[Design Story] Live Smarter and Better With SmartThings Home Life – Samsung Global Newsroom

Our homes are where our daily lives take place. In a home, we prepare meals, relax and unwind, take care of our pets and family and create memories. Now, thanks to innovations in technology, consumers can transform a house into a connected space that adapts to and enhances their unique lifestyles. Samsung Electronics SmartThings home life is a service that helps users have a more enjoyable and comfortable daily living.

A Connected Home System

SmartThings Home Life provides smarter, more intuitive experiences for various appliances such as televisions, fridges and washing machines by connecting them all to one platform. Bixby allows users to control all their appliances with a single conversation. SmartThings makes automating everyday tasks easy and quick. These tasks can be set up as routines within the SmartThings app. This will eliminate the need to repeat the same daily chores, like manually setting the laundry detergent and air purifier settings each time you open a new window. SmartThings Home Life is a customized service that will make your life easier and more efficient. Learn more about SmartThings Home Life and how it can make your life easier, more efficient, and safer.

Indulge in a Delicious Dinner for One

After spending a hard week in the office, it was time to go home and grab some beef tenderloin. When I return home, I’m unsure of what I want to cook, so I say, “Hi Bixby, find me some recipes with beef tenderloin.” After hearing a few options, I choose the recipe that sounds the most appetizing and begin cooking right away. Bixby says that the secret to making this dish delicious is roasting the meat properly. The Sensor Cook is used to cook the tenderloin until medium. The kitchen hood turns on automatically as soon as I start using the induction, so I continue to cook without worrying about any lingering odors in the house. Although I am not the best chef in the world, I love cooking perfectly seared steaks.

Before I start eating, I open the window to feel the spring breeze. SmartThings Cooking suggests a wine to complement my steak as I prepare it. The air purifier then turns on when the air is filtered through the window. After taking pictures of my first successfully cooked meal, I take a sip of wine. It feels as if the fatigue from an exhausting week just melts away.

# SmartThings Cooking

SmartThings cooking is an online service that allows users to prepare delicious meals as if they were a professional chef. Thanks to an interactive cooking guide that reads out recipes and sends instructions to kitchen appliances, users can solely focus on cooking without the need to dig through recipe books while handling food. Going even further for convenience, users can enjoy high-quality cuisine by simply scanning the bar code on a meal kit. SmartThings Cooking can help you prepare your meals using connected kitchen appliances. SmartThings Cooking also scans the meat packaging labels to provide tips and recommendations on how to store your food. Users can also scan wine labels to save them to a wine list, keep track of their inventory and get recipe recommendations that pair well with each wine.

# SmartThings Air Care

SmartThings offers a comprehensive air-care solution that uses your existing home appliances such as air conditioners or purifiers. You can breathe easy with the Air Quality Keeper, which monitors and controls the air quality in your home automatically. Based on the current air conditions, the app recommends indoor purification techniques to keep your home healthy. You can have clean, fresh air no matter where you are, whether it’s in your living room or in the kitchen.

Take Care of Your Pet From a Distance

These days due to a work-related project, I’ve not always been able make it back home in time. Max has been staying home alone more lately, and I am worried. Thankfully, whenever I miss him, I open the SmartThings app to check on him. The app used to alert me when Max was alone. However, these alarms decreased once he started training with his vet. He is doing so well at home, which I am proud of. I turn on the lights and TV with the app in the evening so Max doesn’t feel lonely. It looks like I’ll be working overtime again today, so I fill up Max’s dinner in his bowl through a feeder in advance.

Suddenly, a SmartThings Home Care notification pops up from my parents’ house. I turn on my parent’s Jet Bot AI camera to look around, discovering that my mom tripped on the kitchen floor. I immediately call her, and she says that she cried out for help when she fell and couldn’t get up afterward. She said that she was not hurt. Max and I are going to be visiting Max this weekend.

# SmartThings Pet Care

SmartThings Pet Care creates a customized environment for any pet using your connected home devices. For instance, your air conditioner can be set to an optimal temperature depending on your pet’s breed, and your air purifier can effectively clean your pet’s fur from the air. You can turn the TV on or listen to music while your pet is at home. This creates a safe and stable environment that will keep them company no matter where they live. Users can also receive notification when pets bark, and review their notifications history to spot any signs of separation anxiety.

# SmartThings Home Care

SmartThings Home Care provides security and peace of mind for every home. The Jet Bot AI will send an immediate alert to other relatives if it detects that a member of the family shouts “Hi Bixby! Please help!” Users can then search all over the house using the camera on the robot vacuum cleaner or contact another family member to help handle the situation. With safety at its core, SmartThings Home Care’s Family Care service can help alleviate concerns about leaving any family members alone in the house.

Keep Your Golf Clothes Lasting Longer

I enjoy spending my Sundays with friends playing golf. To keep my new golf shoes clean and in good condition after a round of golf, I store them in the ShoeDresser. The shoes are comfortable, so I want to keep them in good condition and wear them the next time I play 18 holes. After putting away my shoes, I go to the dressing room and put my golf wear in the AirDresser. SmartThings Clothing Care suggests a washing cycle that is perfect for my pants and golf shirt fabric. I save this cycle as ‘My Golf Care’. From there, I use the time I saved to organize the rest of my gear. I always feel recharged after spending the weekend playing golf, and it gives me full energy to start another week.

# SmartThings Clothing Care

SmartThings Clothing Care is a service that makes properly caring for clothes fun and easy. The service learns your specific habits based on the time, day and weather. From there, SmartThings Clothing Care suggests appropriate clothing care tips for the washer, dryer, AirDresser and ShoeDresser suitable for your clothes and shoes. This service provides holistic, integrated care for your wardrobe, depending on each piece’s use or purpose. Properly caring for clothing can be difficult. These clothing suggestions can be saved and named in SmartThings to create an automatic course. This will ensure that your clothes lasts for years without having to remember all details. To maximize the effectiveness of all your garment care products, the suggestions provided will help you manage your clothes as a professional.

Celebrate Spring With a Deep Clean

As the weather gets warmer, I always bring in the new season with some spring cleaning. I start by planting some flowers and washing my winter blankets. SmartThings alerted me to change my purifier filters a few days back. The filters arrived just in time, so I replace them right away. As I have completed an important spring cleaning task, I feel productive. Next, I dust every corner of the house. After a hard day, I relax on the sofa and enjoy a glass or two of chilled water. I look forward to the upcoming spring season.

# SmartThings Home Care

SmartThings Home Care is a service that not only keeps tabs on all of your Samsung home appliances, but also responds to and helps prevent problems by predicting them in advance. The app will alert you if the temperature drops rapidly and send you an alert about a freeze danger. The app also provides a guide to defrost and suggests that you use the air conditioner’s diagnostic features as temperatures rise. Additionally, the service checks the status of any replaceable components in real time, sending you a notification when a replacement is required and streamlining your process to purchase a replacement. SmartThings Home Care offers a friendly chatbot and a step-by-step guide to help users troubleshoot their home appliances.

Save Energy Today for a Better Tomorrow

I’m very passionate about saving the environment — I carry a tumbler instead of a disposable cup, I use an eco-bag to avoid plastic bags and I eat a vegan diet. Recently, I’ve been exploring other ways to reduce my carbon footprint, so I have been looking into managing the energy consumption of my home appliances. With SmartThings Energy, I can check how much energy each device uses, control its energy consumption and receive tips on reducing energy usage for my most used devices. The best part is the AI Saving Mode, which automatically switches my devices to Energy Saving Mode before they reach a preset usage target. My efforts, no matter how small or large, will help to build a sustainable tomorrow.

# SmartThings Energy

SmartThings Energy allows users to take control of their energy consumption by providing real-time, detailed and accurate information on where and how energy is used within their home. The service measures energy levels in kilowatt-hours and cost over time, so any user can easily understand how much energy a device uses. The app also offers specific tips on reducing energy usage and encourages users to integrate eco-conscious activities into their day-to-day lives. You can also turn on AI Saving Mode to reduce energy consumption. Your devices will automatically switch to Energy Saving Mode when they reach certain levels of energy.

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