Wink Certified hardware per the latest app update:
1. Wink Hub
2. Alarms:
a. Kidde smoke alarm
3. Blinds:
a. Bali Blinds
b. Lutron Serena Honeycomb Shades
c. Lutron Serena Roller Shades
d. ZWave Blind (appears to be a generic support function, per the instructions)
4. Cameras:
a. Dropcam
5. Climate:
a. Quirky+GE Aros Air Conditioner
b. Honeywell Prestige Thermostat
c. Hoenywell Programmable Thermostat
d. ZWave Thermostat (again, generic entry...not sure if things would be 100% supported)
6. Fun:
a. Quirky+GE Nimbus Dashboard
b. Quirky+GE Porkfolio Piggy Bank
7. Garage Doors:
a. Chamberlain MyQ (requires MyQ app setup first with account)
8. Kitchen:
a. Quirky+GE Egg Minder
9. Lawn + Patio:
a. Rachio (setup Rachio account first)
10. Lights:
a. Lutron Caseta In-Wall Dimmer
b. Lutron Caseta Plug-In Dimmer
c. TCP Connected by TCP Lights (setup TCP account first)
d. GE Bulb
e. Philips Hue Lights
f. Leviton Vizia RF+ Dimmer
g. Leviton Vizia RF+ Outlet
h. Leviton Vizia RF+ Plug-In Switch
i. Leviton Vizia RF+ Switch
j. Zwave Light
k. Zwave Switch
l. Zigbee Light (generic Zigbee light)
11. Locks:
a. Kwikset SmartCode Deadbolt
b. Schlage Touchscreen Deadbolt
c. Zwave Lock (generic)
12. Remotes:
a. Lutron Pico Remote
13. Sensors:
a. Quirky+GE Refuel Tank Gauge
b. Quirky+GE Spotter
14. Water Heater:
a. Rheem
Quick review of some products:
1. The Wink Hub is still available for $50 instead of $80. Staples dropped their Connect hub to $50, so I'd imagine they're trying to stay competitive price-wise there. Outside of the initial setup issues I had getting it connected to my wireless network (to be expected, from reading the initial reviews), it's been running pretty great. High WAF in terms of usability.
2. Generally, Quirky stuff seems to be junk, especially stuff like the Aros A/C unit & the Spotter multi-function sensor. Plus they have really random stuff like expensive egg minders & piggy banks. Cool ideas, just a bit useless & pricey. I like the idea of the Refuel (weight-based propane tank life sensor), but at $50, I can buy a brand-new, filled propane tank for $5 more & always have a spare can available for grilling, so there's that.
3. Chamberlain's MyQ garage door adapter is now officially supported, so buy away!
4. The Rachio irrigation controller is now available from Home Depot ($250 for 8 zones or $300 for 16 zones). Personally, I'm holding out for the
Eve smart irrigation controller, which includes moisture sensors. That, and I need a yard first :whiste:
5. Interesting to see generic Zwave products being supported within the "Add" function of the app, instead of having to go into the special semi-hidden Zwave menu. There's blinds, thermostats, lights, switches, and locks. Since they're generic, I don't imagine they'll support all of the functions that a Wink Certified piece of hardware would. For example, people have mentioned that they've gotten basic remote lock/unlock functionality working on non-certified hardware, but extra stuff like programming PIN numbers don't work (although I don't know if they do in supported ones, either). I plan on getting a supported Schlage deadbolt at some point, so I'll see how it goes.
6. Speaking of locks, a reminder that Kiwkset locks are extremely
easy to pick.
7. GE's Link Light bulbs (LED) are available for purchase now (Zigbee-based) in a few different flavors (regular, flood, etc.). Everything is in the bulb...just buy it, plug it in, turn it on, and pair it to your hub - instant on/off/dim control, no wiring necessary! Really neat concept, I love the idea! I bought one for my bedroom reading lamp & it is working out great so far. Lutron announced in a
blog post that a ClearConnect-enabled GE Link bulb will be arriving later this year as well (lets you control it from the awesome Pico remote controls).
8. The Kidde smoke alarm is working out great - gives me status & was only half the cost of a Nest Protect alarm ($50 vs. $100). You can link up to 12 units together. Only catch is that the Kidde uses ionization; they recommend having both ionization & photoelectric models in your home for maximum protection. The Nest Protect uses photoelectric, so if you want all of your fire alarms to be smart-enabled, you can optionally do both. Right now there is no integration in Wink for Nest, but Wink supports Dropcam, which is now owned by Nest, and Nest has an API, so I'd imagine we'll get support eventually.
9. The Rheem water heater sensor looks somewhat useless, outside of having leak detection. It's basically wifi control for temperature, leak detection, service diagnostics, and system status. There's not a lot of information available on it outside of those features; I don't think it has any kind of usage meter to tell you how much water you're actually using. I don't know if people normally change the temperature, either...the only time I've ever touched my gas water heater is to replace it, so outside of leak detection, it seems a bit overkill.
10. The Pico remote from Lutron is really cool for controlling lights, but for some reason, you can't control anything else from it directly. You can set up if-then sequences in the app, but if you want to add a Caseta light & a GE Link light straight-up, no dice. This is strange because the Wink Hub has a ClearConnect radio inside & the Pico remote pairs directly to the Hub (not the Caseta switch), so they should be able to easily software-relay any commands to anything else (such as blinds or other brands of lights). I don't know what's up with that. Maybe licensing issues? Seems dumb to only support one wireless remote in the Wink Hub, but not have it be able to control anything other than the parent company's hardware (Lutron).
11. Still missing hardware support for motion sensors & door/windows sensors & other pretty basic smarthome stuff like that. I'd like to see an I/O contact closure type of interface like
this one as well. I would love to use these for triggers, especially coupled with time-of-day triplines...turn on the hallway light if it's after 9:00pm & motion is detected, etc.
Overall I have a high level of confidence that the Wink ecosystem will continue to improve, especially given Home Depot's strong backing on it & the leak of their $250 color touchscreen lightswitch, which is a pretty serious product for the pricerange. I'm hoping we'll see some cool stuff with the next batch of iOS updates, including HomeKit & Siri integration, particularly with Siri's "always on" functionality - it'd be cool to say "Hey, Siri, turn off the lights and lock the doors"!
I definitely want to see some expanded device support as well. I was showing my mom how the system worked and she was like "that's cool, does it work with my Windows phone?" Nope, sorry - no Windows phone support, not even via a basic web GUI. So that's super lacking right now - I can't buy her a Wink system because she literally doesn't have any devices that support it right now, although given how well Lutron's Caseta system has worked for me, I'll probably start doing some lighting upgrades to lay the foundation for her. It'd be cool if they added some support for other devices as well, such as a Roku app, or some kind of in-line overlay device like a lot of the cable providers have for telephone alerts & that sort of thing.