Use of SMS (Twillo) with Smartthings

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Hi Andy, welcome to SharpTools community and family, and thank you for your feedback & questions. See below for the comments.

  1. SMS: SharpTools SMS is only for US premium users as SMS can cost 15 times more in some countries than US and is not practical for our pricing model. However, we’ve integrated with Twilio (and several other notification providers, such as Pushover, Pushbullet and email) and made them available to all users (Free & Premium) with no location restriction so users have the options to choose whatever works best for them. :smile:

  2. SHM alert notification: it’s correct that you cannot send notification based on SHM alert. However, the beauty of Rule Engine is to create flexible automation with advanced actions/conditions the way you want. For example you can send notifications, play alert message through your Echo or Sonos speaker, and turn a light to red for any water leak or smoke event, but only do so when a door is opened or motion is detected while SHM is armed, during specific time, or you are not present. And once the rules are created, you rarely need to touch them again. (Feel free to let me know if you need any help with your automation ideas.)

  3. Premium benefits: there are several premium features such as unlimited calendars and news feeds ( and with faster refresh rate), Music Album Art tile, and more to come.

Here is a quick demo video we filmed at Samsung Developer Conference 19, and is a great intro for you to learn some ideas about what SharpTools offers. :sunglasses: