{"id":56271,"date":"2023-01-19T09:00:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=56271"},"modified":"2024-07-01T14:14:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T18:14:59","slug":"galaxy-watch-update-offers-new-smart-home-controls-with-smartthings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/samsung-galaxy-watch-update-offers-new-smart-home-controls-smartthings\/","title":{"rendered":"Galaxy Watch Update Offers New Smart Home Controls with SmartThings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.<\/a> announced an update coming to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartthings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SmartThings<\/a> ecosystem that will allow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/watches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galaxy Watch<\/a> users to monitor and control more of their smart home right from their wrist. The update will expand the list of devices that can be controlled using SmartThings on Galaxy Watch including air purifiers, thermostats, and blinds. Users can also continue to enjoy the ease and convenience of controlling home devices like TV, A\/C, lights, speakers, and more straight from their Galaxy Watch anywhere and anytime they want.<\/p>\n<p>For example, Galaxy Watch users will be able to livestream both home and doorbell Ring and Nest cameras for the first time. Ring camera users can also access two-way talk directly from their Galaxy Watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmartwatches and wearables are becoming increasingly popular, and this new update allows users to maximize their connected home living experience,\u201d <strong>said Jaeyeon Jung, Executive Vice President and Head of SmartThings, Device Platform Center at Samsung Electronics.<\/strong> \u201cWe are thrilled to build this critical bridge that makes smart living more accessible and convenient by helping Galaxy Watch wearers protect and monitor their homes instantly from anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"embedded recommended recommended-post\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"embedded-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-badge\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recommended News<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"recommended-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/watches\/galaxy-watch5\/?r=true&#038;referrer=usnewsroom\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"recommended-news\" aria-label=\"Galaxy Watch 5 Series \u2013 Learn More\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/18160040\/galaxy-watch5-kv.jpg\" alt=\"Learn More: Galaxy Watch 5 Series\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"details-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Galaxy Watch 5 Series<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Learn More<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"article-content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"article-body\">\n<p>With the ability to check connected cameras from Galaxy Watch, it\u2019s easier than ever to stay connected with your smart home. Galaxy Watch users don\u2019t even need to open the app \u2013 they can simply swipe right from the Watch face to easily reach SmartThings.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/tag\/ces2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CES 2023<\/a>, Samsung demonstrated how it is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-executives-share-calm-connected-world-ces-2023\/\">bringing calm to our connected world<\/a>\u201d with the power of SmartThings. This update is the latest example of Samsung\u2019s commitment to removing complexity in today\u2019s ever-growing, interconnected ecosystem of devices.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Users will enjoy more control over their smart home than ever before with the latest SmartThings update on Galaxy Watch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":55825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29718,17555,29738],"tags":[229,30053,29561,25940,13976,30026,40,458,125],"blue-badge":[],"class_list":["post-56271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product","category-smart-home-samsung-innovation","category-product-mobile-wearables","tag-ces","tag-ces2023","tag-connectivity","tag-galaxy","tag-galaxy-watch","tag-galaxy-watch-series","tag-mobile","tag-smartthings","tag-television-tv"],"acf":{"turn_off_retargeting":false},"fimg_mobile_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/04145407\/SmartThingsEcosystemWall1.jpg","fimg_url":"https:\/\/img.us.news.samsung.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/04145407\/SmartThingsEcosystemWall1.jpg","primary_category":{"term_id":29738,"name":"Wearables","slug":"product-mobile-wearables","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":29738,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":29720,"count":178,"filter":"raw","term_link":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/category\/product\/product-mobile\/product-mobile-wearables\/","term_path":"product\/product-mobile\/product-mobile-wearables"},"badge":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56271"},{"taxonomy":"blue-badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/samsung-newsroom-production.barbariangroup.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blue-badge?post=56271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}