I was curious too, so I looked it up. It looks like Wink adds BTLE (coming soon® to ST), WiFi (just a different way of getting an ethernet connection), and Lutron Clear Connect
Ahh. Didn’t realize BTLE was a separate radio, thought it was a chip and firmware option.
WiFi could be useful for placement but I don’t need Lutron.
Only BTLE is interesting to me.
Wink:
What protocols (communications) does the Wink HUB support?
Bluetooth LE, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Z-Wave, Lutron ClearConnect, and Kidde. We selected Wi-Fi, ZigBee, Z-Wave and BTLE because they are powerful and already used across many products and categories today. We added Lutron ClearConnect and Kidde because they are great partners that make great products.
SmartThings has an Ethernet connection (not a WiFi radio), Z-wave, Zigbee, and a currently inactive Bluetooth radio.
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Wink’s BLE is inactive as well. There are no products to use it with. WiFi, though convenient for placement, was a fail in my opinion. It adds to the Zigbee interference and limits the speed to the cloud even more.
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