Samsung’s SmartThings Station controls Matter units, can find and charge your cellphone, too

As Matter arrives to revolutionize the sensible residence, Samsung is releasing the primary new hub for SmartThings in years. The Samsung SmartThings Station controls your sensible residence, and has a few methods up its sleeve for Galaxy smartphone house owners, too.

Launching later this yr within the US and Korea, SmartThings Station is Samsung’s first {hardware} entry for Matter. The sensible residence hub is designed to work with “a range of smart home devices” together with those who assist Matter, all in a brilliant compact gadget.

SmartThings Station is a tiny little puck that’s designed to work greatest with Samsung Galaxy smartphones. On first setup, the Station will activate a pop-up immediate on Galaxy units for straightforward setup, however there’s additionally a QR code-based setup for different units.

Once it’s able to go, the Station has a button on it which can be used to set off routines created within the SmartThings app. This could possibly be used for one thing so simple as toggling the lights in a room, or as complicated as getting the home prepared for sleep by adjusting lights, closing blinds, locking doorways, adjusting the temperature, and extra. Up to 3 routines can be set from one Station, utilizing press, long-press, and double-press actions. Another possibility for the double-press motion is to find your misplaced smartphone, which can set off SmartThings Find to ring your Galaxy smartphone. The Station can additionally serve to scan for Galaxy SmartTags and different units that Find can aid you find.

But to provide the gadget much more performance, it additionally acts as a wi-fi charging at as much as 15W. You gained’t find any Qi2 right here, however the wi-fi charger is certainly a wise and handy addition.

The Samsung SmartThings Station can be out there beginning in February, however a agency launch date and pricing have but to be introduced.

More on Samsung:

• Google Home and Samsung SmartThings will use Matter to share management of your sensible residence
• Samsung’s super-customizable Good Lock is increasing to extra nations
• Samsung has up to date these units to Android 13

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