Samsung Electronics Connects 'SmartThings' to Hyundai Motor and Kia... Linked with Connected Car Services

Hyundai Motor·Kia Collaborate with HomeToCar and CarToHome Services Development
Electric Vehicle-Linked SmartThings Routine, Optimal Charging Time Adjustment Function

Samsung Electronics is expanding the integration scope of the 'SmartThings' platform to connected cars through collaboration with Hyundai Motor Group.

On the 4th, Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor Company·Kia announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a partnership on Home-to-Car and Car-to-Home services.

The two companies collaborated to link Samsung Electronics' SmartThings platform with Hyundai Motor Company·Kia's connected car service platform to develop next-generation smart home services, including ▲Home-to-Car and Car-to-Home services ▲integrated home energy management services.

Example of Home-to-Car service to be applied with Samsung Electronics SmartThings.
[Photo by Samsung Electronics]

The Home-to-Car and Car-to-Home services connect smart homes and vehicle infotainment systems, allowing remote control between them. Through SmartThings, users can start the car, control smart air conditioning, open or close windows, and check the electric vehicle (EV) charging status from home, while controlling home appliances such as TVs, air conditioners, and EV chargers from the car.

Users can create their own convenient connected experiences with SmartThings. In the future, modes including weather mode and homecoming mode, which also incorporate the car, will allow SmartThings-connected devices to operate simultaneously.

For example, when the alarm on a Galaxy smartphone rings in the morning, curtains automatically open, lights and the TV turn on, and the vehicle adjusts the interior to an optimal temperature. Especially during morning preparations, the smartphone and TV screens display information such as the EV’s battery level and driving range.

Examples of Hyundai Motor Company and Kia vehicles applying Samsung Electronics SmartThings. [Photo by Samsung Electronics]

Additionally, the integrated home energy management service enables unified monitoring of energy usage in both the home and the vehicle. It allows users to check not only connected devices in the home but also the EV charger and vehicle energy consumption, and adjust the optimal charging time considering tariff plans and carbon emissions.

Park Chan-woo, Vice President of Samsung Electronics, said, "Through this MOU, Home-to-Car and integrated home energy management services optimized for future lifestyles will become possible," adding, "We will enhance customer experience by connecting the SmartThings platform with automobiles."

Kwon Hae-young, Executive Director and Head of Hyundai Motor Company·Kia Infotainment Development Center, said, "This will be an opportunity to utilize Car-to-Home and Home-to-Car services of connected cars more diversely and conveniently," and added, "We plan to accelerate technology development to make the mobility journey of Hyundai Motor Company·Kia customers worldwide meaningful."

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