Samsung Connect Home Smart Wi-Fi System/SmartThings

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Samsung Connect Home Smart Wi-Fi System

Can someone who knows comment on the advantages of this vs a Version 2 hub and Google Wi-Fi. Dismissing the Wi-Fi specs are the SmartThings specs/capabilities the same as a version 2 hub or are there any advantages or improvements beyond the Version 2 hub?

Samsung Connect Home Smart Wi-Fi System

I have three locations, the first with SmartThings Hub v2 and the latter 2 with Samsung Connect Home (SCH) hubs. Given the limited number of compatible devices for SCH, all three locations are managed by the SmartThings (ST) app. In other words the SCH locations were installed and the WiFi functionality provisioned using the SCH app. However, all hub devices additions and smartapp installs and operations are managed by the ST app. The big disappointment with the SCH hub is that there appears to be no local processing as enjoyed in the Hub v2 location. If the internet is down all local lighting controls are also down. Within the IDE, equivalent z-wave lighting configurations (Same GE part number and DTH) in the V2 and SCH locations show Local and Cloud respectively. [image] [image] …