r/SmartThings

I’m so frustrated and embarrassed. I’ve had the Samsung Bespoke fridge for a few years now. I’ve got the ring app activated on it so I can see who’s at the door when they ring. The ring app stays opened for maybe 2-3 min before automatically turning off. What I wasn’t aware of is that the microphone stays active so everyone outside can hear what’s going on in our house. And our mic sound is pretty loud so you could hear all our inside conversations going on from the driveway for a few minutes. I can’t believe that this has been going on for years without any of us knowing. I do like being able to see who is at the door but not if they can hear everything going on in my house. Is there any way to disable the microphone? I’m searing the Samsung app and Ring app and can’t seem to find a place to disable this!

I am looking for new Oven, micro etc and have never thought about Samsung as a contender. i found some models that look decent , but then I remembered Samsungs hideous decision to charge for smart things. how will that work if I want to add the devices to home assistant, or in worst case just side the smart things app?

I am new to home automation, but have used Samsung's Modes and Routines extensively for at least a year. Because of this, my goal is to automate things like lights and motion sensors through SmartThings, ideally establishing an ecosystem that can be expanded upon indefinitely in the future.

The options for a smart hub at this point seem to be at best poorly managed, and at worst, intentionally unfair to buyers. One option that seems at least somewhat available in my country is the Aeotec Hub, which will support many older-gen SmartThings devices like ones that use Z-wave and Matter-over-WiFi. However, Samsung appears to be moving in the direction of Matter and Thread protocols, which the Aeotec Hub does not support.

Furthermore, the Samsung SmartThings Station, while including support for Matter and Thread devices, seems to have been scrubbed from the market in my country. It doesn't appear as an item on Samsung's website, and isn't even available used through other retail stores. I wouldn't even know how to get my hands on one of them unless I happened to know someone wanting to give theirs away, or found a way to import one from another country just to hope it will actually work.

The only other option seems to be what Samsung is pushing now: smart hubs embedded within larger appliances. On the SmartThings app, there is a list of items that can function as hubs, and among them is "Samsung Smart TVs released in 2022 or later". I actually purchased a 2026 TV for this reason, but, as it turns out, the information from the app was actually false, and it is only a select subset of smart TVs, refrigerators, or smart monitors that can host hubs. This forces buyers to spend at an order of magnitude more just to have a hub, and to replace any existing appliances with the new ones that have the hub integrated.

While supposedly designing a smart home ecosystem that is centered around being accessible, this decision on the company's part actually keeps most buyers from being able to have any smart home ecosystem, else they pay at minimum 300 USD for the smallest smart monitor with a hub (least expensive product with an integrated hub), whereas the standalone SmartThings Station would have been about one fifth that price at most. I have been a long term customer of Samsung devices, but this decision seems to be lost somewhere between mismanagement and greed.

So, looking at my options:

- Cave and buy an Aeotec Hub, knowing it won't be compatible with future devices

- Attempt to return or sell my TV and buy one twice as expensive

- Attempt to find a used SmartThings station from another country

- Wait until Samsung releases a new kind of separate hub? If that even happens?

All four ways, it seems like I lose. I would not want to abandon SmartThings entirely, but it seems as if my hand is being forced. Any tips?

Hi guys,

trying to set up a routine where if button pressed then a plug will turn itself on at a specific time.

anyone got an idea on how to do it? the only specific time thing i found is daily routine but that's not what I'm after

thanks

edit: dumb me somehow missed precondition on switch, all sorted now. thanks all

Or is it just me?
Smartthings hub v3

I have a KitchenAid range that I’m trying to connect to my 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi network so that I can then integrate it with Home Assistant.

During the Wi-Fi setup process, the KitchenAid app seems to be requiring me to Location Services with Precise Location enabled. If Precise Location is disabled, the app will not complete the Wi-Fi setup. This is a dick move if I'm interpreting this right.

Is there any way I can get this thing to connect to my network without exposing my exact geolocation to the owners of the KitchenAid cloud.

Hi folks.

I found a post - https://www.reddit.com/r/SmartThings/s/faBMrpzsMH - that asks my exact question, but it's 10 years old. So, it's 2026, I figured it's time to ask again.

Is there a SmartThings-compatible Smoke Detector (preferably Smoke + CO2 detector) that allows you to mute/silence the alarm via the app?

If not, what are people using that they're happy with?