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No more WeMo, this time I mean no

light bulb on a wet surface

I have finally unplugged my WeMo devices and bulbs.

I wrote about some WeMo devices I have at my home. Since I moved house last November, I have been using some WeMo devices from Belkin that I have had for a while, but hadn’t used for a fair few years in my last place. These were smart plugs and smart bulbs. I wrote that Belkin are going to stop supporting WeMo devices from January 2026. So, in the longer term I will need to either remove them or replace them.

I did remove them when I had problems with the app, but then they had a reprieve when the app started working again.

I had trialled an Amazon Smart Plug which had been on a special offer. I kept a note on prices using the Keepa extension, and when the plug (and the smart bulbs) recently dropped in price, I made a purchase.

Amazon Smart Plug

The bulbs were easy to install, after installing the first one, the second one almost installed itself.

The only downside. One of the nice functions of the WeMo devices was the “away from home” functionality, which meant that if I was away the lights would go on and off at random times. I have since discovered that the “away mode” for Amazon devices is only available in the US. What’s that about then?

Anyhow, the new Amazon devices seem to be working, and are much more reliable than the WeMo devices.

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Maybe more WeMo

light bulb on a wet surface

I recently wrote about some WeMo devices I have at my home. Since I moved house last November, I have been using some WeMo devices from Belkin that I have had for a while, but hadn’t used for a fair few years in my last place. These were smart plugs and smart bulbs.

I wrote that Belkin are going to stop supporting WeMo devices from January 2026. So, in the longer term I will need to either remove them or replace them.

I also mentioned that I thought a recent update to the app killed the devices for me, so much so I can’t even access the app, so I can’t control my smart plugs or smart bulbs.

However, then the app did start working again. By this time I had unplugged everything. So I had to spend time reconfiguring and setting up the plugs and light bulbs.

It doesn’t always work, but I eventually managed to get it all working again.

Still going to replace them though, as I don’t have a choice.

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No more WeMo

light bulbs
Image by Bruno from Pixabay

Since I moved house last November, I have been using some WeMo devices from Belkin that I have had for a while, but hadn’t used for a fair few years in my last place. These were smart plugs and smart bulbs.

The devices were reasonably reliable, but I liked how I could enable rules to turn lights of and on when I was away. Also being able to use an app on the phone to control the lights was another feature.

However….

It’s quite a big however…

Belkin are going to stop supporting WeMo devices from January 2026.

Well a recent update to the app killed it for me, so much so I can’t even access the app, so I can’t control my smart plugs or smart bulbs.

So, now looking at other options that are out there.