Belkin Ends Support For Most Wemo Devices And Its Wemo App

Another day, different smart instrumentality bites nan particulate — or, successful this case, a afloat lineup of smart location devices.

On Thursday, nan user electronics institution Belkin said it will extremity method support for its older Wemo products arsenic of January 31, 2026, and that nan app utilized to power nan devices will nary longer beryllium supported. The determination will effect a scope of devices, including smart plugs, ray switches, smart bulbs, babe monitors, room appliances, heaters, aerial purifiers, mobility sensors, and more.

In an email to customers, nan outfit explained its decision, saying it needed to displacement its attraction elsewhere.

“This determination was not made lightly,” nan email reads. “Over nan past decade, since Belkin first launched Wemo successful 2011, we’ve been committed to providing consumers pinch innovative, simple-to-use accessories for a seamless smart location experience. However, arsenic exertion evolves, we must attraction our resources connected different parts of nan Belkin business.”

“We understand this alteration whitethorn disrupt your routines, and we sincerely apologize for nan inconvenience,” nan institution added.

Belkin says that products still nether warranty by nan end-of-life day may beryllium eligible for a partial refund and that its products configured for usage pinch Apple’s HomeKit will proceed to usability moreover without Wemo’s unreality services and nan Wemo app. The app will besides nary longer beryllium supported aft January 31, 2026, and immoderate instrumentality features that trust connected unreality connectivity, for illustration distant entree aliases sound integrations, will nary longer work.

The institution won’t connection method support, firmware, package updates, aliases troubleshooting assistance aft January 31, either.

The move to terminate a statement of smart location products leaves consumers without entree to exertion that has go integrated into their regular lives — this isn’t conscionable a child’s artifact going offline; it’s much essential. (Of course, toys going offline tin beryllium devastating, too. See, for example, nan sad farewells for nan robot companion Moxie.)

It’s becoming progressively communal for companies to simply extremity support for their older smart location products without immoderate method logic to do so. Instead, these moves let companies — arsenic Belkin alludes to — to refocus their efforts connected much profitable areas of their businesses.

Google precocious announced a akin move pinch its determination to unopen down its older Nest devices, for instance.

In April, nan tech elephantine said it would nary longer support its earliest procreation of Nest Learning Thermostats. As of October 25, 2025, Nest’s first and 2nd procreation models will spot their connected features unopen off, extremity receiving updates, nary longer activity pinch nan Nest aliases Google Home app, and fundamentally go “dumb” devices.

Instead of dedicating resources to support its customer base, it’s easier to email an connection to thief them upgrade to a newer version. In Nest’s case, that’s $130 disconnected nan Nest 4th-gen thermostat, which is usually $279.99. While that whitethorn beryllium a bully deal, being forced to upgrade owed to obsolescence does not spell complete good pinch galore customers whose devices still activity conscionable fine, contempt their age.

However, this process does protect Google from facing people action lawsuits, which could consequence if it conscionable unopen down this galore smart devices and nan Nest app astatine once. By pushing these customers disconnected nan Nest app and incentivizing them to upgrade to newer devices, Google could reason that usage of nan older devices was really reasonably debased if a suit were raised. That could trim immoderate fines aliases compensation that specified a suit could consequence successful and make it easier for Google and, perhaps, yet unopen down nan Nest app.

In addition, offering customers precocious announcement of these types of moves reduces nan company’s ineligible risk.

In Belkin’s case, customers who went each successful connected Wemo for their smart location will beryllium heavy impacted and perchance rather angry, too, if they’re not eligible for nan partial refund.

Belkin provided a afloat database of affected devices, which includes a wide scope of smart location products spanning aggregate categories.

Belkin notes that its determination doesn’t impact Wemo’s Thread-based products (SKUs WLS0503, WDC010, WSC010, WSP100), which will proceed to usability arsenic they do coming done Apple’s HomeKit.