As our Hub Everywhere strategy continues to grow and make SmartThings hub technology more available than ever before, the need for customers to use the hub of their choosing is more important than ever. To help with this, we are excited to announce the release of our new Hub Replace feature. Hub Rep…

Nice! Are there any region restrictions on which hubs can use this? :thinking:

[image] Huib_o: it behaves like a kind of backup, via the cloud? One thing is offline as they say here, another is broken, dead, stolen… We shall see what this really means. I never understood that there will be a cloud backup…

If a hub is “broken,” it seems reasonable to assume the cloud has some knowledge of the devices and their configurations, as well as Routines. I also is possible the “broken” hub may have had to be running on the minimum firmware level, e.g., 50.xx or later, for the SmartThings cloud to have “learne…

A long time coming and very welcome. Thanks SmartThings.

[image] Automated_House: Sounds like it’s any hub on 50.x or higher. Currently that’s only V2 and V3/Aeotec. Except they haven’t said that. I’m wondering if they’re going to roll it out slowly, or if it’s going to be region locked, or if there are some other factors. So far they’re just sayin…

“some” knowledge? Isn’t it all there? Samsung account No need for a functioning hub. [Screenshot_20231019_233152_Chrome]

[image] Huib_o: “some” knowledge? Isn’t it all there? Samsung account No need for a functioning hub. My point was that it is possible–and I have no knowledge either way–there may be settings not visible to us on the outside that are important in a fully functioning hub. If that were the cas…

Nope. Just simple end-user. And I understand your remarks better now.

NEW Hub Replace Feature for SmartThings Hubs!

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Automated_House (Jimmy) October 19, 2023, 8:24pm 8

Sounds like it’s any hub on 50.x or higher. Currently that’s only V2 and V3/Aeotec.

Accidentally 12VDC PSU connected to ST hub :(

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