In the Samsung SmartThings smart home ecosystem, whole-house device interconnection and scenario-based intelligent linkage are the core of an upgraded user experience. OpenAudio HOLOWHAS Series Multi-room Streaming Amplifier, including the full range of models HOLOWHAS Ultra, HOLOWHAS Plus, HOLOWHAS Max, HOLOWHAS Ultra-GC and HOLOWHAS Plus-GC, achieves in-depth compatibility with the Samsung SmartThings ecosystem. Relying on three core values: SmartThings App Smart Control, Bixby Voice Control, and Cross-scenario Remote Management, it fully empowers four practical functions: Power Control, Mute, Volume Adjustment, and Input Selection. This seamless integration perfectly combines the Hi-Fi grade multi-room audio experience with the whole-house smart linkage and humanized control features of SmartThings, bringing users a highly integrated, convenient and immersive whole-home audio experience that fits the modern smart lifestyle.
SmartThings App Smart Control: One-stop Whole-home Management for Intuitive Operation of All Functions
Powered by the official Samsung SmartThings App, the OpenAudio HOLOWHAS Series (Ultra, Plus, Max, Ultra-GC, Plus-GC) realizes one-stop centralized control of audio devices without additional third-party applications, perfectly integrating into the Samsung whole-house smart management system. Users only need to add the HOLOWHAS amplifiers to the SmartThings App and complete simple device pairing to manage all amplifiers in different rooms—living room, bedroom, study and dining room—on a single interface. The real-time working status, volume levels, input source information of each model are clearly displayed, and the control entries of the four core functions are highly visible, making the whole-home audio management clear and straightforward.
The SmartThings App features a user-friendly visual operation interface with a logical and hierarchical functional layout. A light tap or slide can complete Power Control, one-click Mute, precise Volume Adjustment and free Input Selection, with zero operation barriers for users of all ages. As the core hub of Samsung’s whole-house smart home, the App also supports unified management of the HOLOWHAS Series with other Samsung smart devices such as smart TVs, smart lights and smart curtains. Users can view the status of all smart devices in one stop and realize the linkage setting of audio equipment with other devices, making the HOLOWHAS Series an important part of the whole-house smart ecosystem. Meanwhile, the App supports multi-device grouping management, allowing independent control of a single HOLOWHAS amplifier or synchronous adjustment of multiple devices, creating a personalized audio experience for each space.
Bixby Voice Control: AI-powered Hands-free Interaction with Full Function Response
The OpenAudio HOLOWHAS Series (Ultra, Plus, Max, Ultra-GC, Plus-GC) is fully optimized for Samsung Bixby smart voice assistant, deeply integrating Bixby’s AI-powered natural language interaction and multi-scenario adaptation capabilities into the whole process of home audio control, and truly realizing an intelligent hands-free audio experience. Users only need to wake up the voice assistant with the wake-up word “Hi Bixby”, and issue natural language commands to quickly trigger and accurately execute all four core functions of the amplifier, completely getting rid of the constraints of mobile phones, physical remote controls and manual operations.
Whether you want to turn on the HOLOWHAS amplifier while busy cooking in the kitchen, adjust the volume while lying on the sofa and relaxing, enable Mute with one sentence during an important online meeting, or switch the Input Selection for a family movie night with a Samsung smart TV, a simple voice command can realize a fast and accurate response. Bixby has excellent natural language understanding, quantitative command recognition and continuous dialogue capabilities, and can accurately identify detailed and personalized commands such as “Set the volume of the living room HOLOWHAS Max to 60%”, “Lower the volume of the bedroom HOLOWHAS Plus by 30%”, “Switch the study HOLOWHAS Ultra to HDMI ARC input” and “Mute the dining room HOLOWHAS Ultra-GC”. It also supports multi-language interaction and scene-aware voice control, making the audio control of the HOLOWHAS Series more flexible, convenient and humanized, and integrating smart voice interaction into every detail of home life.
Cross-scenario Remote Management: Break Spatial Restrictions for On-demand Control of All Functions
The cross-scenario remote management function of the OpenAudio HOLOWHAS Series (Ultra, Plus, Max, Ultra-GC, Plus-GC) perfectly breaks the physical spatial limitations of audio device control, and realizes all-round remote control of the four core functions through the Samsung SmartThings cloud ecosystem. As long as the mobile phone is connected to the network, users can remotely operate all home HOLOWHAS amplifiers through the SmartThings App anytime and anywhere—whether working in the office, traveling on a business trip, going out for a short time or traveling abroad, and the smart audio control is no longer limited by location.
The remote management function endows the HOLOWHAS Series with richer scenario-based application value: you can remotely turn on the amplifier and pre-adjust the appropriate volume and input source on the way home, and immerse yourself in the high-quality Hi-Fi audio experience the moment you open the door; if you forget to turn off the amplifier when going out, one-click remote power off can save energy and avoid unnecessary equipment loss caused by long-term idle operation; when family members are at home, you can remotely adjust the audio settings of the HOLOWHAS amplifier according to their listening needs, and care for the family’s audio experience from a distance. All four core functions of all HOLOWHAS models can be precisely controlled remotely, and the device status is synchronized in real time on the App, making the smart audio service of the HOLOWHAS Series cover every corner of life and bring a more thoughtful and convenient audio experience for users.
Power Control: Multi-terminal One-click On/Off for Flexible and Efficient Amplifier Management
As the basic core function of the audio system, the OpenAudio HOLOWHAS Series (Ultra, Plus, Max, Ultra-GC, Plus-GC) realizes flexible and multi-terminal one-click Power Control under the Samsung SmartThings ecosystem, adapting to the start and stop needs of the amplifier in different scenarios and the diverse usage habits of users. Users can tap the device icon in the SmartThings App to complete the one-click on/off of the HOLOWHAS amplifier, wake up the Bixby voice assistant to issue simple commands for quick power control, or remotely manage the power status of the device anytime and anywhere through the remote management function. What’s more, the amplifier can realize automatic power on/off linkage with other Samsung smart devices through the App’s scenario setting, such as automatic power on of the HOLOWHAS amplifier when the Samsung smart TV is turned on.
Multiple control methods are seamlessly connected, eliminating the trouble of searching for physical buttons and making amplifier control more free and flexible. The precise and fast Power Control makes the use of the HOLOWHAS Series more efficient and energy-saving: the one-click start can quickly respond to the user’s immediate listening needs, and the instant stop can avoid long-term idle power consumption of the equipment and extend the service life of the device. For the grouped HOLOWHAS amplifiers, the SmartThings App also supports one-click batch power control, which can realize the synchronous start and stop of the whole-home audio equipment with one operation, greatly improving the efficiency of whole-home audio management and making the control of the HOLOWHAS Series more in line with the needs of Samsung’s whole-house smart home life.
Mute: One-click Quick Mute for Smooth Scenario Switching
Aiming at the diverse silent needs in daily home life, the OpenAudio HOLOWHAS Series (Ultra, Plus, Max, Ultra-GC, Plus-GC) is equipped with a humanized one-click Mute function under the Samsung SmartThings ecosystem, which can realize instant silent switching of the amplifier without step-by-step volume adjustment, perfectly adapting to various scenarios that require a quiet environment such as family rest, online work/study, important phone calls and video conferences.
Users can trigger the Mute function with a light tap in the SmartThings App, a simple voice command from Bixby, or even a remote one-click operation, and the HOLOWHAS amplifier can immediately enter the silent state, realizing smooth and fast scenario switching with zero delay. What’s more, through the SmartThings App’s scenario linkage setting, the amplifier can realize automatic mute when other smart devices trigger specific actions, such as automatic mute of the HOLOWHAS amplifier when the Samsung smart phone receives an incoming call. The Mute function of the HOLOWHAS Series does not simply set the volume to zero, but intelligently retains the current working status and volume level of the device. When the mute is released, the audio settings can be quickly restored to the state before mute without re-adjustment, making the interruption and recovery of the audio experience more smooth and natural, and perfectly fitting the changing sound environment needs of modern home life.
Volume Adjustment: Precise Stepless Regulation for Personalized Multi-room Audio Experience
The OpenAudio HOLOWHAS Series (Ultra, Plus, Max, Ultra-GC, Plus-GC) supports high-precision Volume Adjustment under the Samsung SmartThings ecosystem, with stepless visual regulation and quantitative voice adjustment dual modes, creating a delicate and personalized auditory experience for users, and giving full play to the unique multi-room streaming advantage of the series. Through the sliding scale bar in the SmartThings App, users can realize stepless and precise volume adjustment, and freely control the volume from soft background music to shocking immersive sound according to different scenario needs, with delicate and smooth adjustment without gear jump, meeting the user’s pursuit of refined audio control.
With Bixby voice control, users can realize quantitative and precise volume adjustment with simple commands, which is more efficient and accurate than manual adjustment. The core highlight of the HOLOWHAS Series is the independent volume adjustment of multi-room devices: users can set different volume levels for HOLOWHAS amplifiers in different rooms according to the usage scenario—such as turning up the volume for movie nights in the living room with a Samsung smart TV, adjusting to soft volume for rest in the bedroom, and setting a comfortable volume for work/study in the study—realizing the “one room one sound” personalized audio layout, and making the auditory experience of each space in the home just right. Meanwhile, the App supports saving custom volume presets for different scenarios, allowing one-click switching to the desired volume level and making volume control more humanized.
Input Selection: Abundant Wired & Wireless Source Switching for Diverse Listening Scenarios
The OpenAudio HOLOWHAS Series (Ultra, Plus, Max, Ultra-GC, Plus-GC) is built with a rich and comprehensive professional audio input system, supporting a full range of high-quality wired input methods including HDMI ARC, LINE IN, SPDIF IN and mainstream international wireless streaming protocols such as Airplay2, Spotify Connect, Google Cast, DLNA, Qobuz Connect. Under the Samsung SmartThings ecosystem, users can realize free and fast one-click switching of all these input sources, perfectly adapting to diverse home listening scenarios such as music appreciation, movie watching, game entertainment, family gatherings and background music playback, and giving full play to the strong hardware performance and multi-scenario adaptation capabilities of the HOLOWHAS Series.
Whether users want to connect Samsung smart TV audio via HDMI ARC for a cinematic home theater experience, link traditional professional audio equipment through LINE IN or SPDIF IN for Hi-Fi music appreciation, or stream music wirelessly via Airplay2, Spotify Connect and other mainstream protocols for casual listening, they can complete the one-click switch through the SmartThings App or Bixby voice command, without the trouble of manual plugging and unplugging of audio cables and complicated connection settings, making the input source switching more convenient and fast. What’s more, the intelligent Input Selection function of the HOLOWHAS Series can automatically identify the connected audio source equipment (especially Samsung smart devices), display the real-time status of all input sources on the SmartThings App, and support quick memory of commonly used input sources. Users can switch to their favorite audio source with one click, and even set automatic input source switching through scenario linkage—such as automatic switching to HDMI ARC input when the Samsung smart TV is turned on—realizing seamless switching between different wired and wireless sources, and making the high-quality Hi-Fi audio experience of the HOLOWHAS Series within reach at any time.
The in-depth integration of the OpenAudio HOLOWHAS Series (HOLOWHAS Ultra, HOLOWHAS Plus, HOLOWHAS Max, HOLOWHAS Ultra-GC, HOLOWHAS Plus-GC) with the Samsung SmartThings ecosystem is a perfect combination of professional Hi-Fi audio technology and Samsung’s whole-house smart ecology. The three core control values build a three-dimensional and all-round operation system for the HOLOWHAS Series, and the four practical functions accurately meet the diverse audio control needs of users in daily home life. From the one-stop whole-house centralized and intuitive control of the SmartThings App to the AI-powered hands-free and convenient Bixby voice interaction, from the cross-scenario remote management without spatial restrictions to the precise and humanized control of each single function, and to the seamless linkage with other Samsung smart devices, every design is close to the actual usage needs of SmartThings ecosystem users. The HOLOWHAS Series not only brings users the professional Hi-Fi grade multi-room audio experience with rich details and shocking sound field, but also integrates the whole-house smart convenience of the Samsung SmartThings ecosystem into every detail of audio control, creating a more integrated, smart and immersive whole-home audio solution for Samsung SmartThings ecosystem users, and perfectly integrating high-quality audio experience into the whole-house smart lifestyle.
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