Samsung and the Hyundai Motor Group are bringing smart home control directly into the vehicle with the new car-to-home service. Owners of Hyundai and Kia models can now remotely control household appliances connected to SmartThings via their car’s infotainment system – from the air conditioning and lighting to the robot vacuum cleaner. Samsung Car-to-Home complements the existing Home-to-Car service Samsung and the Hyundai Motor Group launched the home-to-car service back in September 2025. For the first time, users were able to control their vehicle from home via the SmartThings app – for example, to preheat the air conditioning, start the engine or lock and unlock the doors. Now the networking also works in the other direction: compatible smart home devices can be operated from the car. Specifically, devices such as air conditioning systems (from model year 2021), air purifiers and robot vacuum cleaners (from model year 2024) as well as lighting systems are supported, provided they are compatible with the SmartThings platform. They are controlled via a touchscreen in the vehicle. Set up via QR code in just a few steps Setting up the car-to-home service is very simple: users with an active Hyundai Bluelink or Kia Connect subscription scan the QR code displayed in the vehicle’s SmartThings app using their smartphone. This links the SmartThings account to the vehicle. The prerequisite is a Hyundai or Kia vehicle with the ccNC infotainment platform (Connected Car Navigation Cockpit), which has been installed in production vehicles since November 2022. Samsung has announced that it will gradually extend compatibility to other models through software updates. Intelligent routines: Automation by location The option to set up location-based routines is particularly exciting. Using the SmartThings “Smart Routine” function, users can define automatic processes that are based on the GPS location of the vehicle: - Homecoming