… Leaving aside the ones that support Homebridge/Thread, typical cloud-powered Wemo products essentially became e-waste once they hit their discontinuation date earlier this January. …
… In case a particular product depends on a cloud server/app for all its functions, you won’t have any means to control it once it hits the discontinuation date. That’s precisely what happened to several Wemo products a few weeks ago. …
… I don’t need to hunt for devices from specific brands with Home Assistant Even discontinued products and ESP32 projects are fair game on HASS One of the biggest issues with typical smart home hubs is their limited compatibility with IoT products. …
… Four years after its launch and over a year after its discontinuation, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D is doing exactly that, which is easily the highest compliment any processor can receive.
… Of all the AI products Google has shipped, retired, rebranded, and re-shipped, NotebookLM is the one that felt like a real product made by people who actually used it. …
… After all, Google doesn’t have a stellar reputation for backing such products for the long term. …
… That’s the kind of ownership no product box can promise.
… That’s pretty much how I found pyWemo, a game-changing tool that can restore the now-discontinued Belkin Wemo products back to their former glory. …
… For a product that was once often billed as the most reliable around, my experience with Wemo's Mini Smart Plugs was shoddy at best, and it got notably worse over the years. …
… The product license allows data collection and points to marketplace policies, while the marketplace defines how extensions can be distributed and used. …