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In August, we shared the beta release of SmartThings Edge – a new hub architecture that allows hub connected devices to execute locally. SmartThings Edge creates smart home experiences that... from SmartThings Blog https://blog.smartthings.com/roundups/smartthings-edge-provides-reliable-faster-smart-home-experiences/ via IFTTT

About two months ago my phone kept buzzing with notifications. I got the kindest tweets after it was announced that I was joining Home Assistant as the first full-time UX designer. That enthusiasm is also reflected in the more than 500 registrations for our user research group and the many comments we received on design ideas I’ve shared on Twitter . User Experiences Home Assistant has a large group of users with a common goal: home automation that puts local control and privacy first. From our analytics we have over 85.000 users who opted in to share their data anonymously, but we know that there are a lot more. None of these houses and users are alike and may have different, perhaps conflicting interests. Here lies the power of UX. As Scott Jenson shared in his fantastic keynote, UX offers perspective. Who are the users? What are their tasks? And what is their pain? What do they want to achieve? In the coming period, I will investigate what type of smart home users there are, ...

October! I love this month! For most of you (just like me), it means winter is coming. We all go back inside. An excellent excuse to spent a bit more time on our smart homes, right? 😃 It is also the month of celebrating open source by joining Hacktoberfest ! If you make 4 contributions to any open-source project (Home Assistant, for example 😘), you’ll receive a free t-shirt! For the Home Assistant project, this means a busy month. However, that doesn’t matter. It is always great to see new people contributing! Meanwhile, Home Assistant turned 8 years old already! Wild! And the birthday announcement was even wilder (more about that below). Anyways, about this release: Z-Wave JS is stepping up its game! If you have a Z-Wave network and are not using Z-Wave JS yet… well… it might be time to bite the bullet and go for it. You won’t regret it. This release also brings the new much-talked-about, Tuya integration supported by Tuya themselves! I’m looking forward to how that evolves! ...