Smarthings integration needs the hub?

Third party integrations
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Hi guys,

Does anyone knows if I cant use the smarthings integration without the hub? I’m thinking of buying a samsung dryer but not really wanting to buy another hub

Thanks

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Short version. No.

The SmartThings integration is a cloud connection to the ST Cloud it does not talk to any hub. Smartthings then talks to your devices and st hubs if you have one. It’s the reason I don’t recommend people use smartthings as thier ZWave or zigbee connection of you intend to control things with HA. (you round trip the internet for light switch)

Hubs are now optional for Smartthings since they moved to the edge architecture pre Pandemic.

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Thanks for the quick response! Not really looking to hook anything else so delays are not important in this case. Now to decide between a samsung or lg one.

Cheers!

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