No idea why it’s not a feature. Or why anything is or isn’t a feature. It’s never been clear what the smartthings’ design philosophy was.
As far as the future, there have been some official announcements, but not a lot of detail, and as of yet no detail on what will happen with Z wave or other hub Connected Devices. The transition to Aeotec makes it seem likely that they will continue to support zwave devices at the generic level, but again, no details as to whether or not we’ll be able to have custom code for hub connected devices in the future.
here’s the official announcement. The topic title is a clickable link.
