Samsung has announced plans to work with its Samsung Heavy Industries shipbuilding division to incorporate its SmartThings IoT technology into the delivery of new onboard systems connectivity capabilities for ships.
The collaborative project will utilise the Matter open standard for IoT developed in 2019 by the Project Connected Home over IP (CHIP) working group, founded by Amazon, Apple, Google and the Zigbee Alliance.
The move is part of Samsung’s wider SmartThings Pro initiative, which aims to make AI-powered services developed for its SmartThings consumer offering available to businesses. Since its launch last June, SmartThings Pro had offered integrations to allow companies to better understand their energy usage, identify devices requiring maintenance and control their connected systems.
The SmartThings for Ships project aims to offer a Pre-Sailing Mode, which would allow crews to automate when the engine starts and turn on settings for temperature and lights. A Care Mode will also be developed, providing an overview of a ship’s power, AC systems and smoke alarms, as well as a Protection Mode that monitors for abnormal activity and provides alerts upon detection.
All of the systems connected via the SmartThings for Ships infrastructure will be viewable and manageable using a centralised Samsung dashboard.
The project was announced during a Samsung keynote at CES 2025, the annual Consumer Electronics Show held in Las Vegas.
