Smart home news, reviews, and guides — making your home smarter.
Smart home news, reviews, and guides — making your home smarter.
Samsung Week 2026 runs October 12 to November 1 on Samsung.com with notable smart home deals on the Bespoke AI appliance lineup, Vision AI TVs, and home audio – including a Bespoke AI 4-Door Flex refrigerator with Family Hub at $3,699 and a HW-Q990H soundbar at $1,499.99 – alongside extra perks like trade-in discounts, 1.5x Samsung Rewards value, and free next-day delivery, all connected through SmartThings.
Read MoreSamsung is rolling out a major SmartThings platform update headlined by SmartThings Now, a context-aware interface that surfaces the right controls at the right time. The update also brings expanded local control that responds about 30% faster without the cloud, and Matter 1.6 support with four new device categories, from energy meters to irrigation.
Read MoreSamsung’s $5/month SmartThings API fee takes effect this month. Non-commercial individual developers must now pay for API access that was previously free, a change that hits Home Assistant users and custom automation setups while the standard SmartThings app stays free. Samsung says the money will fund enterprise-grade features; the open-source community calls it another cloud paywall. Here is who pays, who doesn’t, and what happens next.
Read MoreSamsung has detailed a major SmartThings app update: a redesigned interface, AI-powered SmartThings Now suggestions, up to 30% faster local control, a new offline diagnostics page, and Matter 1.6 support — making it the first platform to adopt the new standard. Here’s what changes for your smart home.
Read MoreSamsung has confirmed that all of IKEA’s Matter-over-Thread devices — smart bulbs, plugs, remotes, and sensors — now connect directly to compatible SmartThings hubs, no DIRIGERA hub required. Here is the full list of supported devices and what they can automate in your home.
Read MoreMatter 1.5 finally brought cameras, video doorbells, and intercoms into the smart home standard in late 2025. With SmartThings leading platform support and certified hardware arriving through 2026, here’s what changes for home security.
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