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Samsung will soon start charging to access its smart home API

Regular users could get caught by Samsung’s new $4.99 monthly charge for individual developers.

by Dominic Preston

Jun 26, 2026, 11:38 AM UTC

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Dominic Preston is a news editor with over a decade’s experience in journalism. He previously worked at Android Police and Tech Advisor.

From October this year Samsung will roll out a variety of new paid tiers for access to its SmartThings API, including a $4.99 monthly plan for “non-commercial, individual developers.”

It won’t just be developers that pay the price though. Some more advanced smart home users are likely to fall afoul of the rule change if they directly access the SmartThings API for more flexible smart home controls, or use third-party tools that do the same. “Use of the Home Assistant integration will be affected by their changes and willfall under their new ‘personal plans,’” wrote Paulus Schoutsen,...

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