Real life story: I was cooking dinner for my son, I got a call from the daycare stating that my son fell and I needed to pick him up right away … so I panicked and left the house and forgot what I was cooking … when I remember I didn’t turned off the range I was far from home … I could see the range was ‘ON’ from the SmartThings app, however I wasn’t able to turn it off … which lead me to the question … how smart is a smart range that I couldn’t do anything about it but worry more by only knowing the range was on and possible my house would be burnt down by the time I reach home …
Shouldn’t the app have the ability to turn the device off ???
My “Smart” appliances are all LG and those capabilities are underwhelming as well- and while not a range, I really can’t do much of value within their ThinQ app, and nothing via ST for my LG appliances. You’d have thought Samsung would have done better though… My “Dumb” dishwasher (another brand) was bought without smarts, so I added a smart plug to it, so I can have ST tell me when it is done, and if I ever needed to, I could shut it off remotely (but not re-start it remotely).
Wait, so you have a Samsung cooktop and you can’t control its on/off status via ST? You can only “view” the current status? What about setting temperature?
Out of curiosity, what’s the model number? Do you know if it’s the same for ovens? I guess that’s why they advertise “Smartthings Cooking” and not just “Smartthings” when talking about the cooking appliances (at least from what I’ve seen)
Yes, but I thought it’s more about having an end-to-end option for controlling your cooking, and I feel like it’s just meal prep. Would have been cool to select a recipe and have the appropriate appliances start heating up, or even set a target meal time and have everything automate itself. Sound like this isn’t the case at the moment
You can turn the oven off from the app, but the issue is that there’s a button on the stove that you must physically press each and every time that you want to be able to use that feature. Every time.
After you close the door, press Smart Control on your range’s display to activate the feature
So in the OP’s case, he would have had to push that button when he started cooking in order to be able to turn the oven off in the app later.
AND—you still can’t turn off the burners on the top of the stove! just the oven (the part with the door.)
I have no idea why not. A Samsung employee posting in the following thread said it’s for safety reasons, which I could see for turning the burners on, but not for turning them off.
Here’s a previous discussion with more details, but still no solution for Samsung models.
Oh, we’re talking about the gas stovetops? Where I live everyone uses almost exclusively electric ones, which seem to be controllable (for turning on) according to that article.
Sorry to resurrect old thread but google brought me here.
I bought a new Samsung induction cooktop ( stove, hob whatever you want to call it) and all I can do is monitor the burners only. Cannot turn it off or anything.
I was hoping to use my Google nest for timing or ’ hey Google, turn off the stove in 15 minutes " which I can do with my LG AC for example.
Is there a reason for this like liability or legal issue?
Anyone knows about a model that supports this?
Edit:
I did read some of the marketing material it seems like your device needs a “smart control” which has to be activated by some hardware button per cooking. Anyway mine only has “smart connect” so I can only see what’s it doing. A bit disappointed with my selection now
As you can see from the earlier posts in the thread, Samsung cooktops have always been like this, induction or not. But that’s also very common in the industry. Many of the voice controlled cooking ranges let you turn on the oven (the part with the door) but not the Cooktop burners. I think it’s just a decision made manufacturer by manufacturer, but so far I haven’t seen any models from any brands that allow burner control. (I myself use a wheelchair and have limited use of my hands, so I follow this category pretty closely.)
There’s always hope that it might eventually change. But no promises.
I have a Cosori countertop Smart oven. When we first bought it, you had to press a physical button on the device before it would accept any voice commands, so you couldn’t turn it on just by voice. Then, about six months after they bought it, it got a firmware update, and now you can, indeed, use it entirely hands-free, except for of course, opening the door and putting the food in and out. Big improvement for me.
I know that doesn’t help your situation at all, and it’s not an induction cooktop, but I just mention it as an example of an appliance which did become more voice- friendly after purchase. So there’s always hope.
just the oven (the part with the door.)