Final month – and certainly final yr! – we printed a weblog recapping the highlights from the Works with Residence 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 group, we need to share an replace about one such change. When a companion leaves this system, we imagine it’s vital to doc this overtly so that you get the total 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 Residence Assistant contract with the Open Residence 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 Residence Assistant program.
We have now no particular points with the HELTUN units, and hope they are going to proceed to be appropriate with Residence Assistant – as Z-Wave units function on an open normal, they need to proceed to operate. Nonetheless, with no contract, HELTUN has no formal obligation to supply ongoing help, akin to firmware updates through 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 group, preserving units working long-term, and the values all of us care about. With out it, we will’t keep certification.
What occurs now
HELTUN’s integration web page will now be faraway from the companion filter, and an replace has been printed on our authentic HELTUN launch weblog stating that the data is now not relevant. They’re now additionally prohibited from utilizing the Works with badge on related advertising supplies.
As we’ve no issues with the units themselves, we shall be comfortable to welcome HELTUN again into this system ought to they want to re-engage sooner or later.
Wanting forward
In additional optimistic information, don’t overlook we’ve launched an up-to-date listing
