BREAKING NEWS! 

As many of you will know, Z-Wave is currently a proprietary standard owned by Silicon Labs. Yesterday it was announced that the company and the Z-Wave Alliance plan to open the Z-Wave Specification as a ratified, multi-source wireless standard available to all silicon vendors for development. 

Starting in the second half of 2020, this change will allow competitors to develop and manufacture their own radios which will encourage further adoption of the technology and will likely bring down prices on Z-Wave hardware. Great news for consumers and the entire Z-Wave community in general!

Read the full press release.

Vera has released a brand new, fully customisable dashboard for their mobile apps. The changes are still in the beta stages of testing but you can become an early adopter if you want to give the new dashboard a spin right now (see links below).

Some of the key features include;

• Configurable scenes, cameras and device lists for faster one-touch access
• Simple drag and drop re-ordering of elements
• Customisable background image
• Easy access to your most recent alerts and house modes

Everything on the new dashboard is now more neatly presented and takes up less space, making things more easily accessible at a glance. 

To learn more or to become a member of the Vera Mobile Beta Test Program, follow the links below;

• Android Beta Program
• Apple iOS Beta Program
• Vera Mobile User Forum