Samsung And Hyundai Collaborate To Present SmartThings To Cars

SmartThings service display on Hyundai cars (Doc. Samsung)

JAKARTA - Samsung Electronics announced its collaboration with the Hyundai Motor Group to bring the next generation SmartThings smart home to Hyundai and Kia cars, including electric vehicles (EVs).

In this agreement, Samsung and Hyundai developed a future lifestyle solution that fully integrates smart homes and connected cars.

The announcement came after the two companies officially signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on January 3 stated that they would develop an integrated home-to-Car and Car-to-Home services as well as home energy management services.

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These two services are expected to connect smart homes with the in-vehicle infotainment system, enabling remote control in both directions.

For Home-to-Car services, through the SmartThings platform, users will be able to perform various actions such as turning on a car, controlling smart AC, opening and closing windows, and checking charging status.

As for the Car-to-Home service, users can also control a number of household appliances such as TV, AC, and EV chargers.

This collaboration will allow communication from Home-to-Car and integrated home energy management services to be optimized for future lifestyles, said Chanwoo Park, Executive Vice President at Samsung Electronics in an announcement on its official website.

In addition, users will also be able to adapt their environment to SmartThings, by operating multiple devices simultaneously including vehicles through routines such as 'good morning routines' and routines arriving home.

For example, when the morning alarm on the Galaxy smartphone sounds, the curtains will open automatically, and the lights and television will turn on.

When the user is about to leave for work, the user's car will adjust to the ideal temperature. In addition, smartphone and TV screens will display information such as EV battery remaining and travel distance.

"This is an opportunity to make connected Car-to-Home and Home-to-Car services more comfortable in various fields," said Haeyoung Kwon, Hyundai and Kia vice president of Infotainment Development Center.

"We plan to accelerate the development of our technology to continue to make the journey of global Hyundai and Kia customers meaningful," he concluded.