This week, on the Open Home Foundation’s Toolbox website, you’ll be able to flash a new experimental repeater firmware to your Connect ZBT-2 and Connect ZWA-2. Just a heads up that these haven’t been tested in large numbers and are still considered experimental, so there may still be issues. A few of the Nabu Casa team have been testing them in their homes, and the results are impressive.
Today, we’re announcing the start of Nabu Casa’s first refurb program 🎉! We’re starting in the US market with our partner AmeriDroid to sell refurbished Home Assistant Green systems, but we intend to expand to more regions and products… just give us some time as we’re working to do this right… more on that below. The sustainability of the smart home is a big part of our mission, and reducing e-waste by finding new homes for working devices is a good step in the right direction.
In the next couple of days, you’ll likely see the price of Home Assistant Green increasing at local retailers to around $159 / €139. Like many organisations have been announcing recently, we’ve been hit by component cost increases. We need to raise the price to ensure that every purchase continues to fund the development of Home Assistant. Thanks again for your support of Nabu Casa and the Open Home Foundation.
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