Samsung is launching a new service to help caregivers remotely monitor and assist loved ones using smart home devices. SmartThings Family Care is a free service that uses both Samsung’s SmartThings smart home platform and Galaxy smartphones to help caregivers stay connected. It first launched in Korea in June and will be available in the US on August 16th through the SmartThings app.
Family Care is similar to Amazon’s paid offering, Alexa Together, which the company quietly discontinued earlier this year. Samsung’s service leverages the smart devices in a person’s home and applies artificial intelligence to determine their daily patterns and send alerts to a caregiver if abnormalities are detected — for example, it can send a…
