SmartThings, one of the first smart home platforms, is just getting better.
The Z-Wave Fibaro Motion Sensor also senses temperature and light.While it is not essential, a SmartThings hub that supports the Thread smart home protocol gives a wider choice of Matter-compliant devices. Matter, designed to make smart home devices easier to share and use between different systems, is a bit of a mess at the moment, but as it gains momentum, SmartThings is in a good place to benefit from it.
While most Edge devices are connected directly to a SmartThings hub, they can include other devices: the SmartThings hub can, for example, control the Philips Hue Bridge locally rather than via the slower cloud connection. There is also a new smart lighting feature that makes it easier to automate lighting from one central place rather than filling up an app with a confusing number of routines.
Routines offer a similar level of control, only they trigger automatically. Triggers include devices such as a motion sensor picking up movement; a time of day; the current weather; when a person leaves or enters the home; or when the system mode is changed, such as to Away mode when everyone leaves the house.
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