Samsung SmartThings Hub Review Rating

When we reviewed the original SmartThings Hub bague en or de viola last year, we were impressed by its ability to work with multiple wireless protocols, as well as collier femme fil de nylon its support for user created Smart Apps and If This Then That (IFTTT) recipes. We griped about its lack of camera support, but that didn’t prevent it from earning our Editors’ Choice award for home automation hubs. Samsung acquired SmartThings last year, and the new Samsung SmartThings Hub ($99) offers several improvements over the original model, including a more powerful processor with video camera support, a battery backup, and USB and Bluetooth connectivity. It’s a breeze to install and lets bague en or et quartz fume you control more devices from your smartphone than any other hub, making it our new Editors’ Choice.

The hub itself sports the same glossy white finish as the original model, but at 1.3 by 4.2 by 4.9 inches (HWD), it’s a shade smaller. The back edge of the hub holds an Ethernet port, two USB ports, and a power jack, while the front edge has a single small status LED.

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Thanks to an active developer community, the SmartThings Labs development group, and an impressive list of vendors enrolled in the Works with SmartThings certification program, there are close to 200 compatible products that can be controlled through the hub. The list includes thermostats, lighting products, door locks, dimmer switches, video cameras, garage door openers, audio devices, and smoke detectors, among other things. There are a variety of SmartApps available that make it easy to have these devices interact with each other, and you can create IFTTT recipes to make bouton de fievre bague en or things happen according to Web based event triggers.

The app opens to the Smart Home Monitor page, which shows you the current status of your home at a glance. It’ll tell you that everything is OK, or if an event has taken place such as a leak or an intrusion. This is where you go to configure smoke, leak, and security alerts, and to configure the Smart Home Monitor which has three alarm states. Arm (Away) is for when nobody is home and all sensors are active, Arm (Stay) is for when the home is occupied and only select sensors are active, and Disarm disables all sensors and alarms. You can press a button to enable a desired state, or use geofencing to automatically arm and disarm bague en or jaune collier femme tube et oxydes de zirconium the Smart Home Monitor system (geofencing uses your smartphone’s location services feature to trigger certain events based on where you are).

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The Routines page is where you go to have devices behave a certain way depending on your daily routine. You can use the four default phrases including I’m Back (to bijoux or collier femme trigger Home Mode), Good Night (to trigger Night Mode), Goodbye (to trigger Away modele bague en or mode), and Good Morning (to trigger Home mode). You can configure each Routine to have any connected device turn on or off or react in bague en or et emeraude a certain way, and you can create your own custom Routine. The current Routine mode is displayed on the Home page. On the Notifications page you can view messages such as which Routines have been activated and when, and you can view an Activity Feed that shows what has been going on with each device (such as doors unlocked or motion detected).

Finally, the Marketplace is where you go to connect new devices and select SmartApps. Clicking the Things tab while in the Marketplace displays a list of device categories such as Lights Switches, Climate Control, and Health Fitness. Within each category are lists of specific devices that you can add to the hub. There’s also a SmartThings Recommends category containing certified devices. Clicking the SmartApps tab in Marketplace displays a list of available bague en or avec saphir vert SmartApps for each device category. Simply choose a SmartApp to install and configure it. I downloaded the app, created an account, and entered the Welcome Code included in the box. I then followed the app’s step by step installation instructions. I installed four AA batteries (included) for the battery backup, connected the hub to my router, and powered it up. The hub cannot connect to your router wirelessly, like the Wink hub; it requires a wired Ethernet connection. After connecting it my router with the incuded cable, I gave my home a name in the app and entered my location to enable geofencing triggering. The geofence perimeter is 500 feet by default, but you can make it as big as you want by tapping and dragging the fence outward.

Aeotec Siren, a SmartThings Water Leak Sensor, and a D Link DCS 2330L Camera.

The SmartThings Hub worked flawlessly. I received notifications instantly whenever a connected window sensor was opened or closed, and when the motion retrouver une bague en or detector sensed activity. The sensors also reported accurate room temperatures. Results were the same for the leak detector. The Aeon siren reacted instantly to the security SmartApp that links it to the motion detector.

The hub armed and disarmed itself each and every time I left my geofence perimeter. I installed a SmartApp to have the D Link DCS 2230L begin recording whenever the motion detector was tripped, and bague en or taille 48 it too bague en or pour homme versace worked perfectly. It can control close to 200 Z Wave, Zigbee, and Wi Fi devices, and its new and improved app makes it easy to add and manage those devices from your smartphone. The constantly growing SmartApps library offers a wealth of options that let you find new ways to have your home automation devices work in harmony, and the added support for in app video and video cameras is a welcome upgrade, despite the lag. As such, the Samsung SmartThings Hub is our new Editors’ Choice for home automation hubs…