Please help. New to smartthings and I’m not sure what to do first

[TonyFleisher]

This FAQ by @JDRoberts may help (see the links in Inspiration and Ideas section near the end):

[NEEDS UPDATING] SmartThings Beginner’s Guide (2020)

The SmartThings platform is currently in transition to a new hub (V3), new app (“SmartThings (Samsung connect)“) new Alexa skill, and a new cloud platform ( The old one used the groovy programming language, the new one doesn’t). This means that a lot of the information you will find in both this forum and the official knowledge base may be a little confusing. The Mobile Apps ( yes, there are two right now) FAQ: how to tell which version of the SmartThings mobile app that you have The classic app has now officially been discontinued, but some members continue to use an old version of it and you will see references to both in the forum. Official SmartThings Tutorials for New Customers If you just want to learn more about using smartthings, there’s a decent get started section in the o…