# Using both? **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps & Clients\ **Created:** [December 28, 2018, 9:05am UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/using-both/147943 "2018-12-28T09:05:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Automated\_House](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/automated_house/32/99641_2.png) [@Automated\_House](https://community.smartthings.com/u/Automated_House)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2018, 3:45pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/using-both/147943/3 "2018-12-28T15:45:19Z")
You can use both. I use both since I like the custom automation creator in the new app. Just know the differences: > [@SPECIFIC differences between "SmartThings Classic" (the V2 app) and “SmartThings (Samsung Connect)” (the V3 app)](https://community.smartthings.com/t/specific-differences-between-smartthings-samsung-connect-and-smartthings-classic/124870): > > this thread is intended only as a listing of specific differences between the two apps, not for complaints, suggestions, discussions of design philosophy, bug reports, questions about migration, joke memes or anything else. Just individual feature differences. We originally used the abbreviation STSC for “SmartThings (Samsung Connect)”, but that never caught on, so now we are calling it the V3 app since it came out with the V3 hub. The V3 app is changing rapidly, so feel free to edit this as needed. The official knowledgebase FAQ is at the following link. Read it. wink[https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000114006-New-SmartThings-app-FAQ](https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000114006-New-SmartThings-app-FAQ) The “how to” official articles for the V3 app are at the following link: [https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/categories/115…](https://support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/categories/115000465506-SmartThings-App) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.smartthings.com/t/using-both/147943)._