Is Will.i.am-Owned Wink Releasing Its Own Z-Wave Security Devices?

#News(General) [ via IoTForIndiaGroup ]

After years of relying on third-party IoT device makers, home automation developer Wink Labs is making its own Z-Wave security peripherals for the first time, according to recent FCC filings.

Wink’s big plan wasn’t about selling its own end devices, but selling the ecosystem, the platform, the services, and a whole bunch of other people’s products — anything that communicated via ZigBee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Lutron Clear Connect, Bluetooth (BLE) or 433 MHz (Kidde smoke/CO detectors and other security products).

Indeed, the company has built a large portfolio of respectable brands and interesting products, such as GE, Philips Hue, Leviton, Lutron, Ring, Nest, GoControl (by 2Gig), Arlo, Pella, Chamberlain, August, Yale, Ecobee, Honeywell, Kidde, Bali Windows and many more.

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