SmartHouse

A Smart Hub for Smart TVs

Samsung’s Smart Hub combines access to streaming video, music, games and more all in one place.

- Written by Jon Bragg

The Smart Hub appears as a ribbon at the bottom of the screen, and is built to be fast and responsive for easy access and transition between a variety of major video, music and gaming platforms.

Subscripti­on video services like Stan, Netflix, Foxtel Play and Amazon Prime Video, catch-up video from ABC iView and SBS On Demand, and music streaming through Spotify are all supported.

Hover over an app like Netflix to see what shows you’ve been watching, and even view thumbnail previews of content before committing to a show or movie.

Live TV and connected devices are also displayed on the Smart Hub, making it easy to switch between all the different functional­ities of the QLED TV in one place. High-quality HDR video is available through select Netflix content using the HDR10 standard and, in a partnershi­p between Samsung and Amazon Video, all QLED TVs also take advantage of the newly developed HDR10+ standard, leveraging dynamic metadata for enhanced contrast and colour while watching supported content.

All QLED TVs also feature built-in support for Steam Link, which allows games from the popular gaming platform Steam to be streamed from a computer to the TV.

Alerts can also be set up through Smart Hub to provide a variety of informatio­n, including when a user’s favourite sports team is scheduled to play.

Smart Hub makes entertainm­ent simple in a single streamline­d package.

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