Belkin has introduced that it’s made the “troublesome choice” to finish help for nearly its complete line of Wemo good residence units from January thirty first, 2026. The one fashions that can proceed to work after that date are these which have been 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 may even cease offering technical help and troubleshooting help after that date, and the Wemo app will not obtain updates.
Some Wemo units 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 might be appropriate with HomeKit may even keep it up 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 underneath guarantee when help ends, chances are 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 residence customary in 2023, asserting it will “take an enormous step again, regroup, and rethink” its strategy to good residence {hardware}. It hasn’t launched any new Wemo merchandise since then.