Kind of a weird thread to start but I was thinking there's been a number of home automation companies and products that have left the scene since I've been with HomeSeer. So, I wanted to chronicle these before I forget them. I know I've already forgotten a bunch! Perhaps you can think of a few too? Anyway, here's a start:
Companies still in operation but no longer making HA products
Companies no longer in operation
Products no longer available or no longer being developed
Companies still in operation but no longer making HA products
- Intermatic (Z-Wave products)
- Wayne Dalton (Z-Wave products)
- Wink (no products available and footer date stamp still "2019" as of 1/14/2020)
Companies no longer in operation
- ACT (manufacturer of the first Z-Wave wall switches)
- AutomatedOutlet (website offline as of July 2018)
- BeON Smart Bulbs (CEPro Story)
- Bright Switch (Touchscreen Z-Wave switches - last archive.org scan 5/2019)
- BSR (Original manufacturer of X10)
- CastleOS
- Colorado VNET
- ControlThink (purchased by Leviton, then shut down. Z-Wave products)
- Cortexa (HA controllers, 2013 website still on line with no links to buy)
- Evolve Controls - website offline 2020
- Embedded Automation (MControl HA Software)
- Halo Smart Labs (CNET Article)
- Heath (X10 line)
- Homemanageables (Z-Wave products)
- Imperihome (dashboard app for smart home systems)
- Insteon (web servers shut down on 4/14 WITHOUT WARNING)
- Lagotek (Z-Wave controllers and touchscreens)
- LiteTouch (Purchased by Savant and Discontinued)
- Oomi ($1,790,000 Indiegogo startup)
- Proximis (makers of Girder Software)
- Revolv (HA hub purchased by Nest and shelved)
- Simply Automated (makers of UPB devices) | phone doesn't connect to the company, Where to Buy links don't work
- SmartLabs (makers of Insteon, owners of smarthome.com) | company is looking for a buyer as of 10/18/21) | Servers and forum offline as of 4-15-22
- Square Connect (IR controller)
- Superna (HA controllers)
- WGL Designs (makers of Rain8 irrigation controllers and W800 wireless X10 receivers)
- Zipato (Smart home controllers and products)
- Zonoff IoT Company (makers of Somfy Tahoma and Staples Connect hubs)
Products no longer available or no longer being developed
- 3COM Audrey (HA touchscreen)
- ActiveHome Software
- Bright Switch
- CamStat (first 1-piece Z-Wave thermosat)
- CastleOS Hub (clicking it from website returns server error now)
- Cinemar (MainLobby) Software
- ControlThink ThinkEssentials (HA software)
- CQC (Charmed Quark) HA software now open sourced
- Current Cost EnviR (energy monitor)
- Cyberhouse (HA Software)
- Elve (HA software)
- Evolve Z-Wave products
- Girder Software (Proximis)
- Greenwave Reality
- Harmony Remotes and Hubs
- Harmony Link Hub (Engadget)
- HomAtion 2000 Software
- Home Control Assistant (HCA) 8/1/21 announcement
- HomeVision Software
- HomeVoice Software
- Imperihome app
- Insignia Connect Platform from Best Buy - TheVerge
- Insteon | no official announcement, just server outages
- JDS Stargate (HA panel)
- Leviton (HAI) OmniPro (security/automation panel)
- Life|Ware (HA software based on Windows Media Center)
- Lowes Iris (How-to Geek)
- Oomi
- Piper (smart camera)
- Premise (HA software)
- MControl (HA Software)
- Nevo Remote (Remote with Z-Wave)
- Nest "Works with Nest" API (Ends 8/31/19)
- Ninja Blocks
- Nirvis Slink-e
- Phillips Pronto (HA Remote)
- Plato HouseLinc
- Rain8 Irrigation Controllers
- Revolv Hub (Z-Wave, WiFi hub)
- Simply Automated (UPB devices)
- SmartThings V1 Hub (original 2013 model) as of 6/30/2021
- Somfy Tahoma (Z-Wave hub)
- Spectrum Security System - TheVerge
- Staples (and D-Link) Smart Home Hub ZatsNotFunny Story
- Stringify (Cloud-based automation service, similar to IFTTT)
- Sylvania plug-in modules (early Z-Wave lamp and appliance modules)
- W800 wireless X10 receivers
- Wink Hub
- ADI (Applied Digital - makers of the Ocelot)
- Cinemar
- Greenwave Reality
- Home Automated Living (makers of HAL 2000)
- Piper (no way to buy product)
- Wink (no products available and footer date stamp still "2019" as of 1/14/2020)
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