There has been no confirmation on how thick of a surface it can track through, but it reportedly has a 97% accuracy of capturing your heart beat, breathing patterns and movement throughout the night. The new Smart Home Hub is improved on many ways, it is no longer needs an internet cloud connection to function and can run autonomously for 10 hours on a battery if the power is cut.
The company revealed it will be bringing its SmartThings Hub to the United Kingdom and Europe in 2016, giving consumer a central unit to control all of their smart, connected devices from your tablet or smartphone using the companion SmartThings app, which will deliver real-time notifications and even video clips. This is calculated from total sleep time, sleep efficiency, the time it took to fall asleep, the number of times you woke up, the number of times you got out of bed, percentage of time in deep sleep and percentage of time in REM.
Samsung on the other hand, has the SLEEPsense sleep sensor they just announced at IFA.
Samsung also showed a revamped SmartThings app. Users can now directly organize and control devices by room, and customize actions to occur automatically based on preset routines, according to Samsung.
Samsung’s open home smart platform is compatible with the company’s own products like the Smartcam HD Pro and the Samsung Radiant-360 R7 Speaker, but also smart device’s manufactured by Bose and ecobee – the Ecobee3 Thermostat and Bose SoundTouch 20 Series II Speaker, for example.
The new Samsung SmartThings Hub is already available in the U.S from Sep.3.
This is super cool because not only can SLEEPsense monitor your sleep, but it can help you stay asleep by turning on your air conditioner if it decides the house is too hot for optimal sleeping conditions.
Imagine, if you will, your heating talking to the lighting and the kettle, to know when you’re home from work, so they can all start doing their thing for your return.
“People are beginning to understand the real value and utility smart home technology can provide in their everyday lives”, said Alex Hawkinson, CEO and founder of SmartThings.