Samsung's SmartThings app is now available on the iOS platform to help give users an alternative to accessing and controlling different smart home devices. It is under the Matter integration available to the world now, with different tech companies who worked together in creating this new platform for compatible appliances or technologies present.
SmartThings is Samsung's version of the all-in-one control app to help connect all devices, under one platform, and is similar to Apple's HomeKit.
Samsung SmartThings iOS App is Now Available
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Samsung's SmartThings app is now available on the iOS platform to download, and the company released this for free to all iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch users. It brings support for Matter devices to iOS, delivering the Samsung take on the Matter smart home for controls, integration, and a central hub for all needs.
The SmartThings is best known for being parallel to Apple's HomeKit, also known as the Home app, which dedicates itself to controlling compatible devices on the portable tech.
This availability only means that Matter's main purpose to unify all the smart home tech available in the world is now expanding and applied to all partner companies.
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Big Tech Companies Under Matter
The CSA calls Matter the "Foundation for Connected Things," and that is the goal of the service in terms of smart home integration with modern technology. It will still expand to more devices and compatible experiences, under the different Big Tech companies who joined this integration under one infrastructure and platform.
Matter Integration for All
Back in 2021, there was a project from different tech companies that aims to be a collective approach to the many developments in the smart home. This was called the "Matter" integration, and it is an Internet of Things (IoT) that would center on a platform where connected devices can thrive, despite coming from different manufacturers or companies.
It was headlined by the likes of the Connectivity Standards Alliance, Apple, Google, Samsung, Amazon, and other companies who is part of this collective.
However, instead of launching in 2021, the platform pushed it towards mid-2022 and finally made its debut to the world towards the end of the Fall season.
The world is now enjoying what Matter has to offer, and its massive integration program is live from different companies part of it, especially with names from Big Tech. Samsung takes one step further in its availability for all, particularly in this latest launch of the SmartThings app for iOS, especially for those who prefer it better than HomeKit.
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