No More Hubs from Samsung?
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I was adding some devices to my 2500 sq foot home, an old farmhouse that is full of little nails in the downstairs that kill radio propagation. I was hoping adding a second SmartThings hub would make devices in a room far from the hub completely reliable.
I found out SmartThings hubs were sold out everywhere and first chalked it up to the supply chain crisis. Then I found out Samsung is licensing the technology to vendors I've never heard of. Not only do I not take it for granted that these third-party products will work with my setup, but they are also sold out everywhere.
I am very happy with the SmartThings experience, particularly with writing applications that use it. This kind of platform abandonment is how a firm goes from #1 to zero in internet time.
ST doesn't actually support multiple hubs working together. Even the ST WiFi (mesh WiFi router with a built in st hub) only uses the non-primary APs as standard ZigBee and ZWave repeaters, the same as if there were an outlet or light switch there.
And Aeotec is one of the more trustworthy brands in home IoT and the Aeotec hub is exacly the same hardware that was sold as the samsumg v3, even still made by the same OEM.
Even so, I plan on moving to HomeAssistant where I'll have to setup HTTPS and port-forwarding into my home network for integration with my voice assistant (Google Assistant). It seems like the future of SmartThings is questionable so I would rather migrate, especially with Matter as a standard looking to replace ZigBee and ZWave.
I also use Tailscale for remote access. It’s nice to have dual paths.