As most of you know, with the release of the 2.0.5 version of the SmartThings Mobile app for Android, we have rolled out location sharing to Android and iOS users. We appreciate all your patience while we got this ready and want to share a quick note about the update as well as provide some of the nuance that come with the current iteration of location sharing.
With the old integration sharing happened at the account level, but in this new iteration sharing is of the individual locations. This is where caveat number one comes in, if you initiate sharing with someone you will share ALL the current locations you have access to. This includes all devices, SmartApps, modules, etc., and all of these can be edited/deleted by the sharee. In the future we plan to add more granular permissions so you can control what the sharee can see, and do, once you share locations with them.
Additionally, here are some other intricacies that come with sharing your locations with someone.
- Any locations shared with YOU by someone else will NOT be shared with someone with whom you share.
- i.e. User A can give you access to location A, to which they are the admin owner. You are the admin owner of location B. If you share with user C, they are just given access to location B, not locations A and B.
There are also some known issues we are planning to resolve to make the experience better:
- Windows Phone does not have this feature yet but should be included in an upcoming release.
- Improve the messaging when sharing an account so it is clear how it works.
- Share recipients cannot remove shared locations themselves.
- Android missing confirmation message when new user creates mobile presence.
- New user is only prompted to add mobile presence to one location even if multiple are shared.
So itās here and location sharing is out! Please donāt hesitate to bring any other weirdness you see to our attention (wether in this thread or via contacting support) so we can let our development team know. We know this has been a long time coming and thank you very much for being patient with us while we got this sorted out.
You can check out videos and more info about this feature on the blog or in the support knowledgebase.