# A New Enhanced SmartThings API Experience **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** api\ **Created:** [June 23, 2026, 6:19pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/a-new-enhanced-smartthings-api-experience/309947 "2026-06-23T18:19:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 293
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Bartlett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/andrew_bartlett/32/138992_2.png) [@Andrew\_Bartlett](https://community.smartthings.com/u/Andrew_Bartlett)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/a-new-enhanced-smartthings-api-experience/309947/293 "2026-11-04T23:27:22Z")
Fyi > [@Changes to the SmartThings integration for Home Assistant: what’s happening and what you need to do](https://community.smartthings.com/t/changes-to-the-smartthings-integration-for-home-assistant-what-s-happening-and-what-you-need-to-do/311942): > > Hi everyone, If you use the SmartThings integration with Home Assistant, please read this post. The integration is changing, and you’ll need to take action to keep your devices connected. What’s happening We’re replacing the current Home Assistant integration with a new one in Home Assistant’s upcoming December release. The new integration works with the SmartThings API Developer Plan, and your devices and automations carry over. You only need to reconfigure the integration. Using the new integration requires a paid SmartThings API plan, which for individual users is the Developer Plan. After December 15, 2026, the current integration will no longer work, so you’ll need a Plan to keep your devices connected. You can continue using the existing integration for now, but will need to take… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.smartthings.com/t/a-new-enhanced-smartthings-api-experience/309947)._