Read more: Turn an old phone into a security camera in 3 steps. Here's how to do it. If you've got an older Samsung Galaxy phone lying around and want to tinker with Upcycling at Home, you'll need ...

Old phones are often fated to sit in a box somewhere, or in an e-waste landfill. Here's how you can repurpose your old Samsung phone into a smart home device.

Samsung’s Upcycling at Home project is now available in the UK and US. The project, which arrives via a SmartThings Lab feature, turns old Samsung phones into IoT devices.

Samsung’s Galaxy Upcycling program promises to find new life for your old Galaxy phones When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works .

Samsung says that Galaxy Upcycling at Home is available today in the U.S., UK, and Korea on all S, Note, and Z series phones released from 2018 — meaning the Galaxy S9, Note 9, and above. More ...

I’m a bit of a gadget hoarder. I often tend to assume that I can repurpose some old thing—an ancient phone, tablet, or webcam—into something new, so I’m thrilled to see Samsung finally ...

A Samsung smart home software update released this week put some users’ Galaxy S10 and Note 10 (including e, Lite, Plus, and 5G versions) and A90 and M51 smartphones in an infinite boot loop ...

Samsung has announced an alternative solution to the problem, though — the new Galaxy Upcycling at Home initiative that envisions your old Galaxy phones as smart home devices.

Transferring data from your old Android phone or tablet to the Samsung Galaxy device is fairly straightforward. To get started, you need to install the Smart Switch app from the Play Store on both ...

What is far more readily available is the old Samsung Galaxy S7 phone in your drawer. Hamp-Gonsalves had one with a broken charging port, and a friend had another one with a bad battery, and one ...