Your Wemo Smart Devices Are About To Get Dumb As Belkin Pulls The Plug

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If you person immoderate Wemo smart devices successful your home, you should commencement readying an upgrade -- because you only person astir six months near to usage them.

"After observant consideration," nan email reads, "we person made nan difficult determination to extremity method support for older Wemo products, effective Jan. 31, 2026." Belkin added that it has been "committed to providing consumers pinch innovative, simple-to-use accessories for a seamless smart location experience," but it was clip to "focus our resources connected different parts of nan Belkin business."

Wemo says nan Wemo app utilized to power devices will nary longer beryllium supported aft Jan. 31, and immoderate features that trust connected unreality connectivity, for illustration distant entree and sound adjunct integrations done Alexa and Google Home, will nary longer work. Essentially, your ray switches will go modular switches you push to move nan lights connected aliases off, and thing much -- nary smart features astatine all. Technical support, firmware and package updates, and troubleshooting assistance for affected products will besides extremity connected that date.

If your Wemo merchandise is still nether warranty connected aliases aft Jan. 31, 2026, you mightiness beryllium eligible for a mini refund, but that doesn't use to nan mostly of products. You tin find much details astir that process here.

Here's nan complete database of affected devices and their past sold date:

F7C031 Wemo Link -- August 2015
F7C046 Wemo Humidifier -- December 2015
F7C045 Wemo CrockPot -- April 2016
F7C048 Wemo Heater B -- June 2016
F7C049 Wemo Air Purifier -- July 2016
F7C047 Wemo Heater A -- September 2016
F7C050 Wemo Coffee Maker (Mr. Coffee) -- December 2016
F8J007 Wi-Fi Baby Monitor -- June 2017
F5Z0489 Wemo LED Lighting Bundle -- September 2017
F7C028 Wemo Motion Sensor -- September 2017
F5Z0340 Wemo Switch + Motion Sensor -- October 2017
F7C043 Wemo Maker Module -- November 2017
F7C033 Wemo Zigbee Bulb, E27 -- March 2018
F7C061 Wemo Insight v2 -- July 2018
F7C027 Wemo Switch -- January 2019
F7C062 Wemo Light Switch v2 -- November 2019
F7C029 Wemo Insight -- June 2020
WLS0403 Wemo Smart Light Switch 3-Way -- September 2021
WSP070 Wemo Mini Smart Plug -- July 2022
WDS060 Wemo Wi-Fi Smart Light Switch w/ Dimmer -- September 2022
WLS040 Wemo Smart Light Switch -- September 2022
F7C064 Wemo HomeKit -- September 2022
F7C059 Wemo Dimmer Light Switch -- November 2022
F7C063 Wemo Mini Plugin Switch -- December 2022
F7C030 Wemo Light Switch -- December 2022
WSP090 Wemo Outdoor Plug -- May 2023
WSP080 Wemo Mini Smart Plug -- November 2023

A fistful of Thread-based devices -- for illustration nan Wemo 3-Way Smart Light Switch (WLS0503), nan Wemo Stage Smart Scene Controller (WSC010), nan Wemo Smart Plug pinch Thread (WSP100), and nan Wemo Smart Video Doorbell Camera -- are not affected by this shutdown.

I'm not judge precisely why, but respective years agone I chose Wemo arsenic my smart location lighting ecosystem. I person 4 switches and 3 plugs, each of which I've had nary problem pinch since nan time I installed them. Amazon has its ain marque now for nether $15 a switch, truthful I'll astir apt make nan move there.

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This move erstwhile again demonstrates nan threat of cloud-dependent devices. If nan institution decides to (literally) propulsion nan plug, you're retired of luck.

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