Previously, you would need a separate device or hub to act as a connection bridge for these devices, which would ultimately affect accessibility. Therefore, to help mitigate this drawback, Samsung, for the first time in 2022, has integrated a SmartThings Hub directly into the 2022 line of displays and smart monitors, providing reduced latency and full control for more immediate smart home control experiences.

The Samsung Home IoT Hub, your SmartThings hub, is now integrated directly into your TV or Smart monitor1, allowing you to easily connect, monitor and control all connected devices in your home all without a separate hub device.2 This breakthrough is the first step toward Samsung's fully realized home IoT ecosystem.

This innovative SmartThings Hub not only supports hundreds of millions of devices, but has also expanded even further thanks to the introduction of an entirely new interoperability standard. As the leading technology enabling connected living and driving the future of IoT, SmartThings recently announced the addition of a new smart home interoperability standard called Matter,4 which has been developed by Apple, Google, Amazon and others and allows users to control Matter-enabled devices using their Samsung products.

With these innovative advancements in the SmartThings home control system, you're ready to enjoy the ultimate convenience with your 2022 display like never before.

Anywhere, anytime, any way you want it, thanks to the fully integrated SmartThings Hub, the 2022 Display is a central hub from which you can conveniently control the smart devices you have in your home.

To make the smart home experience more seamless than ever, Samsung made sure to develop SmartThings Hub to be the most optimized platform possible for maximum user convenience. Along with the largest screen space available on your 2022 display to monitor, making the process easier on the eyes, SmartThings Hub features an intuitive Map View interface that not only shows all your devices and their current statuses, but also where they are located in your home.

1.Map View: Locate IoT devices in your home at a glance

When you start your TV or Smart monitor for the first time, "rooms" can be automatically created for you based on the location of your devices connected through SmartThings, and this will be displayed on the screen in Map View. If you want to further customize the layout of your devices, you can use your remote control to change the location of the device within the interface to match the actual layout of your room, and if you have the SmartThings mobile app, you can easily add rooms or change your location using Touch & Drag. You can even change the room shapes to be polygons, if you wish.

Let's say you're settling in to relax in the living room with a good movie after a long day, but suddenly realize you're not sure if the lights are on or off in the garage: you simply access SmartThings Hub's Map View on your smart TV or monitor. Now, you can check and manage the status of your smart devices and then click back to your movie to end your night without a hitch.

2. Voice control: manage all your devices with a single word.

In addition to optimizing the smart home management experiences that SmartThings offers users, you can also enjoy smart experiences with SmartThings on your Samsung 2022 display that seemed impossible before.

For example, the always-on voice control capability gives you superior connectivity and control over your devices, no matter what you're doing and whether your display is on or off. Thanks to Bixby, Samsung's AI-powered voice assistant, you can verbally turn lights on or off or control a connected device, even while in the middle of a movie, just by saying "Hi, Bixby" to your screen.

3. Smart Doorbell: peek through the front door while watching TV

In addition, the Smart Doorbell feature allows the control radius of your smart home to expand to your front door. Even if content is playing on your Samsung 2022's screen, a notification will appear on the screen when someone rings the doorbell, allowing you to see who's waiting at the front door and even talk to them directly from your screen 5

With such convenience capabilities taking priority, the future of the truly connected smart home, something Samsung has been working diligently toward, is getting closer and closer.

The hub of smart home living: your smart display 2022

Although smart homes have been around for quite some time, the process of creating a smart home ecosystem that enables interoperability of all kinds of IoT devices is still in progress. Samsung intends to develop a smart home that is optimized for your activities at home and allows anyone to easily build their own connected home, making it easy to harness the power of IoT for controlling devices anywhere in the home, using just one screen.

The first step in this next-generation smart home ecosystem has been taken with the Samsung 2022 display lineup. With Neo QLED 8K or Smart Monitor M8, you can now enjoy easy and convenient control of all your smart home devices right on the display thanks to the new SmartThings Hub. Check out the video below to learn more.