@SmartThings guys @Brad_ST @blake.arnold , any chance we get an update on the progress of the Smartthings app and new integrations, as things have gotten really slow since the switch announcement.
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Release frequency has been up a little bit since the switch announcement, certainly not down.
Not everything has been an improvement, but there has been change.
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They used to add devices every few days. Now they have added 2 devices within 3 weeks. Also, they used to update us on what is comming and what is happening. It has been 3 weeks they have said they are working to bring more changes to the app. Where are those changes? When are they comming? What new features they are planning to add since then?
Now that smartthings has released the API for their platform, it is up to the device manufacturers to create the integrations and release them. I think we got a whole bunch at once when they first opened it up from companies that had been waiting for the changeover.
And now, of course, any development that depends on teams in China or other countries infected by coronavirus may be slow for awhile.
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Dear @JDRoberts, the point of the question was to get some guys from the @SmartThings team to provide some inside about the near future. I am fully aware of what your are saying.
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I think theyâve heard so much that it has to be rather overwhelming, and perhaps adding to the their challenge of prioritizing the release of new features vs. fixing lagging bugs, and new bugs that fail any QA processes (aka, 1 step forward, 2 steps back).
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Have they released anything for Hub connected devices and the new mobile app yet?
I donât believe they have, but Iâve only been skimming this topic and I havenât reviewed the documentation for a few weeks so I could be wrongâŠ
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No. The VID Selector tool adds to the pool of available clues, especially if youâve played with Device Profiles in the Developer Workspace, but it is still largely guesswork.
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The really annoying part is that some of the VIDs, like all of the ones for buttons, completely break things in the new mobile app. (that was between 2/28 and 3/2 so maybe theyâve fixed it since thenâŠ)
After hours of fighting with it I finally discovered that if you add ocfDeviceType: âx.com.st.d.remotecontrollerâ and donât include a vid then the âsupportedButtonValuesâ attribute works perfectlyâŠ
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IDevices updated their app today.
And you know what they did? They improved voice navigation! So it can be done. 
In particular, their app now does a great job of reading aloud the information from the tiny icons, like the âmotion activatedâ and battery readings from a sensor tile.
Just sayinâ⊠
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As an iOS developer I can attest to the fact that VoiceOver support is indeed possible and actually fairly easy to implement thanks to great support from the SDK. Especially after receiving feedback from blind users as to what works and what doesnât, fixing things is typically fairly straightforward and easy.
Of course that assumes that the developer actually cares about the userâŠ
I understand your frustration and it amazes me that every update seems to make things worse rather than better.
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Is there any progress with the device handler for SimpliSafe being ported to the new app with official support?
Is the Iris keypad working with the new app?
Yeah, I have that muchâŠ
Try removing the app and perform a clean install
Tried that. Still crashes same way.
Yep, I have the same problem. This new app has me reeling. Its so hard to see it ever working right. how can it take so long to fix an app that has being in use for so long. The time it takes to sync is heart breaking and that is when it doesnât crash or freeze . I Have being here a long time and the old app served us well. The new one is a shambles. Getting tired of waiting for this to come together.
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I bumped into the guardrails in Automations today. I deleted some automations I no longer needed and Iâm still seeing the error. Ugh! Iâm starting to lose my sense of humor with Smartthings!
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