Samsung SmartThings Gets Matter, Thread, and More!
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Күн бұрынIt's time for your Matter smart home news update! Things are moving fast in the world of Matter, Thread, and the whole smart home world in general, but Samsung SmartThings is moving even faster with new partners like @Aqara , @Nanoleaf , GE Cync, and Eve Energy all joining the platform.
Samsung SmartThings Edge is about more than the Matter smart home standard and you'll get a fancy new camera feature because of it too. Edge will give you access to LAN devices too, not just Zigbee and Z-Wave devices.
But it's not all good, because @Samsung has made decisions like holding back their televisions from being Matter devices (while allowing them to be Matter controllers). So there's still a world of walled gardens being built in some cases.
All this and more in our latest tech news segment that focuses on the home automation platform known as SmartThings and the Matter smart home protocol and standard.
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@garethjones5068 Жыл бұрын
It’s good to see that the concern some fellow smart home commentators had regarding the longevity of SmartThings is so far proving unnecessary, Samsung seem firmly committed to it as a core element of their home appliances strategy
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
It is good to see!
@matthuber8456 Жыл бұрын
Saying that Samsung not bridging Zigbee and Z-Wave is “miss” is a major understatement. I’ve been buying Samsung devices for years, and this just feels like punishment for being loyal all this time. The entire point of Matter is to reduce lock-in, and instead Samsung using it to INCREASE lock-in for the oldest customers. I would have been willing to shell out for a new hub if it meant that my Zigbee and Z-Wave devices would have been accessible on Matter. I’ve had it with them pulling these moves. I’ve just setup a Hubitat and I’m transitioning away from SmartThings. So glad I’m not going to be giving them any more of my money.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
They'll be reading that comment, I'm sure. I hope they catch the hint here. Loyalty is beyond important to any company and these moves are beyond painful for consumers. Even Aqara being a bridge says that they could do it...so what gives?
@morells09 Жыл бұрын
Samsung does not reward customer loyalty, ever. Learned that the hard way a long time ago and haven’t bought a product of theirs since.
@bbpickering5911 Жыл бұрын
Hubitat and Homey Pro will be on my Christmas list.
@vid111 Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Does Aqara expose the zigbee devices over matter? Any alternative hub to SmartThings that has zigbee and exposes the devices over matter?
@MD-gk4uh Жыл бұрын
@@morells09 THIS! Used to buy all samsung and now all my things are non Samsung from 22 and onward. When they tell you top of the line can't connect to your top of the line phone since they are unveiling to update the software and they tell you they won't while the same samsung product works fine on iphone was the last straw. Not gonna update appliances every 2 years to have up to date software. UNBELIVABLE! Over next 3 years they will loose 10k of my money...and I'm not the only one.
@Max86421 Жыл бұрын
When it come to smart devices easy set up more important to me... 💯
@chrisnelson3470 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for all the updates. Off topic but. I have a few GE switches with custom device handler to enable double/triple tap functionality do you know if I will lose that functionality? And how do I get that functionality for any new switches I install?
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
It's likely that special function will disappear. However you could check in with the developer of that DTH and see! If they've made it once, they can do it again with Edge Drivers. I haven't looked though at the drivers for switches close enough to know if it's already there though. So maybe look there first!
@chrisnelson3470 Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Thanks. Just found it (google)and install a new switch. works great on the new switch, thanks again. That would be a good video to show the steps.
@merrickbryan85 Жыл бұрын
I'm looking forward to better connectivity between aqara, hue and nanoleaf with the Aeotec/Smartthings hubs. Govee just needs to jump on board before the DTH's disappear at the end of the year!
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Ohhhh mannnnn come on Govee...
@rousehouse Жыл бұрын
Great news and great video. Thanks!
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Thanks Shawn!
@vithushanthayalan4413 Жыл бұрын
Hey i have a SmartThings and a hue hub. I was wondering if it was possible to control hue bulbs and Ikea bulbs with a Ikea styrbar remote. Or if I can control a room in SmartThings with a remote?
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
There are lots of remotes that work with smart things and would allow you to do that. I'm not sure on the specific one because I think that it is only for Ikea products
@PeloquinDavid Жыл бұрын
Yahoo! I (finally) ordered my first Aeotec Smarththings V3 hub. It - and my existing Aqara M1S hub) will be the core of my Thread mesh network...
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
It'll be interesting to watch all this come together!
@PeloquinDavid Жыл бұрын
Just connected the new Aeotec hub, updated its firmware, and voilà! Open connections to Aqara and many, many other new brands of devices that previously didn't work with Smartthings... ... but not (yet?) my Cync bulbs 😢
@ONI1013. 4 ай бұрын
Hi Brian. I know you mentioned early on video that we don’t need to upgrade our ST v2 hub if we have those other devices that are Thread border Routers, but my question would be if there are any advantages in having ST’s own Thread Border Router as I start building my Thread Network? I already have 4 active Thread networks (from Apple, Amazon, Google) and all my matter-over-thread devices still successfully connected to my ST V2 hub. It’s just not natively utilizing its own Thread network and relying on the one of the other four. Also aware of losing half the memory and processing speed going to v3. Maybe if it ain’t broke don’t fix??
@AutomateYourLife 4 ай бұрын
If it ain't broke is just right. :) Thread networks are about to become one. Watch this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9FpqK93p7fVeGQ.html and it's towards the end. So that means if you have a Thread border router at all in your home, and you're using Matter, it's going to be shared easily. This will take a while, so your option of going to the V3 (or even the Station) lets you go that Matter/Thread route immediately :)
@ONI1013. 4 ай бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Thanks Brian. As usual, always helpful. To clarify, I already am able to use matter-over thread devices in ST by way of the other Thread Border Routers in house, but just wasn’t sure if any advantages of adding the ST’s native Thread Border Router or not. I can wait anyways until can unify all the thread networks, but is it worthwhile to add ST hub as another Thread Border Router for more direct Matter/Thread integration with ST (my main hub)? Will watch your other video now. 👍🏼
@ONI1013. 4 ай бұрын
@@AutomateYourLifeThanks for the other video. Very informative. Is that why we’re still not seeing a huge amount of new Matter end devices amongst the larger corporations yet? For example, I can only find like 4 brands of Matter smart plugs, and even less Matter-over-Thread plugs.
@khareemwashington3634 Жыл бұрын
Great video!! Much appreciated. Is it possible to do a demo video where you connect the devices to the Samsung Smartthings Station hub? I bought the hub a week ago and can not connect any Aqara products to it. There are no QR codes, nor the scanning for devices "nearby" work. I try also tried connecting by "selecting from a list of devices," and the connection always failed. What I am doing wrong? There is not a lot of Smartthing Station help videos on KZfaq. Is that I already have my devices connected to my Aqara hub? Any assistance would be appreciated.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Hey Khareem, I'm working on some demos of Aqara with SmartThings in the next couple of weeks. Just hang on!
@khareemwashington3634 Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Thank you, much appreciated.
@DavidGOrtiz-pv8jx Жыл бұрын
I want a water shutoff valve. Your previous recommendation was bulldog + yo link. I wonder if I should wait given the new thread/matter advances in compatibility or just go with that combo now. Any suggestions?
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
You know...Bulldog has a Z-Wave version of that valve. :) I don't know that I'm ready to recommend it just yet because it won't have Matter. Same with the YoLink version. So things have shifted a bit there. I did really enjoy the Zooz one in this unboxing video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y7WBa9Smude6lKs.html
@DavidGOrtiz-pv8jx Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Thank you! Yeah. I saw the Zooz video. Their valve looked really promising. Will you be doing an in-depth review of it any time soon? As you say, things in the smart home space are shifting a bit at the moment. I guess I will stay put until these new standards have a little time to established themselves and we see what the companies come up with/ how the field evolves.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
@@DavidGOrtiz-pv8jx not sure I'm gonna do a whole review on it. The interest wasn't super high!
@Dane-ish Жыл бұрын
Are smart valves / faucets part of the Matter 1.0 spec? I found it frustratingly difficult to find that info.
@lilymetcalfe97 Жыл бұрын
I am not seeing Matter/Thread when I updated my app. I bough Aeotec back in February. Do I have to upgrade hub?
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
The hub should auto update, but right now it only shows on Android phones. If you have iOS...just hold!
@kcirrred9923 11 ай бұрын
Does tuya zigbee sensor work with smarthing?
@AutomateYourLife 11 ай бұрын
In general, no. However watch this video and you'll find out how to make many of them work with ST! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/esWlqtt1xJ-Raac.html
@johnny_o0794 Жыл бұрын
I'm worried about what's gonna happen with the Connect Home Hub. Samsung didn't say anything about that. When they're going to be upgraded to the new platform with edge drivers? Will they also add the thread protocol to them? Unfortunately the Connect Home Hubs are the only ones that samsung sells in all of latin america, we don't even have access to the Aeotec Hubs.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
I'll check on that...I think you'll be ok. Not thread but Matter and Edge
@johnny_o0794 Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Thanks
@jonathangoss396 Жыл бұрын
What are the requirements for my Eve thread devices to show up in the updated Smartthings app. I'm using the Apple TV 4k border route. Appreciate any help.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Just hang on a bit! We need it to be Matter ready and then we need that to launch on Smartthings. So that device itself needs an update from Eve. 😃
@jonathangoss396 Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife thanks Brian
@norcobf Жыл бұрын
Any discussion about Lutron integrated with this new stuff?
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
I had a chat with Lutron a while ago. They confirmed they were working with Matter but didn't have announcements. Closed on official info but it sounded very positive.
@BigDaddyBubbalui Жыл бұрын
I am trying to figure out something. With matter coming out, do I need to buy a motion sensor and the hub that the box says it requires or just wait until my Google nest hub max and other google devices get matter so that I can add this sensor and take advantage of the new sensor triggered routines?
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
I had to answer this on video: kzfaq.infokCJHPxArvck?feature=share
@BigDaddyBubbalui Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Thanks Brian, that was awesome, totally showing my kids and telling them I got a mention. Follow up question, is there any sensor, hub or suite of devices that are more compatible with the Google home assistant ecosystem or is it just point and choose? Thanks again, totally not expecting a video response...
@RunarNyrud Жыл бұрын
What I don't understand is: they are talking about changing to Edge drivers... I installed a samsung multipurpose sensor today, and it worked fine, but it is cloud based... I want everything to be local! Any suggestions?
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Does it have the edge driver option on it? Seems odd at this point but I do hear it's dependent on where you are. Also, this will help you move fully local with edge: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ibSZaaV6zb2zpWQ.html
@molyshen1401 Жыл бұрын
Hi, Brian. Thank you for your sharing. I wonder when you will review a smart air purifier?
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
I've done one! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p9qIn710vMyZhqs.html I've got 2 more in my house and my next unboxing video (Nov 1st) will have at least one in it!
@molyshen1401 Жыл бұрын
What about the MSA3S smart air purifier from Membrane Solutions?
@Humphrey181 Жыл бұрын
I’m comfortable with the whole matter concept. What I am still not clear on is how this will play across all the ecospheres. If I add a light to SmartThings then will it automagically appear on Alexa, Google and HomeKit? How do I avoid the situation I have now with Tuya devices showing up in multiple guises after they’ve passed through each of these protocols? Am I truly going to have a single instance of said light that is actionable from all these protocols? These are the things that keep me up at night!!
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
It's supposed to work that way Rod. Exactly! There are still some gaps in it all yet, because I'm not sure Smartthings to apple home will work 100%. But it will be that way with Smartthings to Google and Smartthings to Alexa so far
@Humphrey181 Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife OK, this is the bit that I haven’t heard yet. I assume then that the blockchain will uniquely identify each device leading to no duplication across the ecospheres. Now it makes more sense. Thanks.
@Waz4zaECR Жыл бұрын
There's someone having problems after the las firmware update on smartthings wifi hub? That doesn't let you add any other hub to your existing mesh network? How can I add another hub? The green light never stops blinking. Please help
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
I can't help you. Don't have those and have never worked with them! Sorry.
@Waz4zaECR Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife ahh ok,anyways thanks for your reply
@myutube6422 Жыл бұрын
Off topic, but a wizard friend of mine said that he had found that some/a lot of home automation doesn't play nice with WiFi 6. Have you looked at this yet? Thanks.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
I haven't experienced anything yet...had WiFi 6 but nothing changed for me. Wonder what the reason would be there.
@myutube6422 Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Good, he wasn't really specific, but I assumed that it was interference with the 2.4 stuff. I have more faith in your expertise than he does. Thanks
@ronm6585 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Brian.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Thank you Ron!
@aidanbazan7769 Жыл бұрын
Anyone know when iOS will get thread and Matter for their hubs? Or do I have to buy an android phone just for that?
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Shouldn't be too long! No dates given though so no promises
@powerinnumbers6159 Жыл бұрын
confused about eero 6 Thread/Matter/Smarthings suggestion you made. My eero 6 has a thread network but smarthings can't add a device to it because "needs a hub"
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Do you have a SmartThings Hub? If so what version?
@powerinnumbers6159 Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife no I thought the eero could do that
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
@@powerinnumbers6159 yes but there's no connection direct to Eero. Eero can provide the Thread connection, but Smartthings has no connection to Eero. If you had a hub, then it's possible the Thread networks join, or you just connect the device to the Thread on the Smartthings Hub
@powerinnumbers6159 Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife Ah so you need a hub and a Thread router?> I have Apple Thread routers anyway,.
@TyDaSpace Жыл бұрын
Manufacturers are going to isolate within matter - they have to make money. It's like Bluetooth. At the basic level, any Bluetooth devices will work with each other. However, there are other features that will go on top of it that various manufacturers implement via their software to give a much different experience. It's like using apple AirPods with a non-apple phone. It will work however, you won't get access to the full suite of features. That's what Matter/Thread is going to become in the smart world. I am completely expecting that hence why I am switching from Google/Amazon to Apple Homekit. It is the most reliable and consistent at the moment. Samsung dropped the ball on not bridging the ZigBee/zwave devices into matter. Frankly, I haven't added anything to my smart things hub in years anyways. It is only acting as a bridge for my zwave and ZigBee devices which I currently bridge into home kit anyways via home assistant(which will support matter/thread) and home bridge. So smart things not doing that won't be missed.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
I sure wish they wouldn't isolate within. It's just too much for consumers to sort through
@Rick210Texans 11 ай бұрын
I really wanted to get smart things to work in my home, but it was too complicated for myself. Ended up going with Homebridge HomeKit totally easier.
@AutomateYourLife 11 ай бұрын
Homebridge was easier? Whoa
@LonestarTrent Жыл бұрын
Man I’m bummed I was hoping to get my Samsung tv in apple home easily I guess I will still be doing it through other things I guess
@EmilePolka Жыл бұрын
the thing that you still need their own hubs to be able to communicate with other hubs are not going away. yeah sure it can now interoperate but having them with a single coordinator/hub is not going to happen. might as well just stay and enjoy using ZHA or Z2M instead to get all of those chop suey of zigbee devices all working together in a single hub.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
That's definitely an OK tact to take. I think for now using all the "older" tech is fine, I guess it's just if the producers keep making gear for us when we need to replace things?
@Gaarax1981 Жыл бұрын
Anyone feels like me? Pretty confused what to do with my smartthings hub? how magically everything will go local someday? I have hubitat for long time due to local feature. Now seems smartthings is going to do same...but how? or when? no idea. Is going to be an upgrade one day and everything will be switched to local? idk all is pretty confusing.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
You shouldn't need to do much at all Marc. Just leave things for a bit and you'll get updates and upgrades. Then come back towards the end of the year and you'll have many more options and most things, yes, will be done locally.
@BookTube0ne Жыл бұрын
I wonder if WYZE will upgrade to Matter and or Thread?
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
They joined, but they have a lot of products that just won't fit or are too low budget for upgrades I think
@pvpgamerdotcom Жыл бұрын
With all the new standards coming out, what smart bulbs do you feel are the most future proofed?
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Tough call right now. Honestly I need a bit of time to be sure.
@alonsomendoza1775 Жыл бұрын
hue it could update its hue with thread. hue has good app support. i imagine it should be better as a signify controlled system.
@CrisCheese_ 5 ай бұрын
matter is STILL a big mess and very pricey right now, if u do have the money go for nanoleaf essentials (the matter ones), if ud like a less expensive option i feel like zigbee is the only way for now. ikea bulbs are pretty good but there are many other alternatives as well
@welshbryn Жыл бұрын
I would upgrade my hub from v2 to v3 so that im future proofed and get all benefits - however it seems many users are complaining about lack of memory on the V3 hubs. ST need to address this issue first
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
I thought memory on V2/V3 was the same. Can't remember the specs but I thought it was exact!
@welshbryn Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife v3 has half the RAM and half the CPU from what i understand
@ONI1013. 6 ай бұрын
Given what Brian said here 1:12 about having Thread compatibility with other devices like Google, HomePod, etc.. and knowing the newer V3/Aeotec hub indeed has half the ram and CPU speed, is it better to just stay in my v2? My v2 is super stable with fast automation.
@ONI1013. 6 ай бұрын
I do like that Samsung has invested money and resources into SmartThings platform in the last year. Significant improvements.
@soundman127 Жыл бұрын
Oh, first here... It may soon be time for me to get into SmartThings I think
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Lots of good things about it for sure
@moritz5215 Жыл бұрын
You say that the Smarthings WiFi Hub will get matter also but I can't find anything about that. Is there any proof that it's true.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
I'm the source on that cause I was told it by Samsung :)
@moritz5215 Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife thanks for your answer. Is the update rolled out or do I have to wait?
@mototaczki 6 ай бұрын
SmartThings Hub Dongle ? What is this?
@AutomateYourLife 6 ай бұрын
You can buy one from Samsung
@garethjones5068 Жыл бұрын
I was a big fan of Bixby as a phone device management assistant, basically a macro engine on your phone, it did however get significantly worse over time
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
It seems like these voice assistants do...
@garethjones5068 Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife there does seem to be a theme
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Maybe we aren't really ready for these advances.
@SuneKuntz Жыл бұрын
Samsung not updating their TVs to be matter devices has me worried. Companies not updating their devices to be matter devices but only Matter controllers is what is going to be the achilles heel of the standard I think. Every company wants to be able to control all the smart devices of their competitors but they don't want their competitors to control theirs. Also, the compatible Aqara devices has me kinda confused. They mention curtain and blind controllers as compatible. However, I don't see any Aqara controllers when searching, only curtain and blind drivers. I was hoping to connect a few of the Aqara curtain robots (Curtain Driver E1, I believe?) to my SmartThings Hub but I can't seem to find a straight answer as to whether they'd work or not.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
This is something I'm gonna work directly with both companies to understand and provide out the information I can. Right now it seems like ZigBee 3.0 is the requirement...but official listing is smaller than that list
@SolarizeYourLife 5 ай бұрын
Sadly, yes we do...the biggest selling point of matter besides multicompatibility is thet we can control our devices when the Internet goes down!!! So how is that actually going to happen???
@robsquared2 Жыл бұрын
I'm still angry they got rid of groovy. There were so many apps and 3rd party integrations that I was using (and that were great).
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Whattya do. Hopefully we get bigger and better options!
@AndrewSap Жыл бұрын
I’m not buying any new smart home tech until companies finally support matter (not just an announcement) and thread. Aqara promised thread products but we’re still waiting
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
And that's okay! Aqara does appear to be all in on thread and matter though
@unrelativistic Жыл бұрын
No Matter bridging is a HUGE, HUGE miss. They seem to be treating SmartThings as their own walled-garden approach to mimic Apple's approach; the benefit of Matter being to make it easier to bring in a lot of 3rd-party devices. For those of us who have been on SmartThings for quite some time, but are also Apple-centric for the rest of our homes, still having to resort to something like Homebridge is frustrating. It is especially frustrating that both Apple and Samsung are playing this way, despite coming together in the alliance to build Matter. It seems that Matter is largely going to wind up being a one standard all the 3rd party "thing" vendors can code to in order to work in any of the big players' ecosystems. That alone is a good thing & very beneficial to the industry as a whole, but it is nevertheless disappointing that they can't play together at a deeper level. Moreover, not being able to bridge amplifies the missed opportunity of Z-Wave either ignoring or being ignored by Matter. For me, it means that Z-Wave will be exiting my home over the next few months, likely replaced by Lutron Caseta. Z-Wave works well for me, but they have a history of limiting themselves from wider adoption.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Yeah...I don't get it. :(
@alwaysright3718 Жыл бұрын
Matter/Thread are decades away...
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Unless they do window winders!
@alwaysright3718 Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife 🤣😂🤣
@cookingwitheandv7977 Жыл бұрын
What is thread. Can anyone chime in.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Thread is like WiFi in a lot of ways. But it's low power and is specially made to work with smart home products. So it's just another wireless technology that connects devices.
@EsotericArctos Жыл бұрын
A lot of good things coming from Samsung, but unfortunately a couple of missed opportunities as well. I guess it makes commercial sense to restrict some functions, but it is not necessarily a good move for consumers. Overall quite positive though.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Yeah! Overall good. Just wish we could get those last few miles.
@plasticsoldier234 Жыл бұрын
I just want samusng to sell the hub and motion sensor again
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
They just sold the rights to Aeotec. They sell them both
@macvideo 11 ай бұрын
Any information "why Samsung left without Matter ST Wifi & Home Connect hubs"? ☠
@AutomateYourLife 11 ай бұрын
I think they're still working on it :) Might be a memory thing though if they can't do it in the end. That's doing more than just being a smart home hub right? So if they didn't up the memory/processing power, it might not work out well.
@JWard2 Жыл бұрын
And yet govee and smartThings still won't play nice 🥺
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Well, truly...they never did. Let's hope they find a way now!
@Stratigic_Cheese_Reserve Жыл бұрын
This just makes smart homes look to complicated
@YasinHasan 9 ай бұрын
does thread matter? no
@AutomateYourLife 9 ай бұрын
It sure will. Gonna be the most important one
@parrottm76262 Жыл бұрын
Grrrr, I hate it when I'm right. I knew Samsung would give the middle finger to users when it comes to older Samsung devices. Matter, smatter. Where is Mr. Sockey?
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
I'm sure he'll show up soon!
@birbtw0 Жыл бұрын
All of this just reinforces the inner voice that already told me to stay away from SmartThings years ago. I don't believe that they have honest interest in interoperability.
@prevaloir5362 Жыл бұрын
lol.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
They're still doing a lot of good on that front. I mean, I did open with Matter, Thread, and a ton of ways they were giving that on existing devices. So I get the take on the TVs and some of the Galaxy stuff. I do...and that's why I said it! But it's not all bad man!
@birbtw0 Жыл бұрын
@@AutomateYourLife I hope you're right. I don't have high hopes. They seem to be pushing SmartThings features right in the midst of the biggest interoperability push in the industry yet.
@HughD Жыл бұрын
For all the hype, Samsung continues to be a disappointment to long-time users. They have continued to ignore the need to provide an upgrade path for folks, like me, with existing V2 or earlier hubs w/o thread to the new Aeotec hubs. The idea of Edge drivers will further confuse folks who are trying to navigate the whole Thread/Matter STANDARDS. Edge isn't a standard, but Samsung's way of trying to give their device users a service like Apple's Homekit, or so it seems to me. Brian, our friend, Samsung must have shipped you a 55-gallon drum of their Kool-Aide!!! I'm not being critical, we ALL have our favorite flavors of Kool-Aid. Samsung's flavor in not one of mine!
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
ahahahhaa, to date...Samsung has never shipped me anything. Not one darn thing. I'm actually so annoyed with that. Like...come on. Anyways, I'm liking what Apple's doing too to be honest. Samsung's got a lot going on here and yep, they've left some gaps. Still, from an overall perspective we've gone from: Needing to look at upgrading our V2's (I don't think most will need to now), from cloud to local (primarily), and from 1 hub to many. The new integration for phones, tablets was expected and will be the entry point for many. So there's lots of good and we'll see where it goes! I don't like some of the things they're doing either, and honestly the TV thing REALLY bugs me.
@verygoodbrother Жыл бұрын
The upgrade path is to purchase the V3 hub. I'm not sure what you're requesting?
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
@@verygoodbrother ohhh I can answer that. It's VERY painful to switch hubs with Smartthings because of how they do Z-Wave and ZigBee connections. There's no tool to move over to a new hub. So upgrades are basically building your whole smart home again
@mrkozak Жыл бұрын
What's the smart home one piece. I don't want companies that don't want to work together. Wtf is zigbee and all these other foolish words you use. Thread, zwave. What the heck is all this. So annoying.
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Sounds like you're new to the game. If you want to learn what it all means, you can. It's a commitment, but here's smart home 101: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a5mAmKiVr6-0loE.html
@absolutium Жыл бұрын
Zigbee is the "thin" protocol used to comunicate wirelessly among the smart devices (like smart bulbs) without interfering with Wi-Fi channels.. It also allows to extend the range between said devices by using hops.
@MD-gk4uh Жыл бұрын
Why would you use smartthings as your central hub since it is not in control of Amazon, Google, or Homekit? Those systems will let smartthings be UNDER them but they will not be UNDER smartthings. You better off just use them to begin with...samsung just wants to act as a middleman between them and you, why? You can just go directly to them. S mb smartthings is dead...was for last 3 years!
@AutomateYourLife Жыл бұрын
Ohhhh try and create an automation with more than one trigger, then you'll find out why
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