Samsung’s SmartThings app gets more home automation capabilities

Samsung has updated SmartThings, its app that lets users control the company’s IoT devices, with new home automation capabilities in an apparent bid to cross-sell more of its smart home devices and appliances to existing customers. Besides the automation features, users will get new integrations with the Samsung Health app, an intercom feature, and support for more devices through the Matter 1.4 smart home connectivity standard. The app’s “Routines” feature — like Apple’s Shortcuts and IFTTT, this is essentially a basic, no-code conditional programming interface that can trigger tasks — has been updated to enable a good amount of home automation. Image Credits:Samsung Users can now set routines to be repeated every week, every month, or every year, and SmartThings’ integration with the Health app and new 2025 Samsung TV models now enables you to set up automations, like having the lights automatically turn off when you go to bed, or have the TV start on a specific channel in the mo ... Read full article.