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Final month \u2013 and certainly final yr! \u2013 we revealed a weblog recapping the highlights<\/a> 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\u2019s necessary to doc this brazenly so that you get the complete image.<\/p>\n 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\u2019t been in a position to join. As their earlier contract has now lapsed, we\u2019re formally eradicating HELTUN from the Works with Dwelling Assistant program.<\/p>\n We have now no particular points with the HELTUN units, and hope they are going to proceed to be appropriate with Dwelling Assistant \u2013 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.<\/p>\n That is an instance of why the contract is extra than simply paperwork. It\u2019s intrinsic to the badging because it outlines, in a authorized and binding doc, our companions\u2019 dedication to the neighborhood, preserving units working long-term, and the values all of us care about. With out it, we are able to\u2019t preserve certification.<\/p>\n HELTUN\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\nWhy we\u2019re making a change
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