The SmartThings redesign is on Android now. Version 1.8.51.30 is live on the Google Play Store and the Galaxy Store, and if you don’t see it yet, the rollout is staggered so give it a few days. iPhone users got theirs first, on 29 September as version 1.7.51, which is an odd order of events for a Samsung app.
What Changed On The Home Tab
Devices and routines now sit in smaller, denser cards, so more of your house fits on one screen without scrolling. Tapping the icon on a card switches the device on or off, or runs the routine, with no menu in between. You can resize any card if you want a bigger target to hit, and drag them into whatever order suits you.
There’s a panel at the top called SmartThings Now that shows weather, energy use, TV shortcuts, care alerts and automations it thinks you’ll want. Below that is Favorites, which is just your pinned devices and routines kept together.
One addition that hasn’t been mentioned much: Routine Insights pulls out your three most-used routines and shows their recent activity. Useful if you’ve built a dozen routines and lost track of which ones are actually firing.
The Devices tab got the same treatment, and the navigation bar is now a floating one. The TV remote has been redone too, with a light mode and controls you can move around.
The 3D Home Map Has Been Reworked
If you’ve used the mapping feature, where you enter room dimensions and drop in 3D models of your furniture and appliances, that process has changed in this version as well.
Samsung Sound Is Being Shut Down
Samsung launched a separate Samsung Sound app a few months back for controlling its Wi-Fi speakers and soundbars. That app is being discontinued and its controls are moving into SmartThings, which is the right call. Two apps for one house never made much sense.
What Hasn’t Been Touched Yet
The redesign stops at the top layer. Individual device plugin screens and the deeper sub-menus still look the way they did, so expect a bit of a mismatch when you tap into a specific device. Samsung hasn’t said when those are getting their turn.
