Final month – and certainly final yr! – we revealed a weblog recapping the highlights from the Works with Dwelling Assistant program in 2025. As with all certification program, our partnerships evolve: some begin anew, some develop greater and stronger, and a few naturally run their course. Within the curiosity of visibility for our neighborhood, we wish to share an replace about one such change. When a companion leaves this system, we imagine it’s necessary to doc this brazenly so that you get the complete image.
Why we’re making a change
Regardless of reaching out to HELTUN a number of occasions throughout 2025 to debate renewing their Works with Dwelling Assistant contract with the Open Dwelling Basis, we haven’t been in a position to join. As their earlier contract has now lapsed, we’re formally eradicating HELTUN from the Works with Dwelling Assistant program.
We have now no particular points with the HELTUN units, and hope they are going to proceed to be appropriate with Dwelling Assistant – as Z-Wave units function on an open commonplace, they need to proceed to perform. Nevertheless, with no contract, HELTUN has no formal obligation to supply ongoing help, equivalent to firmware updates by way of Z-Wave JS.
That is an instance of why the contract is extra than simply paperwork. It’s intrinsic to the badging because it outlines, in a authorized and binding doc, our companions’ dedication to the neighborhood, preserving units working long-term, and the values all of us care about. With out it, we are able to’t preserve certification.
What occurs now
HELTUN’s integration web page will now be faraway from the companion filter, and an replace has been revealed on our unique HELTUN launch weblog stating that the knowledge is not relevant. They’re now additionally prohibited from utilizing the Works with badge on related advertising and marketing supplies.
As we’ve got no issues with the units themselves, we will probably be glad to welcome HELTUN again into this system ought to they want to re-engage sooner or later.
Wanting forward
In additional constructive information, don’t overlook we’ve launched an up-to-date listing
