How did SharpTools.io come about?
I was chatting with @jamesguitar3 about the state of the smart home and we wondered why there wasn’t a really feature rich cross-platform solution to view, control, and automate your smart home, so we decided to build it!
Our vision is that a dashboard and Rule Engine that can work together hand-in-hand can make for some really awesome features that aren’t otherwise possible individually (teaser!).
We’ve been busy working hard and officially released SharpTools.io to the public in Jan 2019. We are excited to have had tens of thousands of people join us along the way at this point! As active as I’ve been in the SmartThings community over the years, I realized I never posted about SharpTools, so it was time to do so!
Isn’t there a SharpTools Android app?
Yes! I originally built the SharpTools Android app as I had a specific need for Tasker integration and widgets. Since we already had a relationship with SmartThings and the official integration in place, we decided to keep things under the same brand name.
If you’re looking for a good way to view your SharpTools dashboards on your phone/tablet, check out the Add to Homescreen article on our community… or for Android and Fire OS devices checkout Fully Kiosk Browser which is a community favorite.