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When you start researching, you come across similar stories of Iris by Lowes, Best Buy’s Insignia, Alphabet’s Revolv, Staples Connect, or the ADT SmartThings offering that was discontinued in 2021. Wink suddenly started charging a monthly fee for their already dwindling service and there’s no guarantee these days that the smart home hardware you buy is really yours. Alexa and google control are functions of HS4 not the plugin. Insteon Hub isn't an island unto itself; it's part of a larger ecosystem of 3rd party devices and services.
Ricketyca We saw a similar scenario on the Android Home app when no Google Home devices were set up. However, the Google app was able to access Home control. Note that the Google app is separate from the Home app. Insteon scenes make controlling many devices together simple and elegant. And now with Google Assistant you can activate whole room or whole home scenes easier than ever.
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Yes, you cannot change the IP address, login or password of the main Hub/PLM. Scheduled tasks, scenes, operating the switches/lights and most everything in those can be done today and could have been done for many, many years without the Insteon cloud service. 3) if matter support is really important to you and you don’t use iOS devices now, and you are looking for a simple inexpensive system but you don’t want to use Alexa, I think it’s worth considering aqara. They’ve already committed to matter support for some of their most popular hubs, they have a wide range of devices, and very good prices. There is a US cloud available for some of their hubs if you don’t want to use a Chinese cloud system.
You can still access your Assistant by pressing and holding down your home button or by simply saying, "Ok Google. The Google Assistant works on my phone and I thought Insteon would therefore now work with my phone. At this stage there is no "Google Home" device here and it seems like without that, one cannot set up to use the assistant to liaise with Insteon. There is no Home Control item in the menu on my phone app.
Does X10 work with Google home?
I actually tried three new systems in attempt to get it all back and operating as it was before the plug was pulled by Smart Home. I started out with HOOBS since most of our computer devices were MAC systems, though I also use two Window computers. That was a 9 hour total disaster possibly while I have always considered myself a reasonably skilled computer user. You can also use a combination of these three if you have iOS devices, or a combination of Aqara and Alexa if you don’t. I have a long and boring post over at the SmartThings community that lists out the questions I ask someone who is just getting started if you’re interested in that sort of thing.
If you don’t already use iOS devices, I don’t think it’s worth the cost, but if you do, this is an option worth considering for many people. You won’t have as many device choices as you have with more complex platforms, so again, different things work for different people. There are other options, particularly homeseer, home assistant, and hubitat, but all of those are intended for power users and are at least as complex as Hoobs was. At the moment there just isn’t anything simple to give you a new interface to your existing Insteon hub. And you need the existing Insteon hub because it’s the only thing that has a radio that can talk to your Insteon switches, because Insteon used a proprietary communication protocol.
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Other than that I would suggest checking with the Reddit subforum on Insteon to keep track of any new products and services that third parties develop. So your situation is definitely one of the most challenging. You have a lot of Insteon devices but you want a simple plug and play solution. And unfortunately that just doesn’t exist right now. Just fire up Home Assistant, integrate your hub, and you will be just fine. Everything will work just as before, and there will be ton’s of Insteon hardware available on EBay for a long time.
ASRock has started sales of their new smart connected home router, the X10. With Home Assistant and some knowledge the whole Insteon Cloud is worthless. As it is for Hoobs and many other applications.
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Let’s face they had two phase operation, they provide really could hardware product that they charged a reasonable cost for and and cloud service that we all utilized for free. Homeseer does have that and many people are happy with it as an add-on integration to Insteon. Just remember that you still need to have a working Insteon hub/bridge because homeseer doesn’t have the radio needed to communicate with the Insteon switches. So the Homeseer device will be able to communicate with the Insteon hub and can bring that information into the Homeseer app and over to Alexa. But it can’t talk directly to the Insteon switches. And if you already have a Z-Wave hub but no smart speaker, you might be thinking how cool it would be to have voice control for your automations and smart home devices.
I am concerned with where to go from here, though. Eventually need more devices and am hopeful that something new and better will come out. Enter your email address to receive notifications of new posts by email. Image courtesy of HubitatClearly, there is a range of options to manage this bad situation. And your decision will likely depend on how much you’ve already invested in the Insteon product line.
Some systems use wireless, others RF, others are waves on the actual powerline themselves . You can rebuild/relink devices using Home Assistant. I am beta testing the newest software now and bought another hub just so I can test out the process.
I have several insteon light switches, and smart outlets installed in my home. These were set up with Alexa to allow voice control on most lamps, and all outdoor lighting. Now they are useless, except for the locations that can still function as manual switches. An upcoming joint venture between Zooz and Fibaro, the Z-Box hub will be released in the fall of 2022. It’s thought of as a Z-Wave focused solution to highlight the advanced functionality of Z-Wave while offering a simple UI and an elegant app.
If toggle is the preferred switch style in your connected home, try the ZEN73 Toggle Switch. All the great features of the 700 series paddle models, including the unique 3-way wiring solution of the ZEN76 and ZEN77, built into the classic toggle design switch. The 4 color smart LED indicator guides you through the inclusion, exclusion, and reset processes for easy command confirmation. My HS4-created virtual devices work in Google too. I think you need to enable voice control on the singular feature device instead of the root. Control lights and appliances; you can do everything from basic control to configuring advanced device settings, all from your smartphone or tablet.
It will be based on a local ecosystem with optional cloud features, making it impossible for either company to simply switch off any local automations or device access. The platform is backed by the US based support team from Zooz. Cloud systems, like Insteon, are expensive to maintain and challenging to keep secure, so we’re likely to see more interruptions in platforms heavily reliant on cloud. Is there another way to approach smart home then? When purchasing hardware and deciding on the wireless protocol of your automated house, offline processing and focus on privacy should be key. Z-Wave happens to check off all of these boxes.
I can't seem to get scenes in general to work though. Use the table below to identify if your device is supported. Most Z-Wave automation hubs will also control X10, Insteon, WIFI, and Zigbee devices, but it is important to understand that these added devices will not contribute to your Z-Wave mesh network. While there are a few local voice control options under $5,000 , most modern voice control including Alexa, Siri, and Google Home do natural language processing in the cloud. Hi Kevin – I am not an expert in this field – only know what I read. Thread devices connect via wifi or Ethernet and up to 250 units with multiple hops.
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