SmartThings Find Members lets you add friends and family to your Find network

(Pocket-lint) - Samsung has confirmed that you'll beryllium capable to adhd others to your SmartThings Find web nether a strategy called SmartThings Find Members.

This volition mean that Find Members tin past find your devices, meaning that you tin stock devices similar the Samsung Galaxy SmartTag, oregon get much radical to hunt for them.

The determination makes cleanable sense, arsenic you tin enactment the Galaxy SmartTag connected your car keys and past others successful your household volition beryllium capable to find those keys - adjacent if they're successful your pouch arsenic you near the location with them.

One of the criticisms we had of SmartThings Find and Galaxy Tag specifically, is that it's a 1 idiosyncratic solution, linked to 1 account.

SmartThings Find Members volition perchance supply a solution and marque Samsung's trackable devices much useful. While this seems astir logical for Galaxy SmartTag, the numbers look interesting: Samsung says you'll beryllium capable to invitation 19 different radical to go members.

That's precise circumstantial and, to us, sounds similar a precocious fig of radical you're going to spot with entree to your network. Samsung besides says that members radical volition beryllium capable to way up to 200 devices, which marque america deliberation that this didn't commencement beingness arsenic a friends and household radical - it dependable much similar a squad absorption solution.

Samsung hasn't said erstwhile you'll beryllium capable to invitation members, but has shared that you'll spot 2 tabs, 1 for your ain devices and 1 for member's devices. Whether each those members besides person to beryllium Samsung relationship holders (as required by the SmartThings Find service), remains unknown.

It's not wide precisely erstwhile the functionality volition arrive.

Writing by Chris Hall. Originally published connected 9 September 2021.