How to control all your smart home devices from one app.
What Is the SmartThings App?
SmartThings lets you control a large family of devices from an ever-growing library.

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You do need to have a SmartThings Wi-Fi hub to connect with many SmartThings devices.
You need the hub to connect non-Samsung smart home devices.
Samsung also sells a combinationSmartThings Wi-Fi mesh router and smart hub, which accomplishes the same job.

Once installed, you could add the devices you own to the app.
Once you launch the app, you could add a new gear by tapping the+symbol at the upper right.
Once you add new devices, you see them on your home screen.

These controls depend on the pop in and brand of the equipment.
What Devices Work with SmartThings App?
Instead, you might buy individual bulbs.
you’ve got the option to also connect many major smart home hubs to your SmartThings hub.
Samsung offers a completelist of brands that support SmartThings.