Belkin has introduced that it’s made the “tough choice” to finish help for nearly its total line of Wemo good dwelling gadgets from January thirty first, 2026. The one fashions that may proceed to work after that date are these which were configured via Apple HomeKit.
The information was shared in an e-mail to clients and on Belkin’s website, and confirms that from subsequent February onwards, “Any options that depend on cloud connectivity, together with distant entry and voice assistant integrations, will not work.” The corporate will even cease offering technical help and troubleshooting help after that date, and the Wemo app will not obtain updates.
Some Wemo gadgets will proceed to work. Four Wemo products (SKUs WLS0503, WSC010, WSP100, WDC010) based mostly on the Thread protocol will work as regular via HomeKit. Different Wemo merchandise which are suitable with HomeKit will even keep on working via the Apple community as long as they’re configured earlier than January thirty first.
Belkin says that in case your Wemo product continues to be beneath guarantee when help ends, it’s possible you’ll be eligible for a “partial refund,” although it gained’t start processing these refunds earlier than that date.
This doesn’t come as a complete shock. Belkin backed away from its help of the Matter good dwelling normal in 2023, saying it might “take a giant step again, regroup, and rethink” its strategy to good dwelling {hardware}. It hasn’t launched any new Wemo merchandise since then.