Samsung developing entire new OS

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

@geko

Last thing I want is mucking with their beta-quality hardware.

If you have a Hub V2, isn’t it sorta Beta still, anyway? Well… I guess the MCU or SOC isn’t.

I guess much of this is “market seeking” (and market fragmentation) behavior. If SmartThings is destined to be consumer segment only, for a lot longer, then that leaves plenty of other areas to compete. Tizen IoT = Brillo?

I thought the tech industry moved fast; and yet HomeKit, Thread and such seem to be going nowhere. Waiting for the critical mass of… what, exactly? Consumer adoption?

Commercial and industrial are much larger markets. I’m admittedly completely in the dark here.

Wondering if SDC Conference fee is worthwhile. At least I live nearby. Wish I could just present a paper or something…

[geko]

@tgauchat

HomeKit, Thread and such seem to be going nowhere. Waiting for the critical mass of… what, exactly? Consumer adoption?

If you remember, Bluetooth and USB took several years to develop and another 3 years before they were widely adopted by the industry. Bluetooth versions 1.0 and 1.0B were actually flops. Unfortunately, things don’t move as fast as we wish.

[Drewbert34 (Fast, Good, Cheap...pick two.)]

@geko

@ehoffman73

“I’d recommend holding off on upgrading your hub for the time being as we’re continuing to improve the hardware”

That’s the most ridiculous reason I’ve ever heard. Hardware is always improving. I don’t recall Apple ever advising their customers not to upgrade their iPhones because they’re working on the next version. The real reason I suppose is that the current version is fundamentally broken and you’d better wait for the next one.

Not ridiculous at all when you consider the future state of HA appears to be Television centric (Fire TV’s, Samsung offering ST in their new lineup, Apple TV, etc.).