# Locks and smart home monitor **URL:** \ **Category:** SmartApps & Automations\ **Created:** [December 10, 2018, 1:12am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/locks-and-smart-home-monitor/145680 "2018-12-10T01:12:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![JDRoberts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/jdroberts/32/56577_2.png) [@JDRoberts](https://community.smartthings.com/u/JDRoberts)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 1:53am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/locks-and-smart-home-monitor/145680/5 "2018-12-10T01:53:14Z")
Which app are you using? In the classic app, you can do anything you like to do with locks, they basically have the same rules as a light switch. In the new app, you can’t do anything at all with locks except toggle them lock/unlocked on the things list. You cannot unlock them with any automations. 😥 See the following thread: > [@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/): > > 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) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.smartthings.com/t/locks-and-smart-home-monitor/145680)._