SmartThings Hub 3rd Generation [GP-U999SJVLGDA] Smart Home A…

7 reviews for SmartThings Hub 3rd Generation [GP-U999SJVLGDA] Smart Home A…

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   Ronald Epstein – May 2, 2025

   It not only works extremely well, it’s a game changer!
   I don’t quite understand the negative reviews — and it almost stopped me from purchasing this remarkable hub.Let me start by saying that I have been actively upgrading everything in my home to be completely automated. It started with multiple Alexa and Google devices to Hue lighting and automated garage door openers.The next thing I wanted to do was put sensors on all my doors to announce when they were open and closed.It was suggested to me to buy this Smartthings hub along with their individual sensors.The hub arrived yesterday. I immediately unpacked it and plugged it in. I then went to my iPhone and downloaded the Smartthings app. From within the app, I added a device and was directed to the hub which I paired by scanning the QR code on the back of my device with my camera. The hub connected to my home WiFi network, new updates were downloaded and installed and I was ready to go.Really, I was paired and ready to roll in less than 15 minutes. Completely effortless.My first project was to put a sensor on my front door and have Alexa announce when it opens and closes. I chose to do this with Alexa due to its ease of adding routines. Doing this with Google would have been far more of a hassle (as of the writing of this review) since I would have had to go through the IFFT app and probably add additional software such as BigTalker2.So, all I had to do, after pairing the Samsung MultiPurpose sensor, was to go into Alexa, add routine, add device (Samsung door sensor) and then create two separate routines that announce when the door is open and then closed.I cannot begin to express my joy when I was easily able to create this routine with Alexa and to actually see it work.This hub is absolutely remarkable. Now that I have it, I plan to go crazy adding more sensors all over my home.For those who claim this product does not work, I have to totally disagree. Setting up the hub was effortless. Pairing their sensors were immediate. Everything has been working perfectly, as expected. Best of all, once you get this hub set up, the possibilities are endless when it comes to what you can pair with it to work with Alexa or Google.You may say that this is the “brain” of your automated home. It all begins with this product.

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   Robert Rathbun – May 2, 2025

   Why I Dumped My Wink Hub and bought Samsung SmartThings!
   Recently Wink started charging a monthly fee to use their Smart Hub, so I looked at available hubs and decided on moving to Samsung, and boy was I glad I did.Samsung clearly has a much more technical user base and more robust support options than the Wink Hub. Don’t get me wrong, Wink is good, but Samsung isn’t in business to collect rent off their Smart Hubs. SmartThings is meant to tie their products together and add value, whereas Wink is a much smaller business.Pros:Integrates with Microsoft Cortana, so you can use your computer for voice commands if you like, or spend $39.00 and buy the Microsoft Harmon Cardon Invoke speaker . I have two of the Cortana speakers, and I am still enjoying them.Cortana works great with Samsung SmartThings Hub, and she can control all my devices without any issues whatsoever, and works with Spotify, IFTTT, etc…App has a nice clean user interface which is very clear and easy to use. The only point of confusion is there is a legacy app and a newer app. Personally I like the older app interface, and both can be found on the iPhone App store. For the really geeky people, Samsung even has and IDE, so you could even build your own THING to control with the super advanced features.Support for Z-Wave and Zigbee – pretty much has support for just about every device you could imagine. In some cases developers will write custom solutions if it’s desired by the community bad enough, which I leveraged in the case of a solution designed to work with Wink. After a little bit of copy and pasting some code into the Samsung IDE, I had a working fan which I thought I might have to replace!There are so many features for the low price, you cannot go wrong with SmartThings! I could go on forever saying nice things about SmartThings, but try it and decide for yourself.To the Wink Guys, Rent = Missing Customers!

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   Amazon Customer – May 2, 2025

   The item is not supplied with an Australian power adaptor therefore no use unless it’s plugged into a convertor

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   Yessica L – May 2, 2025

   Solicite el producto y me llegó antes de lo prometido. Lo compre con el riesgo de que no funcionara en Mexico ya que leí varios comentarios de que no servía, pero Funciona perfectamente en MEXICO, lo conecte muy rápido y con cuenta de Samsung MEXICO. Excelente precio comparado con las tiendas aquí en CDMX. Funciona conectado por WiFi, no requiere cables, solo para la energía eléctrica. Quede muy contenta con este producto.

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   ERI – May 2, 2025

   Buena relación calidad-precioFunciona sin problemas en México

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   Enrique Hill – May 2, 2025

   Es un buen producto. La primera vez lo tuve que regresar porque no funcionaba bien pero el reemplazo funciona de maravilla. Hay cosas que pudiera hacer mejor pero como algo básico para una casa inteligente funciona de maravilla.

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   Hector Jaime Obregon – May 2, 2025

   La verdad es que me tomo algo de tiempo decidirme para comprar este hub por los múltiples comentarios que había de que no funcionaba en Mexico. Después de recibir varias respuestas a mi pregunta de como hacerlo funcionar me animé y no me arrepiento.El producto llego antes de lo esperado. En cuanto llego empece el proceso de instalación. Voy a relatar la forma en la que a MI me funciono, el caso de otros puede ser diferente, no comparto esto como una opinion absoluta sino como una cuestión anecdotica esperando que a alguien mas le funcione.Habían recomendado que bajara Smartthings classic para poder configurarlo. Hice esto, entre a la app, procedí a crear una Samsung account a la cual le puse que estaba en Estados Unidos. Ya entrando en la app me pedía que diera de alta un Hub antes de agregar mas cosas pero requería un código el cual solo viene con Hubs V1 y V2, la pagina de Samsung decía que para el V3 (que es el de 2018 y el que compre aquí) no se requería el código pero se necesitaba la aplicación mas nueva (Smartthings a secas). Ya tenia conectado el Hub y el led que trae parpadeaba verde/rojo, como lo del código no se podía descargue la aplicación mas nueva.En la app nueva me logee con la Samsung account que habia creado con la Smartthings Classic, entre sin problema, le di a agregar dispositivo y lo detecto de forma inmediata, básicamente tal como lo indica la pagina de ayuda de Smartthings que viene en la app. Todo fue a través de Wifi, solo tuve que seguir las instrucciones que me iban saliendo en la app y listo!.En este momento ya agregue varias de las cosas que ya tenia en mi casa, por ejemplo mi cerrojo inteligente lo abro y cierro desde la app de Smartthings.Ojala les sirva a los que no han podido hacerlo funcionar!