Hi JDRoberts
Thx for your quick reply.
Just read the privacy policy from Samsung.
I am not really sure if they are much better?
But at least the chinese goverment will not by spying thenš
Do you know any control software like ST or smart life that not will collect that many private data?
Basically you have to go to a system that runs everything locally. You can use one of the free software systems like home assistant or one of the commercial hub products like Hubitat. Even if you arenāt crazy about the privacy policy as written, if everything runs locally and the hub does not report the activity back to the company, they wonāt have any information to pass along.
Another option is to go to appleās HomeKit, which has much stronger privacy built into it.
None of these are perfect and some of them will require more expensive devices, so you just have to look on a case by case basis.
how to it setup?
Has anyone been able to have direct integration with flashed tuya devices via either WeMo emulation or the device handlers? It looks like most of the files have been deleted pertaining to device handlers and a smartapp that used to be available. I was able to import about 20 tuya devices into smarthings using the Hue emulation which is available in Tasmota. I tried the Wemo emulation but ST was unable to find any devices. The only issue with the Hue is that everything appears as a bridged child device and everything appears as a light-bulb (which in itself isnāt really an issue) Direct integration would still be preferred if possible. Iāve also found the response time to be slower when using the emulation. When two tethered devices ran through tuya it would be almost instantaneous. If I run it locally with tasmota and hue, its about 3 to 4 seconds before the second device responds. (worth it for the security, just not sure if theres an easier way to go about this)
Does the IFTTT method still only control on/off for wifi plugs that use SmartLife? Iām considering some Teckin plugs on Amazon that have the ability to do energy monitoring, but if I can only turn them on or off I might as well get the IKEA zigbee ones for the same price.
You are correct, IFTTT will only control the on/off. If you choose the tasmota flashing route, you may get more functionality without using the third party service. If you are able to get additional functionality from the zigbee devices and are just looking to save time, it is definitely a feasible option.
Iāve been trying to follow the IFTTT recommendations for adding a switch, but have run into a hitch that I havenāt seen mentioned elsewhere. When I turn on or off the smartthings virtual switch, the IFTTT runs and the real switch correctly turns on and off. When I turn on and off the switch from the SmartLife app, the switch of course turns on and off, but the IFTTT routine is never triggered. If I open the applet on IFTTT and manually click the āCheck nowā button, the applet runs and correctly updates my virtual switch. Does anyone have any thoughts or ideas of what I can do?
Do you have two IFTTT routines set up for each action? One for ST->Smartlife and one for Smartlife->ST?
Even with that setup, the Smartlife->ST routine is not very reliable. It works some of the time, but not all of the time.
Yes, so 4 total applets.
Itās too bad that the main solution is so buggy. Although I havenāt had it work at all, It probably isnāt worth the effort to fix. I guess I need to buy new hardware or look into flashing firmware.
Do you use an echo device? You can also use echo as the āman in the middleā integration in a method similar to the IFTTT method but which seems to be more reliable right now as long as the third-party switches are working reliably with echo.
Found a Tplink Kasa ST device handler & appā¦ works greatā¦
But, now I need a SmartLife device handler & st appā¦
Sadly this thread didnāt lead me to oneā¦ any takers? I donāt care to use ifft & I already control with echoā¦ but I need ST automations.
There is now as of July 2019 an official TP Link Kasa Integration. 
If you use Alexa, there is a Smart Life skill. You can then link your Smart Life device from Alexa to Smartthings by creating a virtual switch DH. No IFTTT time delay.
I just tried the Globe Suite device type in the ST app for the first time. When selected it found two of my accounts; Feit Electric and Smart Life (I have switches under both). I selected Smart Life, it found my devices and added to ST, worked great.
Then I went to add the Feit Electric bulbs and found you canāt seem to have two seperate accounts linked. I also canāt find a way to unlink Smart Life so I can re-link to Feit if I wanted to.
So itās a good start but still lacking some basic functionality.
If anyone is looking for a stand alone solution that integrates straight into ST without the need for a seperate hub then take a look at Meross. These are WiFi devices with their own app but you can add them as individual devices straight into ST. Works great and the response is instant.
Very useful to me to be able to control things via ST and also directly. Gives the ability to reboot routers or hubs etc. should there be an issue via 2 or more seperate networks, so has a fallback should one of your ISPās go down or you need to reboot one of your routers via the other ISP or even the ST hub needs to be rebooted remotely etc.
Iām not fully familiar with the new V3 app yet as it only recently became voice-navigable, but I believe there is a separate area of the menu for cloud services and you might be able to delete the integration there. @jkp might know.
Hamburger menu -> settings cog wheels (top right) -> connected services
Bingo! I āthoughtā I looked everywhere in the app for this page, THANK YOU!
I just deleted the Globe Suite Service and then when I went to add a new Globe Suite device it allows me to login again. Exactly what I was looking for
I have 8 smart plugs on Smart Life. I was able to integrate though the globe suite and it brought them all in. However, I had some offline issues earlier today with one of the smart plugs, so I removed globe suite from services, tried adding globe suite integration again but nothing is showing up. Anybody have similar issues or ideas on how to fix? Donāt want to do the IFTTT route because of the few second delay. I tried resetting my ST hub, but still getting empty device list when trying to integrate and I lost all 8 devices from ST. So none of the plugs are showing up.
Attached is screenshot of what Iām getting.
Thanks in advance!
Update: they do load when I bring them into google home (smart life integration).
