# Just bought the SmartThings hub...am I installing the right app?

**URL:** <https://community.smartthings.com/t/just-bought-the-smartthings-hub-am-i-installing-the-right-app/130700>\
**Category:** SmartThings (Samsung Connect)\
**Created:** [July 14, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/just-bought-the-smartthings-hub-am-i-installing-the-right-app/130700 "2018-07-14T01:41:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 14, 2018, 1:47am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/just-bought-the-smartthings-hub-am-i-installing-the-right-app/130700/3 "2018-07-14T01:47:36Z")

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The two apps have different features, so it depends on exactly what you need.

If you want to set up rules using a Samsung smart TV or a Samsung smart appliance, you will have to use the newer connect app. But that one is still a work in progress, and does not have all the features of the classic app yet.

See the following thread (this is a clickable link)

> [@SPECIFIC differences between "SmartThings Classic" (the V2 app) and “SmartThings (Samsung Connect)” (the V3 app)](https://community.smartthings.com/t/specific-differences-between-smartthings-samsung-connect-and-smartthings-classic/124870):
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> this thread is intended only as a listing of specific differences between the two apps, not for complaints, suggestions, discussions of design philosophy, bug reports, questions about migration, joke memes or anything else. Just individual feature differences. We originally used the abbreviation STSC for “SmartThings (Samsung Connect)”, but that never caught on, so now we are calling it the V3 app since it came out with the V3 hub. The V3 app is changing rapidly, so feel free to edit this as needed. The official knowledgebase FAQ is at the following link. Read it. wink[https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000114006-New-SmartThings-app-FAQ](https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000114006-New-SmartThings-app-FAQ) The “how to” official articles for the V3 app are at the following link: [https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/categories/115…](https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/categories/115000465506-SmartThings-App)

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