About the transition? It’s been officially discussed by staff multiple times in these forums and it was presented at the Samsung developers conference in both 2017 and 2018. It’s not new news.
Official support article on the new app, including the fact that the classic app will eventually be going away:
https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000114006-New-SmartThings-app-FAQ
Some discussion of the new platform in the developer section of the form, including links to official docs:
As of this writing (fall 2018) smartthings is in a transitional state, moving to a new app, new hub, and new development platform.
Custom device type handlers will no longer run in the smartthings groovy cloud. Instead, Developers will host their own apps and integrate with smartthings through a developer kit.
Below thanks to a link from @Automated_House , A presentation from the 2018 Samsung developers conference:
SmartThings Device Kit: An Easy Way to Connect Devices to the SmartThings Cloud - YouTube
And here is the link to the new platform developer documentation for smartapps and device integrations:
The SmartApp can either be an AWS Lambda function, or a WebHook endpoint with a RESTful API interface.
A directly connected device communicates directly with SmartThings C…
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