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Z-Wave Alliance Adds Samsung-Owned SmartThings to Board

SmartThings joined the Z-Wave Alliance and became a board member, the alliance said Thursday. SmartThings joins board members ADT, Evolve Guest Controls, Fakro, Ingersoll-Rand, Jasco Products, LG Uplus, Nortek Security & Control and Sigma Designs. Z-Wave Alliance Chairman Mark Walters…

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cited SmartThings’ fast growth in its two years in the marketplace and its purchase by Samsung last summer as a “testament to their understanding of the smart home market and a validation of their platform.” The SmartThings system uses a hub that can communicate with 150 devices controllable from an app. Since the purchase by Samsung, the SmartThings ecosystem has doubled to more than 10,000 developers and more than 1 million installed SmartApps, the company said. More than 300 companies have adopted Z-Wave, the alliance said.