Echo & Alexa Forums

General Category => Amazon Echo Discussion => Topic started by: renegade600 on October 25, 2019, 05:01:54 pm

Title: wink and alexa might be divorcing
Post by: renegade600 on October 25, 2019, 05:01:54 pm

if you use the wink hub for your alexa devices, then there is a good chance they are about to go out of business.  Might be time to start looking for another hub to take care of your locks, lights and other...

https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/25/20932055/wink-smart-home-problems-iamplus-william-black-eyed-peas

Title: Re: wink and alexa might be divorcing
Post by: kenf on October 28, 2019, 09:27:58 am

yeah, that's horrible.

Title: Re: wink and alexa might be divorcing
Post by: renegade600 on October 28, 2019, 04:38:26 pm

Since I only have cree and ge bulbs on the original wink, I think I will move them to the hue hub if the worse comes to pass.  It is going to be a pain to reset 22 bulbs then add them though.  something like using the light switch to turn them on and off x number of times with so many seconds in between...  who invented this type of reset.