Samsung Will Retire Samsung Sound and Move Speaker Controls Into SmartThings

Overview

• Samsung confirmed via an in-app alert that it will shut down the standalone Samsung Sound app and merge its speaker setup and control features into the SmartThings app.
• Users are instructed to register their sound devices in SmartThings to retain existing settings such as EQ presets, custom EQ, room optimization, and speaker groups.
• The standalone Samsung Sound app will remain usable during a transition period that ends on March 31, 2027 to give owners time to migrate devices and settings.
• The move follows complaints about Samsung Sound's reliability — the app has low ratings and user reports of sync and connectivity problems — which Samsung says made the standalone app redundant next to SmartThings.
• This change comes alongside other 2026 service shifts from Samsung, including a planned shutdown of SmartThings' tracker service, and continues a pattern of consolidating smaller Samsung apps into broader platforms.