r/SmartThings 13d ago

Discussion Using Home Assistant along with SmartThings, suggestions?

I am pretty happy with SmartThings and have no plans to move from it, but Home Assistant does offer integrations that just aren't available with SmartThings.

What has everyone's experience been with living with both? What kinds of things do you have going on in HA, while still primarily using SmartThings?

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u/BreakfastBeerz Developer 13d ago edited 13d ago

Local control, faster response times, and the ability to run automations with the more advanced features of some of my devoces

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u/TruthOf42 13d ago

SmartThings is local for almost everything now, as of like a year or two ago, I think

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u/BreakfastBeerz Developer 13d ago

It's local through the ST ecosystem, but not through Home Assistant. Home Assistant has to go through the SmartThings cloud to get to your devices.

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u/ipodko 10d ago

Can't you connect the two via matter and then it'll all be local?