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Samsung has announced a partnership with Tesla for SmartThings Energy. It has become the first company to integrate with Tesla’s API to improve energy quality in homes.
On Thursday, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced that it has established a service integration with Tesla that will connect SmartThings Energy with Tesla products such as Powerwall home battery, Solar Inverter, Wall Connector charging solutions, and electric vehicles (EVs). It will be shown for the first time at CES 2024, while the launch is planned for the second quarter of this year.
The project was made possible by Tesla’s open APIs1, the company announced on Thursday. According to the explanation, FleetAPI is a RESTful data and command service providing access to Tesla vehicles and energy devices. Partners can interact with their own devices or devices that have been granted access by a customer.
“Tesla Energy’s customers can now manage and monitor the power status of their homes through SmartThings Energy and Samsung devices in addition to the Tesla app, ensuring more access and connectivity,” said Chanwoo Park, EVP and Head of IoT Development Team of Device Platform Center at Samsung Electronics. “This new collaboration is a key milestone for Samsung Electronics in making our solution more widely available beyond home appliances.”
Thanks to Samsung’s collaboration with Tesla, SmartThings Energy can now connect to Tesla Powerwall, Solar Inverter, Wall Connector charging, and EVs, allowing SmartThings Energy to display information relating to users’ energy production, storage, and usage. In addition, the company’s customers will be able to better prepare for power outages. SmartThings Energy can now sync with the Tesla app’s “Storm Watch” Powerwall feature, giving full access to its customers. They will be alerted if extreme weather conditions are approaching, which will help to properly configure the system for possible energy savings via storage. Samsung customers can also now activate AI Energy Mode before and during power outages to extend the remaining reserve energy stored in Tesla Powerwall.
“At Tesla we are excited to add capability to our products to interact with other intelligent devices and software in customers’ homes. We recently published FleetAPI, allowing developers to interact with Powerwall, Solar, and Wall Connector in addition to our vehicles. We are pleased that Samsung has chosen to be an early developer, given their leading position in consumer smart home technology. Customers will be able to view the status of their grid connectivity across multiple devices and intelligently control home loads to extend their Powerwall energy when off grid,” said Drew Baglino, Tesla.
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