The Hub scans for stuff it can connect to and allows you to select which ones you want to set up. You add supported devices or “Things” to the app using an automatic discovery system. It’s available for Android, iOS and Windows Phone, but you will need one of those devices to make it work. You interact with and control your Hub and connected devices through the SmartThings app. The SmartThings app is one of the best bits about the system, providing step-by-step guides, examples and ‘smart apps’ and an easy-to-use control system once everything is set up.
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Those workarounds are often relatively complex to put into practice, but tutorials are available and there are enough support tools to guide most people with a moderate understanding of computers and basic code to make it work. The result is that even if a product doesn’t officially support Samsung’s open system, such as Google’s Nest smart thermostat for instance, someone will probably have developed a workaround. But SmartThings has something many other devices vying for a similar spot in people’s homes doesn’t have – a viable, productive home hacker and developer community. Not all products support the Hub, however, even if they can talk to it. It means that the Hub can talk to almost every product currently available on the market that doesn’t use an isolated proprietary system.
It supports home-network based devices, plugging into your router to control them through fixed or Wi-Fi networks, as well as two of the most broadly used wireless home-automation standards, ZigBee and Z-Wave.
The SmartThings Hub is a small white box that is meant to be hidden out of sight somewhere.
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