You can now repurpose your old Samsung Galaxy smartphones into smart home devices

Is your old Galaxy smartphone no longer useful for you? Think again.

With Samsung’s latest solution, you can now turn your old Galaxy phones into a smart home device—thanks to the brand’s newly expanded Galaxy Upcycling program.

Samsung Electronics recently announced Galaxy Upcycling at Home, the latest addition to its Galaxy Upcycling program. Through this, the company will be able to convert their customers’ old Galaxy smartphones into a variety of IoT devices through a simple software update.

This allows Samsung users to repurpose their smartphones once they have a new one. With Galaxy Upcycling at Home, users can easily turn their old Galaxy phones into smart home devices, such as a childcare monitor, a pet care solution, and other tools that will elevate their daily lifestyle.

Power up your home with the SmartThings app and your old Galaxy smartphones

The Galaxy Upcycling at Home program can enhance your old device’s sound and light-control features by repurposing its built-in sensors. This will then enable you to transform your old device through SmartThings Lab, an in-app feature of the SmartThings app.

Here are the amazing things it can do for you at home:

• Equipped with an upgraded AI solution, it can intelligently detect sounds, record them and send them directly to your smartphone.
• Devices can also be used as a light sensor, allowing it to automatically turn on the lights or the TV if the room gets darker.

Meanwhile, Samsung explained that to continuously detect sound and light, devices need to be actively operating. With this, they geared the program with battery optimization solutions to minimize battery usage.

Samsung has rolled out the beta service for Galaxy Upcycling at Home in the US,
the UK and Korea.

So, what can you say about this latest innovation?

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