I hate when the fix is a new version/hardware revision because its so wifi/internet/cloud based the problem is a security issue. Its almost an unregulated big pay for beta at user expense industry. Its almost like some are fighting for their proprietary cloud service. This is all mostly for in your home?, and the very idea of 3rdy party industry cloud is involved...to me thats crazy. Whats next...the smart condom/vibrator? Connect it to wifi to improve your sex life....oh I bet thats coming....no pun intended.Scote64 wrote: ↑ You could dump the proprietary hubs and go open-source, like Home Assistant. I re-purposed an old Android media player as a Linux box running Home Assistant, and it has worked reasonably well. The biggest issue is that every single supplier of home automation gear keeps making changes to their api and servers, so something breaks and needs a fix about once every other day. It's hard to keep up with the continuous changes and repairs. This is why home automation is just not ready for consumer use, and won't be until somebody kicks the butts of the suppliers into getting behind a common interoperability standard.
you its too bad we don't have a sticky here for maybe at least introductions and options for home assitant for Iot and its usage to steer people in quick simple directions where to start. Its intimidating to alot of people when opensource is offered because its considered a wide learning curve when more than often do to lack of clarity and instruction. But the pay offs increase your length of usage in the end.Your investment may last longer and be more safe but merely locking down certain doors by being more independent vs cloud dependent.