{"id":24594,"date":"2022-11-20T15:32:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T07:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/sdc22-aqara-showcases-enhanced-device-interoperability-with-smartthings-reinforcing-its-commitment-on-seamless-smart-home-experience\/"},"modified":"2023-06-08T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-08T09:16:09","slug":"sdc22-aqara-showcases-enhanced-device-interoperability-with-smartthings-reinforcing-its-commitment-on-seamless-smart-home-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/eu\/news-eu\/sdc22-aqara-showcases-enhanced-device-interoperability-with-smartthings-reinforcing-its-commitment-on-seamless-smart-home-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"SDC22: Aqara Showcases Enhanced Device Interoperability with SmartThings, Reinforcing its Commitment on Seamless Smart Home Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Aqara, a leading provider for smart home products,&nbsp;joined hands with Samsung Electronics&nbsp;during the Samsung Developer Conference&nbsp;2022&nbsp;(\u201cSDC22\u201d) in San Francisco&nbsp;and&nbsp;showcased the two companies\u2019 commitment to a seamless smart home experience for users. Since the inception of a strategic partnership earlier this year, Aqara and Samsung have been working together&nbsp;to&nbsp;integrate Aqara\u2019s&nbsp;Matter-enabled&nbsp;and Zigbee&nbsp;devices&nbsp;into Samsung&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smartthings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SmartThings<\/a>, the premier technology&nbsp;enabling connected&nbsp;living and driving the future of IoT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aqara-at-SDC22_1666317691034003922-1024x572.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aqara-at-SDC22_1666317691034003922-1024x572.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aqara-at-SDC22_1666317691034003922-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aqara-at-SDC22_1666317691034003922-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aqara-at-SDC22_1666317691034003922-1536x858.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aqara-at-SDC22_1666317691034003922.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Aqara&nbsp;is an early participant of&nbsp;SmartThings\u2019&nbsp;Matter Early Access Program. Sharing the common&nbsp;goal&nbsp;of&nbsp;promoting&nbsp;a seamless interoperability across&nbsp;different&nbsp;IoT devices, brands,&nbsp;and&nbsp;platforms, the two companies have been collaborating to test Aqara\u2019s Matter-enabled devices with SmartThings, in order to ensure a smooth transition towards the new standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aqara-devices-showcased_1666318031363066278-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aqara-devices-showcased_1666318031363066278-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aqara-devices-showcased_1666318031363066278-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aqara-devices-showcased_1666318031363066278-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Aqara-devices-showcased_1666318031363066278.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At&nbsp;SDC22, Aqara also showcased&nbsp;its&nbsp;Zigbee-based&nbsp;devices with SmartThings support.&nbsp;Aqara has joined Samsung\u2019s Work with SmartThings Program earlier this year, and&nbsp;has been working with Samsung&nbsp;to&nbsp;integrate selective Aqara Zigbee devices into the&nbsp;SmartThings ecosystem.&nbsp;As a result, over&nbsp;20 Aqara devices&nbsp;will&nbsp;receive the Work with SmartThings certification and&nbsp;be connected to&nbsp;the SmartThings&nbsp;ecosystem&nbsp;in the following months, including smart sensors,&nbsp;smart&nbsp;switches,&nbsp;and controller-type products such as&nbsp;smart&nbsp;roller shade&nbsp;controllers and curtain controllers*.&nbsp;More&nbsp;Aqara Zigbee devices are expected to connect to the SmartThings ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aqara\u2019s Zigbee devices will be made Matter-compatible via an OTA (over-the-air) update of Aqara hubs. This software update&nbsp;&#8211; which is expected to be available in the next few months &#8211;&nbsp;allows&nbsp;Aqara users to continue enjoying their existing Zigbee devices while also accessing the benefits of Matter.&nbsp;Moreover, Aqara also plans to introduce a new Thread-based product line with native Matter support. All&nbsp;the Matter-compatible&nbsp;devices from Aqara will&nbsp;be able to&nbsp;connect&nbsp;to&nbsp;SmartThings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The growing synergy between Aqara and SmartThings&nbsp;ecosystems brings&nbsp;further&nbsp;simplicity and interoperability to future smart homes. Samsung and Aqara are working to further extend the partnership into vertical segments and&nbsp;to&nbsp;ultimately bring connected home experiences to more households worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>* Aqara devices that are intended to receive SmartThings support include Door and Window Sensor T1, Motion Sensor T1, Temperature and Humidity Sensor T1, Water Leak Sensor T1, Illuminance Sensor T1, High Precision Motion Sensor, Wireless Mini Switch T1, Wireless Remote Switch T1 (Single &amp; Double Rocker), Cube T1 Pro, Wireless Smart Knob H1, Smart Wall Switch (US-style, No Neutral, Single &amp; Double Rocker), Smart Wall Switch H1 Pro (With Neutral, Single, Double &amp; Triple Rocker), Smart Plug (EU), Roller Shade Controller, Curtain Controller (Zigbee 1.2), LED Strip Driver T1&nbsp;and&nbsp;Dimmer Controller T1 Pro.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Aqara<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Founded in 2016, Aqara is a leading smart home provider with offices in New York, Shenzhen and Seoul. The Company provides comprehensive smart home products and solutions that are beautifully designed, long-lasting, and easy to use. Products range from&nbsp;a&nbsp;variety of smart sensors to switches, curtain controllers, and smart door locks. Over the last few years, Aqara has opened more than&nbsp;700 Aqara stores to provide more personalized smart home solutions for individual households and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aqara currently serves more than&nbsp;5&nbsp;million customers worldwide, with distribution partners in the United States, EU, Southeast Asia, Korea, and China. As the Company continues to expand its global footprint, Aqara hopes to bring more accessible, smart home technology to households around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please visit our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>&nbsp;and follow our social platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For Media&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>I<\/strong><strong>nquir<\/strong><strong>y:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:media@aqara.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">media@aqara.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aqara, a leading provider for smart home products,&nbsp;joined hands with Samsung Electronics&nbsp;during the Samsung Developer Conference&nbsp;2022&nbsp;(\u201cSDC22\u201d) in San Francisco&nbsp;and&nbsp;showcased the two companies\u2019 commitment to a seamless smart home experience for users. Since the inception of a strategic partnership earlier this year, Aqara and Samsung have been working together&nbsp;to&nbsp;integrate Aqara\u2019s&nbsp;Matter-enabled&nbsp;and Zigbee&nbsp;devices&nbsp;into Samsung&nbsp;SmartThings, the premier technology&nbsp;enabling connected&nbsp;living &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/eu\/news-eu\/sdc22-aqara-showcases-enhanced-device-interoperability-with-smartthings-reinforcing-its-commitment-on-seamless-smart-home-experience\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SDC22: Aqara Showcases Enhanced Device Interoperability with SmartThings, Reinforcing its Commitment on Seamless Smart Home Experience<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[114,1],"tags":[33,101,102],"class_list":["post-24594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-eu-2","category-uncategorized","tag-eu","tag-eu-eu","tag-global-eu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24594"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aqara.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}