SmartThings will soon lose all experimental features on iPhones

Samsung has announced that it is removing all the Labs features from the SmartThings app for iPhone. Here are more details.

A few days ago, Samsung added many features to the SmartThings app for iOS. Well, the South Korean tech giant is now removing some features from its smart home app for iPhones. More specifically, from Labs, a section where the company offers experimental features.

In the SmartThings app for iPhone, Samsung has sent a notice that all four features that are currently available in the Labs section — Gentle Wake-Up, No Worries While Away, Turn It Off When I Leave, and Welcome Home — will not be available from 22 December 2025.

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All these Labs features are basically routines. It means that even if Samsung removes them, you can create routines to mimic them. If you are among the people using these features, it would be a good idea to go into the feature and take a screenshot to mimic the routine.

Samsung hasn’t said why the brand is removing these features. It is possible that the company may be taking them out of the Labs and putting them in the Routines section. It is also possible that the tech giant is removing them because not enough people are using them.

Abid Iqbal Shaik - Writer

First Samsung device: Galaxy S II

I’m a computer science engineer living in Hyderabad, India, who has a keen interest in automobiles and consumer electronics. My journalism career kicked off in 2017 with MySmartPrice where I wrote news, features, buying guides, and explanatory articles about technology among other things, and reviewed many products, including smartphones, tablets, laptops, PC components, smartwatches, audio devices, wearables, and smart home products. Since then, I have worked for 91Mobiles, Apple, and Onsitego, before finally landing on SamMobile.

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