You need the hub to connect non-Samsung smart home devices ... Focus on purchasing only compatible brands and products, and you can control every device in your home using the SmartThings app.

The Aqara Panel Hub S1 Plus includes two relay switches and six wireless switches, with support for both Matter and Zigbee, ...

One of the electronics industry leaders, Samsung has long been innovating and continues to bring new and exciting features to its smart TVs ... users with compatible devices to manipulate content ...

Credit where credit's due ... for your smart home kit, although Samsung promises a software update for existing version 2.0 Family Hub fridges that'll make them Matter compatible too.

I’ve written in the past about how one of the disadvantages of Smart Home devices is that they aren’t really inter-operable, and you have to commit to a single ecosystem — Amazon, Google, Apple, etc., ...

However, things are changing; alongside Matter improving smart home interoperability, Samsung’s wide-ranging ... even less of an idea how Matter-compatible devices might fit into the bigger ...