This does appear to be the “question of the week”, but obviously the Hub V2 brings the “average user” (i.e., not us folks who customize and install non-official stuff) lower latency and higher reliability… And eventually more.
Whether or not this is “need” vs “want” is difficult to judge, but apparently there were enough existing customers who were on the trigger to upgrade and clear out the shop.
Not to mention the enthusiastic impatient expectations of 1500+ posting in this below Topic alone…
Anyhow… Discussions continue there suggesting that a migration tool will arrive by the time we feel compelled to upgrade based on improvements and activations of additional Hub V2 features. I’m less confident, while at the same time think my plan would be a step in the right direction regardless of who it helps and regardless of the Z-Wave and Zigbee device transfer issues which make up less than half of the migration effort in a highly automated home.