Muva nje, i-Samsung ibilokhu inaka kakhulu inkundla yayo yasekhaya ehlakaniphile i-SmartThings, izama ukuyithuthukisa ngayo yonke indlela futhi isekela amadivayisi amaningi nakakhulu. Manje isiqhwaga sezobuchwepheshe saseNingizimu Korea simemezele ukuthi sizohlanganisa uchungechunge lwamadivayisi e-Google Nest endaweni yesikhulumi ngoJanuwari wonyaka ozayo.
Ngenxa yesitifiketi se-WWST (Isebenza Nge-SmartThings), abasebenzisi bamadivayisi e-Google Nest afana namakhamera, ama-doorbells nama-thermostat bazothola amathuluzi amasha okuwalawula.
Umgomo we-Samsung nge-SmartThings uwukukhulisa ukusebenzisana kwabathengi kanye nokwenza lula ukuthuthukiswa kobuchwepheshe obuhlakaniphile konjiniyela. Umdondoshiya wezobuchwepheshe uthe emlonyeni wephini likamongameli we-IoT u-Ralf Elias "uzibophezele ekudaleni uhlelo lomhlaba wonke lapho wonke amadivayisi ahlakaniphile angasebenza ndawonye."
Le migomo ibonakala ngokubambisana ne-Google, kanye nokusebenzisana okusanda kumenyezelwa nomkhiqizi wezimoto wakwaMercedes-Benz. Kusukela ngonyaka ozayo, izimoto zakwaMercedes-Benz S-Class zizoxhunywa endaweni yesikhulumi.
Yethulwe ngabakwaSamsung ngo-2011, inkundla ye-SmartThings IoT njengamanje ihlanganisa abasebenzisi abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-60 emizini eyizigidi eziyi-10. Kodwa-ke, akuyona isiteji esikhulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni - le ndawo yokuqala ingeye-colossus yaseShayina yezobuchwepheshe, i-Xiaomi, isiteji sayo esixhunywe kumadivayisi acishe abe yizigidi ezingama-290 (okungabandakanyi ama-smartphone namalaptop).