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Samsung SmartThings now lets you sync your Philips Hue lights to music from various streaming services
Samsung has announced an extended partnership with Philips Hue to bring music sync integration with various streaming services to the SmartThings app.
Although the Philips Hue app already offers Spotify support to let users sync their lights to music, it doesn't provide a similar integration for other music streaming services. However, if you're using a Samsung phone, you can now use SmartThings to sync your Philips Hue lights to music from various streaming services.
Samsung announces Matter support on SmartThings IoT platform
Following the footsteps of Google and Apple, Samsung has announced support for the Matter standard for its SmartThings IoT platform.
Following the footsteps of Google and Apple, Samsung has announced support for the Matter standard for its SmartThings IoT platform.
Galaxy Watch Active 2 update adds Samsung SmartThings Find support
Samsung has added Smartthings Find to the Galaxy Active 2 smartwatch, as part of a major update rolling out now.
Samsung has started rolling out support for Smartthings Find, its version of Android "Find My Phone" functionality, launched last October, on the Galaxy Watch Active 2. The Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Ultra-Wideband (UWB) powered network, which works similarly to Tile, can detect enrolled Samsung devices such as the new Galaxy S21 range, as well as the $29 Galaxy SmartTag launched alongside it.
Samsung SmartThings integration with Google Nest goes live
Google and Samsung have announced that the promised integration between Google Nest and Samsung Smartthings is now live.
Google and Samsung have confirmed that the promised tighter integration between Google Nest and Samsung Smartthings has been launched, following its announcement at the end of last year. Although quietly announced alongside yesterday's Samsung Unpacked launch, reports on Reddit suggest it actually went live at the start of the week, offering control for Nest cameras, thermostats and doorbells inside the Smartthings app, for the first time.
Google Nest and Samsung SmartThings devices to work together fully, at last
Google has announced that it will offer full interoperability with Samsung SmartT % hings from January 2021, including support for Nest Cameras.
Google Nest and Samsung SmartThings have agreed to start playing nice, after years of being largely incompatible, rival systems. As two of the largest ecosystems for smart home, closer cooperation between the two is a massive step in breaking down the fragmentation that has built up as thousands of companies attempt to make their eco-system "the one".
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Smart home popularity has risen substantially over the past few years, and even the past few months. CES 2017 set the scene for another small explosion of these devices as Apple, Google, and Amazon all expanded their smart home ecosytems – albeit at different rates – with Amazon’s Alexa assistant boasting the most growth.