ok, i’ve finished listening. It’s light on details, but some good discussion on future SmartThings direction.
TL;DL
- The goal is to make it easier for the mass user base (now 62 million) to get more benefit from their SmartThings experience. Easier to use app, no copy/pasting code, etc. There is a clear focus on making things easy for non-techie people
- hardware. Unless i’m missing something, the hardware direction doesn’t sound any different than the strategy from SDC 2019. Maybe the BI article was a bit click bait-y? Samsung SmartThings will still have their own in house hub and products, but there is a big push for the WWST and WASH programs. Mark reiterated that hubs are important and the goal is to get them embedded in more things through their WASH partners.
- The goal is to retire Classic app the end of Q3/beginning of Q4
- They plan to still have tools that provide the same function as custom device handlers for hub connected devices
- Plan to retire the Groovy IDE in 2021