The platform includes hardware, software and an API.

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SmartThings covers this base with a software development kit and a API that seeks to provide everything a good software hacker needs to integrate SmartThings devices into his or her apps.

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Interested developers can find a link to submit innovative ideas, and sign up for the latest information and news about the SYNC application programming interface (API) and software development kit (SDK).

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