The fate or verdict on SmartThings Extend?

[JohnnyBoomz (@johnculotta)]

This post here has some recent updates - mostly from UK residents. Wondering if there is any effort to remediate the issue for US customers?

So SmartThings "Link" USB stick for NVIDIA is out. But will the compatible TVs get it as well?

I received an Extend here in the US, have video of it working with my Echo to turn on/off with voice command, and wondered what the heck happened to cause it to stop working suddenly. Good old firmware brick, and now the app is no longer found on my Samsung TV. Is there any active forum or information resource that I missed the last 20 months while wasting hope on something I was really excited about? Who do I contact here in the US to perhaps get a SmartThings hub instead? If thats what is going to replace the Extend, I guess I’d settle for that…but I’d really like to know what happened… Remember this??

And this post which is virtually buried has a substantial number of replies and strangely enough does not come up when you search the forums for “Extend”.

Any word on the smartthings "extend" for Samsung TV? - #6 by JDRoberts?