Samsung SmartThings - Smart Tag & Virtual Switch (Temp Workaround)

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A while back similar to others I got my Smart Tag but quickly noticed it wasn’t very integrated with Home Assistant (not blaming HA).
A request is still open Votes Add Samsung Smart Tag support to SmartThings integration.

There’s many workarounds but I haven’t seen this one documented (yet).

Brief Overview:
You can create a ‘Virtual Switch’ within the SmartThings App which will feed to HA.
Then create a routine within the Smart Tag button to toggle the Virtual Switch.
The Virtual Switch can then be used in HA for automations.

Step by step…

  1. Create a ‘Virtual Switch’ In the SmartThings App navigate to
  1. ‘Menu’ tab
  2. Labs
  3. Virtual Switch (call it whatever you like)

Navigate to Labs

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Then find the Virtual Switch
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The Virtual Switch can be configured and named to whatever you like

  1. Create a routine for the button’ In the SmartThings App navigate to
  1. ‘Devices’ tab
  2. Select your Smart Tag
  3. Configure a routine for the the button held/pressed to toggle or turn on/off the Virtual Switch

I configured mine to toggle the Virtual Switch when pressed

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  1. Navigate to your Home Assistant > Integrations and reload Samsung SmartThings
    The virtual switch should be created and should toggle when the Smart Tag button is pressed.
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@91JJ thanks for sharing this useful workaround, let’s hope that SmartTag location tracking is supported soon in Home Assistant :sweat_smile: I have tried other ESP32 based presence solutions to track the BLE tags however it’s not possible due to how the MAC address is randomised.

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Hmm, missing Labs (and Mall). Read somewhere it’s only available in US and Korea. Anyone who can confirm?

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I was able to create the virtual switch from the API web. Still not selectable though (Control devices greyed out). I can only choose “Notify someone” or “Change this location’s mode”.

Do I need a SmartThings Hub for this? :see_no_evil:

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I think Smarthings Labs is pretty recent, I had to update my phone & app (in UK on Galaxy S21 Ultra) so not sure if those factors come into play.

You can also create a Virtual Switch in the Samsung IDE - unsure if this is what you mean by the API?

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I’m suspecting that Labs-feature isn’t available in my region. Tried clearing data & reinstalling the app but it makes no difference.

Yes, that is what I meant by “API web”.

Control devices still isn’t available as an action when I press a button on either the virtual switch nor the SmartTag. Run scenes and Change security mode is also unavailable. Hmm…

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Have you tried editing the device in samsung ide?

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I can confirm that this procedure still works and is good workaround for Samsung SmartTag2 also.
However, I still hope that natively it will work in SmartThings integration, including location…

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