New integrations - question from the recent conference

[tgauchat (ActionTiles.com co-founder Terry @ActionTiles; GitHub: @cosmicpuppy)]

@Raeven

Are these items something that we can now expect to see moving towards integration with ST in the near future - give that they were listed as such? Does this mean that they are partnering with becoming connected with ST? What are your thoughts on this?

As we discovered from the sudden loss of Chamberlain Garage Door integration yesterday, device / service integration support is, at times, tenuous; and I think we’ll discover over time that it is less and less about technical issues, but more about the ability for Samsug/SmartThings and other vendors to establish common definitions of “open”, and cordial partnerships.

Discontinuation of MyQ Connect Community SmartApp

At SmartThings, we work relentlessly to provide the best experience for our users, developers, device makers, and partners. We’re proud of our continued commitment to an open platform and what the developer community has created. Recently, Chamberlain has been experiencing an unprecedented load on their platform caused by the community-built MyQ Connect SmartApp. This SmartApp relied upon a private API that is not officially supported by Chamberlain. Chamberlain has informed SmartThings that they need to shut down the IP address used by this SmartApp due to the issues impacting their infrastructure. Starting May 5, the “MyQ Connect” SmartApp will no longer be supported by Chamberlain. We apologize for the inconvenience. We remain committed to fostering SmartThings’ open platform and its…