward version 1.8.21.28It brings some very interesting changes, but the thing that stands out the most might be the new ‘Home Insights’ function. Announced at Samsung’s last SDC, this device has a pretty clear mission: Show us all the important data about our smart home, allowing us to see it at a single glance. In this way, we will be able to know data such as energy consumption or indoor air quality.

Actually, ‘Home Insights’ function enhanced with artificial intelligenceThanks to it, it will provide us with summaries and recommendations that will help us manage all devices better. Of course, AI-powered summaries are currently only available in South Korea, but the hope is that it won’t be too long before they reach the rest of the markets.

We will see another development coming to SmartThings in the ‘Routines’ function; This is a great advancement for automating any process. Thanks to the update, we will be able to categorize the routines as we wish, thus making it easier to manage them. There is also a new feature called ‘Daily Routines’; Thanks to this feature, we can assign time conditions to each routine, thus avoiding having multiple routines for the same thing (for example, turning on the lights in the morning and evening). .

The ‘Devices’ tab interface also looks much improved. Thanks to the update, We will have more information and control without having to click on the name of each device. According to Samsung, this ‘Devices’ function is compatible with many of the company’s products, such as soundbars or refrigerators, among others.

Now the app will also allow us to: More direct control from mobile panel About some devices. Already available for televisions or monitors, this panel will allow us to turn on an oven, for example, without having to open SmartThings. Of course, it’s currently only available for devices from 2024 onwards.

Finally, the update brings with it an innovation that can save us from trouble. This way, if our favorite controller fails (due to connectivity or power issues), we may have a backup To control each of the Samsung devices we have configured in SmartThings. Undoubtedly, a wide range of new features that only improve the ecosystem of the South Korean firm.

via | sammobile

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