Tesla's First Smart Home Partner Is Samsung SmartThings

Tesla and Samsung are joining forces to allow users of Samsung's SmartThings platform to connect to Tesla products so they can keep track of energy production and usage. The Verge reports: When connected to the Powerwall, SmartThings Energy can sync with the "Storm Watch" feature so that you're notified of heavy weather on a Samsung phone or TV, for example. In addition to the Powerwall, SmartThings Energy will be able to connect to other Tesla products, including its electric vehicles, Solar Inverter, and Wall Connector charging solutions. The collaboration is possible thanks to Tesla's API, which Samsung claims SmartThings Energy is the first to take advantage of.

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[saloomy]

Especially since I have had this in Apple Home since I got my solar installed two years ago via HomeBridge. It talks directly to the Tesla Gateway. Welcome to the club Samsung. Better late than never.

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[AmiMoJo]

It's all just proprietary shit that will be abandoned in a few years.

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[saloomy]

Would you have said the same thing when HomeKit was first introduced? 2014. Ten years ago. Apple HomeKit IMHO has the most staying power, since it's not evolving fast and the service is entirely user-hosted. As long as you have a HomeKit hub, you are good to go controlling it. What would the alternative be? Write custom firmware for each and every device so you have an open-source alternative? Please.

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[AmiMoJo]

Yes. It needs to be open for me to consider it. Tasmota or Matter. I will consider fully local and reverse engineered protocols.

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[quonset]

There are two presidential candidates on the Epstein list, Trump and Kennedy. Funny how you never mention them.

Allow?

[bagofbeans]

Tesla and Samsung are joining forces to allow users of Samsung's SmartThings platform to connect to Tesla products so they can keep track of energy production and usage.

Mandate it more likely. Samsung TV and Android surveillance are bad enough, now this too..

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[thegarbz]

Why would Tesla mandate it when they can monetise this themselves? Think a bit before you spurt out conspiracy theories which are actively negative for the conspirators.

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[thegarbz]

Except you cared enough to post. If you truly didn't care you would have just skipped over the story.

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[Tough Love]

I did skip the story genius.

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[thegarbz]

You can't have skipped over it. You had to click on it to post here. "Genius" isn't the insult you think it is, it shows I am capable of using my brain.

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[Tough Love]

Read the title and clicked the comments, genius. Good luck using that brain, should be a novel experience for you.

openHAB & HomeAssistant

[tommycw1]

You've been able to do this with openHAB and HASSIO for years... https://www.openhab.org/addons... [openhab.org]

So they can track you

[Yo,dog!]

"so they can keep track of energy production and usage" And track you.

Tesla's API?

[Yo,dog!]

I've got an API Elon can shove up his @ss.

Great...

[LordHighExecutioner]

...so if a Tesla product does not catch fire by itself, the Samsung app will make it explode.

c'mon folks.

[Morky]

Sad comments. Same deranged Musk hate you see on Ars. Hoped Slashdot would be better and focus on tech.