Samsung Reveals Entire 2016 Smart TV Line-Up will be IoT Ready

[Tyler]

@JDRoberts

We haven’t seen any details yet (and probably won’t until CES) but my own expectation, given industry trends, is that this becomes a different platform option. Not an expansion of the current hub. Current hub customers who have/buy a tv with SmartThings will be in the same position as one who now has both V1 and a V2 hub. They can use either or both, but not both on the same network. And not with the same devices. But we’ll see.

Without preempting our announcements too much, this is essentially the case. This opens another door for someone to become a SmartThings user. This is the first of many “hubless” ways to join the SmartThings platform.

If you’re a current user, this shouldn’t change much (or anything) for you. If you develop on our platform, this will open up more users for the solutions you develop.

Expect to also be able to control your 2015 and 2016 Smart TVs as “Things” as well (some models excluded).