The Google - SmartThings integration has recently been updated.
None of these changes will affect your current setup until you reconnect to the SmartThings action via Google Home app.
Major changes
Faster execution of commands
All locations, scenes and devices will be synced (excluding scenes with sensitive devices like locks)
If you have one location then your devices will automatically be organized the same way in Google as your room structure in SmartThings the first time you link (unless you reconnect and previously organized them then that will be preserved)
Blinds, Samsung Washer, Samsung Dryer, Samsung Dishwasher, Samsung AC, Samsung Oven, Samsung Soundbars and Samsung Robot Vacuum are now supported (not all versions of these devices)
Old integration could only sync around 100-150 devices but new one has a limit of 300
Classic SmartThings routines are no longer supported
Logitech harmony activities are now represented as stateful scenes instead of switches.
Note
Child devices are currently not supported
No longer using the Google Groovy smartapp, hence it will not be visible in SmartThings classic app. In the new SmartThings app you can see that it is installed via Menu/Settings/Connected Services under the headline All locations
Easiest way to switch to the new integration is to click the SmartThings action in Google Home app and select âReconnectâ
sweet, iâve been waiting to link my new Nest Wifi access point since I had a feeling a new Action was coming Now I can really explore Google Assistant.
That would have been annoying as I group by function in SmartThings and by room in Google. However what actually seems to have happened is the already existing devices stayed where they were and the new ones were not assigned to rooms so the usual room assignment page appeared, which of course returned the usual error despite succeeding because the Google Home app still has hopeless caching problems.
Indeed it is. The old app still appears under itâs original location and âUninstallâ from inside the app doesnât seem to achieve anything, but âDeleteâ from the list of services does.
This is an essential feature for me! I do not want Google to have full access to all devices in SmartThings. The old integration let me pick and choose what devices were available in Google.
@Lars, +1 for this request. I donât want neither that the Google Home would have access to all devices in SmartThings. Indeed, I would prefer if I could select the Scenes/Routines/Automations as well.
(I have plenty blinds, mostly I control them together with Scenes, I donât want to run into situations when I would say turn off the kitchen and it would close the blinds, knowing the logic of that women inside the round thingy.)
Weâre also unhappy with this change. We have many devices which shouldnât sync with Google including virtual switches and devices from brands with direct integrations.
@Lars Is this a permanent change with the new integration, or is it temporary with a future fix planned?