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  • The Bluetooth LE Apps API can be found on Trello (and can already be voted for). If they add a line for the IR improvements there as well, then people can vote on that as well... then it should be easy enough to see which one people are most anxious…
  • superice said: HansieNL said: I'm missing better IR recognition That's on my TODO-list after a the new iOS and Android app, together with the Bluetooth LE apps API. If only I could clone myself IR is one of those thing that is v…
  • Lijkt me een foutje op die ene pagina, want op andere pagina's hebben ze de Homey info wel goed. Zie bijvoorbeeld: https://www.smartalarm.nl/over-smartalarm/alarminstallatie-draadloos/
  • larsmachiels said: At my work they completely redeveloped the information system. It took them seven years with a huge team of developers, coders, software engineers etc., costed over 25 million USD and it is still not working. On top of that t…
  • Yeah, don't do the voice training. It won't help the voice recognition, and may actually deteriorate the "OK Homey" recognition. As for the rest... if I talk loud and slow, with clear space between words, Homey will correctly understand me most of t…
  • I seriously doubt that Athom have 2 years (or even a year) to stabilize their product. The home automation market is very much in motion right now, several companies are already developing similar products (though not yet as versatile in terms of su…
  • @KoenMartens  Please re-read my posts, because it appears that you completely missed the point. I'm not complaining about my beta experience, I'm complaining about Athom's bad communication. And if "it hasn't crashed beyond repair" is you definitio…
  • @BasVanDenBosch   Yes, I know that there are some Homeys that are working well (and at least as many that are not). If only part of the Homeys is functioning correctly, would you, as a company, then dare to say that "well over a thousand Homeys are …
  • @mylles thanks for sharing that mail. As you (might) know, well over a thousand Homeys are already shipped and working well. Working well? The software definitely isn't working well, and with eg the IR issue, there are serious doubts about the ha…
  • mruiter said: Any forecast on .33..... or do we have to wait until Nasa declares to have found alien life ??? Well, when .33 is released, I surely hope that it will include more fixes for the bigger problems that are currently plagueing H…
    in 0.8.32 Comment by Bumblez May 2016
  • Yeah, I definitely hope the current Homey user base will also receive an email with a status update... we're the ones who decided to have faith in Athom and just go for it, knowing that Homey wasn't retail ready... I hope Athom can convince us that …
  • I don't use Z-wave, I do use several of the apps that D mentioned (Countdown, BetterLogic, Buienradar, Harmony Hub), and my Homey runs stable as well (no crashes, no freezes). I don't have a lot of flows active, though...
    in 0.8.32 Comment by Bumblez May 2016
  • ah ok, that makes sense.
  • MarkSwift said: ...at least if I don't respond, it would be nice for it to turn the lights out as I'm likely not at home :-) Then you'll end up in darkness if you reply too late, or if you happen to be just a little to far away from Home…
  • Just having the Viv speech processor in Homey would already be a huge improvement! (then again, apparently Google's speech recognition is even better than Siri's)
  • woei said: Btw, can we expect a software update anytime soon? If they're pinpointing a date for shipping the rest of the Homey pre-orders (the 'retail experience' batch), then there will have to be a software update first... the current…
  • Looks great! The sad thing is that you need that IR extender... Homey should have been able to handle the IR signals without the extender...
  • @phil_s  well, I definitely hope it will not take 6 months, but 'just a few weeks' is definitely way too optimistic. Yes, Homey has huge potential, and given enough time, I'm sure it can turn into a great product. But given the large amount of issue…
  • Maybe they had some serious talks with their partners (the bank, MediaMarkt, etc) about how (bad, slow) things are going...
  • DJF3 said: Is there a webpage that lists all possible "out of the box" commands? Or even a discussion thread that is updated frequently? (maybe even including other languages) Yes, this here thread is the one for that purpose 
  • kasteleman said: Don't want to unplug the power in a 48 hour cycle next to a hue light spontaneous turning on in the middle of the night. In its current state, it's best to not let Homey manage anything automatically. My Homey is doing q…
  • Jeroenvano said: Did I miss something or is it a known problem? Yeah, it's a known problem. See earlier in this thread, as well as a couple of other threads about Z-wave and .32 Still, despite the Z-wave issues, Athom apparently felt th…
    in 0.8.32 Comment by Bumblez May 2016
  • @caseda I'm on 0.8.32 as well, so it isn't a firmware issue. Earlier today Emile sent me an email, in which he suspects that it may be an NTP issue... but I don't have a local NTP server, so I'd love to know how Homey determines what NTP server he s…
    in 0.8.32 Comment by Bumblez May 2016
  • @ErwinVrieze  ; I agree many of the reported bugs haven't been fixed yet, and they do tend to introduce a couple of new bugs with every release (which is why people like MarcoF are so afraid to update), but yeah, I also see improvements with every u…
    in 0.8.32 Comment by Bumblez May 2016
  • My expectation: if they ship in May, it's definitely not going to be a "retail experience"... the current software status is still pretty far removed from that.
  • You're right, the alias list feature would benefit movie titles as well. And I definitely hope you will add music support. To me, music support is even more important than video support. The music apps that exist, are mainly focused on streaming mu…
  • Which confirms that the original procedure that was posted on this forum by Athom (and quoted by me earlier in this thread), is still valid. Thanks.
    in Update Comment by Bumblez May 2016
  • I have a feature request: Would it be possible to offer some kind of 'alias' list? For example, I have albums from a band named "Gotthard" in my collection. But when I ask Homey to play Gotthard, it consistently hears "got hard"... I would love to b…
  • So basically, what you're saying is, you bought a Homey, knowing that it's still in alpha/beta (test) stage (and that Athom wants feedback on released updates), but you refuse to beta test the updates... okay, it's clear.
    in 0.8.32 Comment by Bumblez May 2016
  • That's your own decision. As I said, I'm happy with *any* progress, so I'll keep it on, and stay subscribed to experimental updates.
    in 0.8.32 Comment by Bumblez May 2016