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Pick something you like, then look up its Home Assistant integration. If it says "Its IoT class is Local Push.", then you're all good. Lutron Caseta is my gold standard. After that, ZWave or Zigbee.

EDIT: From what I can tell, the Belkin integration _is_ local push, so I don't know what the big deal is. Does removing "support" just mean no more updates? If they aren't already, hook those guys up to Home Assistant and you can keep them until you die.

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Unfortunately “local push/access” is not a guarantee. When Awair decided to end support for their older devices they decided to also shutdown the local device API.

Oh, odd. I have one of the first Awair devices and its local API is still going strong. Maybe because I haven’t accessed it through their app in about 5 years? They must have lost track of it. I’ll block its internet access entirely to make sure they can’t break it. The beauty of a local API. :D

I think it means you won't be able to control them using the WeMo app or use any features via WeMo cloud services. It does say:

"Wemo products configured for use with Apple HomeKit prior to January 31, 2026 will continue to function via HomeKit in the absence of Wemo cloud services and the Wemo app."

So I'd assume that if you can use something without WeMo services or apps, you'll continue to be able to.

billfor says below that they work when internet is unavailable, so maybe they'll continue to work that way?

That’s how my Best Buy switches (that they gave me gift cards equal to the purchase price of) work - HomeKit continues to work fine, but I’m not sure I’d be able to reconfigure it.

I’d assume so.

That statement does imply products can no longer be configured for use with HomeKit after the servers shut down. Hope you don't need to reset any of your devices!

I did wonder about that. Do you have to use WeMo services as part of configuring for Homekit so that basically any device not set up already is useless?

I was weary but took the leap and installed Lutron Caseta switches throughout my house. They are absolutely fantastic.

I have had Caseta in mine for over 5 years.. only one failed out of like 16.

This is honestly very interesting. I bought a condo that was pre-equipped with Casetas and due to the crappy app I thought “these are budget and terrible” but actually reflecting now they all work tremendously and I haven’t had a problem with any. Goes to show how much an ignorant person (me) can’t recognize function over form

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