{"id":75752,"date":"2024-11-12T09:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T14:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=75752"},"modified":"2024-11-12T09:21:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T14:21:27","slug":"smartthings-hubs-now-work-together-as-a-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/samsung-smartthings-hubs-now-work-together-team\/","title":{"rendered":"SmartThings Hubs Now Work Together as a Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the smart home becomes an integral part of modern living \u2013 just as essential as utilities like power and water \u2013 its reliability must be equally paramount. At SmartThings<\/a>, we\u2019ve always believed local connectivity is the key to reliability in connected living. Our hub-based platform was designed so users could connect, control, and automate devices locally, reliably, and securely. Our Hub Everywhere<\/a> strategy has empowered more users to establish and expand their local smart home infrastructure. Now, we\u2019re excited to introduce new ways for users to harness these hubs to further enhance the performance and reliability of their smart devices.<\/p>\n

Expanding Smart Living with New SmartThings Hub Features<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Last year, we introduced two significant features: Hub Groups and Hub Replace. Hub Groups enable users to extend their Thread and Zigbee networks across multiple SmartThings hubs, creating a more robust mesh network. Hub Replace allows users to upgrade their hubs seamlessly without the need to individually add each device again, ensuring their smart living infrastructure can evolve with their needs.<\/p>\n

Now, we\u2019re thrilled to announce the extension and enhancement of our smart living capabilities with two new features in the SmartThings app – Hub Manager and Hub Backup.<\/p>\n

Introducing Hub Manager, Hub Backup, and Expanded Hub Group Support<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The new Hub Manager is a central management interface designed to streamline the configuration of smart home infrastructures. Users can now create, edit, and delete Hub Groups to better organize their network. This enhances the ability to manage multiple hubs, including the SmartThings 2018 (V3) hub, Aeotec Smart Home Hub (V3), SmartThings Station<\/a>, Samsung Smart TV, Smart Monitor, Family Hub refrigerator, and Samsung soundbar hubs. They can also easily manage their Hub Groups by editing existing ones or deleting them as needed.<\/p>\n

Hub Backup increases resiliency by allowing secondary hubs to act as backups if the primary hub goes offline. In such cases, users receive a notification about the disconnection and assistance with diagnosing the issue. If reconnection is not possible, users can select another hub within their Hub Group to become the new primary hub. The Hub Manager then guides users through the process of transferring all devices and routines to the new primary hub, ensuring seamless continuity. If a user does not take action within ten minutes of the primary hub going offline, transfer to an available secondary hub will happen automatically.<\/p>\n\n

How to Create a SmartThings Hub Group<\/strong><\/h5>\n

A Hub Group is made up of a primary hub and one or more secondary hubs working together to extend the range of Zigbee and Thread networks. If you have a Hub Group, devices that are far away from the primary hub can still connect to its network via a nearby secondary hub.\u00a0 Routines will also work faster without needing an internet connection when devices are connected to the same Hub Group.<\/p>\n

When you add a new eligible hub to a location with one or more existing eligible hub(s), a new Hub Group will be automatically created if none exist.1<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0If a Hub Group already exists, the new hub will be automatically added to the Hub Group as a secondary hub.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

You can also manually create and manage a Hub Group. When you create a new Hub Group, there must be at least one hub that has no devices connected to it. There are two ways to create a new Hub Group:<\/p>\n