Samsung just turned its soundbar into a SmartThings hub
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The company is enabling Thread and Zigbee radios on its newest devices.
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    11 months ago

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    The electronics giant has been pushing SmartThings aggressively over the last couple of years as it works to connect all its appliances, TVs, smartphones, and other gadgets together in a unified IoT-based smart home ecosystem.

    The company also announced that more of its existing and new TVs and smart monitors now have the full hub experience — being a Matter controller, Thread border router, and Zigbee bridge.

    It launched a new developer portal and new smart home APIs designed to make it simpler for manufacturers to integrate SmartThings devices and services into their apps.

    Plus, Samsung showed off new integrations with Aqara devices and announced that its map-based SmartThings user interface for smart home control is finally coming to smartphones.

    Additionally, Jaeyeon Jung, EVP at Samsung Electronics and head of SmartThings, confirmed to me in an interview ahead of the event that all Family Hub fridges will also have the Thread / Zigbee chip built-in starting next year.

    And she confirmed that any automation involving devices connected to the multi-hub network will run locally, providing faster response times and greater reliability.

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