We’re one step closer to a smart home that can manage Thread border routers from different manufacturers. Samsung SmartThings now supports “two-way Thread network unification,” its fancy way of saying Thread credentials sharing. This means that now, if you add a Samsung device that’s a Thread border router to your home, it can join an existing Thread network from other ecosystems, rather than setting up its own.

The capability, which is part of the Thread 1.4 spec released last year, will launch on select SmartThings hubs — including the Aeotec Smart Home Hub and the Aeotec Smart Home Hub 2. More hubs will follow, according to the company.

A new “Manage Thread Network” menu in the SmartThings app Hub interface will allow you to connect a compatible hub to an existing Thread network using

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