How to integrate SmartThings Devices into a HomeKit household

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timbosan

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#307142 23-Sep-2023 10:00

I have a mix of two ecosystems, SmartThings (several devices and growing, mainly appliances as opposed to switches / sensors / etc.) and HomeKit which is my primary smart home system. I have been looking at how to integrate SmartThings into HomeKit, but cannot seem to find a good option.

I currently run HomeBridge for a few devices, but for SmartThings the plugins are limited to TV's etc.

I looked at Homey (pro and non-pro) and Hubitat, but cannot find anything specific about the devices they control.

I do have a V3 SmartThings hub that support Matter, but that doesn't bridge SmartThings devices back into HomeKit.

Any smart ideas?

gehenna

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#3130916 23-Sep-2023 10:19

It's the perennial problem with smart homes. Most would say you resolve this by going with HomeAssistant, but my answer was to not use HomeKit and just stick with Smartthings compatible devices that I know work (Aeotec for example) and will broaden the scope of devices once Thread and Matter are a better experience. This was easier for me as I reduced the number of Apple devices in the house.

billgates

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#3130920 23-Sep-2023 11:12

Hubitat has a plugin for Homekit and Smarthings stuff works with Hubitat so Hubitat should do what you are after?

Do whatever you want to do man.

timbosan

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#3130955 23-Sep-2023 13:43

billgates:

Hubitat has a plugin for Homekit and Smarthings stuff works with Hubitat so Hubitat should do what you are after?

Hi, I would have thought so too, but I cannot tell if these integrations work with just 'any' SmartThings appliances, and they are dependent on the old Groovy thing that ST's used (I am not an expert on ST so may have this wrong).

Looking through the forums there are lots of posts about integration of fridges and TV's and washing machines, which is good. I guess I wouldn't find out until I actually try, and I guess the number of people in NZ trying this would be low? Anyone actually done this?