Recent Articles

October 16, 2013

Leap Motion + SmartThings Demo

Our resident maker, Danny, demonstrates how to combine the futuristic motion technology of Leap Motion with the power of SmartThings to control any number of lights, electronics, and gadgets in your home or office. Oh, and the best part? Anyone who has SmartThings, Leap Motion can start playing with this integration right now! Just go to SmartThings Labs and follow the simple instructions to hook up your things.
October 10, 2013

iOS Version 1.4.4 is Here

We've just released a new and improved version of our iOS app! (more…)
October 8, 2013

First Day of School

A father talks about sending his kids back to school, and how the end of summer vacation can weigh hardest on parents. (more…)
October 4, 2013

Welcome to the Programmable World

Writer Bill Wasik examines how SmartThings is helping to revolutionize the way people interact with the things around them in this cover article for Wired: "In our houses, cars, and factories, we’re surrounded by tiny, intelligent devices that capture data about how we live and what we do. Now they are beginning to talk to one another. Soon we’ll be able to choreograph them to respond to our needs, solve our problems, even save our lives..." (more…)
October 1, 2013

Altering Reality As We Know It

Buckle up as Jonathan Strickland, the founder of How Stuff Works, takes you on a tour of the house of the future and into a reality where you not only interact with the world around you, but where it also reacts to you.
September 26, 2013

[VIDEO] Caught in the Act

Convinced that their house was either haunted or that their four-legged feline friends were snooping through their kitchen drawers and cabinets, two SmartThings owners hooked up an ingenious way to deter the culprits. (more…)
September 19, 2013

Android version 1.2 is Here

We just released a new and improved version of the Android app! Here's what's new in version v1.2: (more…)
September 12, 2013

Submission Guidelines for Stories

Everyone has a story to tell. We want to hear yours. To have your story about SmartThings featured, please check out our submission guidelines below and then pass it on over to us by e-mailing eliot@smartthings.com. (more…)
September 10, 2013

Connecting the Online & Physical Worlds

IFTTT is a service that lets you create powerful connections with one simple statement: if this then that. With the new SmartThings Channel on IFTTT you can create and share connections that seamlessly integrate your favorite online services with the everyday things in your physical world. (more…)