Apple aficionados will enjoy the streamlined setup of Wemo’s new smart plug, but Alexa and Google Assistant fans will be left cold. Belkin’s Wemo division has been pumping out smart plugs and other ...

If you have any Wemo smart devices in your home, you should start planning an upgrade -- because you only have about six months left to use them. In an email to users today, Wemo announced that it was ...

Belkin is pulling the plug on the Wemo app — here's what that means for your smart home setup. On January 31, 2026, Belkin will sunset the Wemo app and end official first-party support for the Wemo ...

I once co-owned a coworking space. The space had doors with magnetic locks, unlocked by a powered relay. My partners and I realized that, if we could switch power to the system on and off, we could ...

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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Belkin’s smart home brand Wemo is backing away from Matter and dimming our dreams of a smart home utopia.

Keep in mind that smart plugs only work with products that have a mechanical on/off switch. You can’t use them beyond turning a device on or off. Keep in mind that smart plugs only work with products ...