WinkWNKHUB-2US 2 Smart home hub, White

REVIEW UPDATE AGAIN:Well, as of May 2020, they have apparently hit financial troubles, and rather than continuing to allow these devices to work locally, they have decided to start charging a monthly fee. So first they sold a beta product with problems, once the problems have more or less been resolved, they decide that they have to change their business model and force people to pay a monthly fee for something that was originally advertised as not needing a monthly fee. I hope the FTC comes down on them for this garbage if they manage to stay out of bankruptcy.REVIEW UPDATE:It's now been almost 5 months since I purchased this, and I've been holding off on a review update to give the manufacturer time to get the issue fixed, but as it's been nearly 2.5 months since the issue was noticed with no resolution still, I figured it was time to update the review. My situation is strictly around the "robots" that Wink uses. I'm using a GE outlet to control a water pump to circulate hot water. This was done specifically to stop wasting water here in California while waiting for the water to warm up, and using the Wink, it has a robot set to turn off the pump after 5 minutes using a robot. I've had an ongoing open support ticket with Wink for 2.5 months as the robot just decides to take the morning off sometimes. It doesn't even try to fire, nothing showing in the logs. It's completely intermittent, so if I don't check the app the water can be running for hours- which defeats the purpose of having the Wink hub in the first place, as I've gone from wasting water to wasting natural gas to heat the water. I'll update again if they finally get it fixed, but as it's not working for the MAIN purpose of buying it in the first place, I'm not impressed. (And yes, I've spent several times on the phone with techs and sent them screen shots of the issue. They've had me try everything from firmware updates to deleting and re-creating the robot with no success)It seems that most of the reviews here are folks upgrading from the original to the newer Wink Hub 2, so I'll give my $.02 as a newbie to home automation.I've been wanting to get into this stuff for several years now, but the poor reviews/buggy hardware and software have kept me from taking the plunge, and with something like this, going in early didn't appear to be a great idea, particularly since I'd have to sell my wife on yet more technology.So, with the upcoming installation of a tankless hot water heater, I wanted to be sure that our experience would be a good one, and living in CA, not wasting water is important. So was my excuse for buying this- once the hot water heater is installed, I'll be controlling a GE outlet to turn on and off a hot water recirculating pump.But in the interim, I needed to see how the system worked. I have a Rachio Sprinker system already, so ordered a GE Z-Wave plug and Dimmer, the former for the recirculation pump and the latter for our first smart light in the living room.So with a few trial and errors on the light switch install (remember you MUST connect the neutral wire, oddity of the smart switches), had it all installed and went to pair, with my Hub plugged into the LAN in the office and the light switch in the living room- no dice. Fortunately the Hub supports WiFi as well, so was able to add my WiFi network to it via the app and took the hub into the living room and plugged it in- found the switch in no time. Decided to leave the Hub in the living room since it's a bit more central to the rest of the house, and it is not really noticeable behind the TV.So for the first test, worked well. A little bummed that there's not a web app like there is for my Rachio sprinkler controller, as that would be pretty handy to have, but so far it seems to work fine. Next test will be when the Echo arrives so that I can setup voice control, which is really why I bought it- being able to say hot water and have the recirculation pump turn on will not only be a nice to have, but eco friendly- Given the well thought out application for the Rachio already, not sure if I'll bother hooking it up to the Wink Hub, but may at some point.So the long and the short of it? Seems that home automation is ready for prime time. Good to see that it's finally here!

I been doing home automation projects since the X10 system was the BMOC. More recently I installed a Smartthings (ST) hub. After awhile is seemed I more tolerated than enjoyed my current Home Automation system. ST was slow, a whole host of lights would randomly go offline and whenever there was a power outage I lost total control of my lights among other things. The whole interface was clunky. Even the much slicker Hue interface couldn't help keep me looking for alternatives because most of my automation was through the ST hub.Today,. I moved to a Wink hub and I am loving Home Automation again. After installing the Hub 2, I added some GE Link lights. While the system does seem to work pretty well, except for the interface improvements, I was not wowed. Then I moved to the Wink Relay. The instructions were VERY clear. I had to look up who to determine the load from the line wire but that took just a minute and in about 10 minutes I had replaced the original ST scene controller (which I could never get to work) with the Wink Relay. Once connected to the my local WiFi the Relay updated itself and walked me through the set up and no time I went from useless blue lights to a very cool touch pad on the wall that controls lights in both my den and my home office. There are two hardware switches on the Relay, in addition to the touch scree that control lights in the switch box, or set to control other Wink linked devicesNot only were the instructions ridiculously clear and easy to follow but the tools needed to most of the install came in the box. About the only thing they didn't mention was to remove the screen cover on the Relay before using it. I might have to talk myself into another one of these for the upstairs!After getting the Relay installed I moved back to the Hue lights, the rest of my non GE lights and wall switches, Removing them from ST and immediately installing them on Wink was easy. I was able to replace 25 devices in about 2 hours. Most of it fussing with the darn GE lights can be fussy.Alexa, Hue, Wink Relay and oh yeah the remaining ST devices are working quite well. Voice automation has been restored to most of my main duties, I have created a couple of robots already and tomorrow I will finish replacing the remaining ST devices and then remove the ST hub FOREVER!To be fair, I started with ST early and liked what I saw. I made it work for me but after countless system failures and seeing more than a few promises broken, using the ST system was like driving with a slow leak in a tire. You know you'll get there eventually but the rough ride and worry about what might happen until it gets fixed took all the air (if you'll pardon the pun) out enjoying the system.The system isn't perfect, I wish robots worked with Hue devices but I think that might happen soon. Another small thing is the group names used for lights get transferred into the Alexa app and can cause some confusion. Other than that my initial impressions of the Wink system are very positive.I am excited about home automation again and looking for more places to add devices. If you're on the fence about Wink or looking to move to a system that appears to be ready for prime time then check the Wink system out.For the record I have absolutely no connection to Wink or even know anyone else that has a Wink system. The excitement expressed in this review is from the smoothness I found replacing my ST system and having things actually work!

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Funciona muy bien, yo lo tengo conectado a traves de wifi, puedo controlar la cerradura y los contactos z wave. El unico detalle es que si pierde el internet, es un poco lento es recuperar la conexion (a pesar de que ya haya acceso a internet en la señal wifi)

Me asombro todo su potencial y caracteristicas, se integra mucho mejor que Smartthings HUb, ademas de alambrico este lo puedes usar inalambrico, (cosa que no secede con el Samsung), en fin estoy muy contento con el

Te ayuda a conectar ciertos dispositivos, pero no le encontré ningún uso a parte de intentar conectar la chapa yale que nunca se pudo emparejar.

That device used to link my entire automation gadget throughout my house; just had to spend 130$ for a good hub. Well as of 20 May 2020, this device will be unusable unless you spend 5$/months; when I bought that hub, the contract stated “no contract & no monthly cost”. I strongly suggest that you take a look at other better options or use the app provided by the makers of each of your home devices.