Link to Q and A with Insteon. Running time is 1 hour. Includes new product updates.

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Edited March 6Mar 6 by Techman

I reviewed the Insteon webinar, and providing cliffs notes. All-in-all, good news

New products in the works

• 0 - 10 volt fixture embedded module for LED lighting
• New PLM - no details, summer-ish release date.

Marketing

• They're re-making their marketing presence; re-coloring(yelllow) & re-branding
• They're upgrading their distribution channles, but no specifics. Apparently a number of users want to buy insteon at costco, but it didn't appear that Insteon is going that way
• There's a single band trade-in offer coming, $10 exchange for single band devices (powerline only) and select competitor products. No details but it sounds like this will be announced relatively soon
• There's an Insteon Embassador program coming where you can get perks for providing certificates to freinds and family, who will also get discounts. No details

UDI Support

• UDI & eISY referred to multiple times in a positive way
• It was stated that UDI is a key partner and the first one to get docs for new products
• Insteon understands the integration demark, where there capabilities end and UDI picks up
• They recommended users that need more than Director should look at eisy

Matter update

• Their matter integration is not there yet
• My interpretation is that they're having the same uphill climb with Matter integration as UDI and others
• They pointed to smart assistants that they integrate with, like alexa, as proxies to Matter

Other things:

• Phillps Warm Glow mentioned as a dimmable LED that works well with Insteon
• Users are wanting sunset products like syncrolincs and togglincs, but they're not resuscitating them unless there is a lot of specific demand for them

 

Thanks @paulbates

Thanks for that. I just listened to the whole thing. Not very heavy on technical details but it does give a sense of how they're seeing the future. I like how at the very end, they do acknowledge that their hub can only do so much and for the real techies, eisy is the way to go 😀

They do mention the current tariff war at the beginning, and how it will put pressure on prices.

The new PLM sounds very interesting.

Insteon announced it's single band device and competitor trade-up program

https://www.insteon.com/tradeup-program