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Will Home Assistant and Hass.io remain open source?
+Last updated: December 23, 2017
+ +You are right, we don’t! The Home Assistant Cloud is not an alternative to running your local Home Assistant instance. All control and automations are still running locally.
+ +Instead, the Home Assistant Cloud is an extension of your local instance. It allows to communicate with companies that force us to communicate via a public available cloud endpoint like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
+ +Home Assistant Cloud is only used to route the messages to your Home Assistant instance. All messages are processed locally.
+ +(Some people have suggested we rename to Home Assistant Bridge to avoid this confusion)
+ +Yes. Yes. Yes! Home Assistant is the work of hundreds of developers all working together in creating something amazing. The only thing that will require a subscription is the optional cloud functionality.
-What other features will come to the cloud?
+We have a lot of ideas! We are not going to make any promises but here are some things that we’re looking into:
@@ -67,18 +79,31 @@What countries are supported?
+Only US is currently supported. Expect more countries to be supported soon. The reason there is a country limitation is that we need to do extra steps and certifications for each country’s Alexa skill.
+Only US is currently supported. The reason for this limitation is that we need to do extra steps and certifications for each country’s Alexa skill. This is in progress but the timeline depends on Amazon.
-How is the connection made to the cloud?
+The connection is made using a WebSocket connection over HTTPS. See the source here.
+ +The Home Assistant Cloud functionality is a perk for becoming a supporter of the Home Assistant project. As a supporter you will help fund development, cover our operating costs and gives you access to use Home Assistant Cloud. You are not paying to just maintain the cloud servers.
+ +The perks offered for being a supporter will also extend over time, as noted in this answer.
+ +The plan is to hire developers to work fulltime on Home Assistant. We have grown a lot in the last 4 years and the work load is pushing the limits of what our core developers can do. Open source burn out is very common (1, 2) and we want to avoid this by moving most organization and release chores to a paid position.
+ +For more background on these topics, check out HASS Podcast 15.
+ ]]> diff --git a/blog/2017/12/17/introducing-home-assistant-cloud/index.html b/blog/2017/12/17/introducing-home-assistant-cloud/index.html index f491455a32..e32a960988 100644 --- a/blog/2017/12/17/introducing-home-assistant-cloud/index.html +++ b/blog/2017/12/17/introducing-home-assistant-cloud/index.html @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@Once you’re done, ask Alexa to discover devices (“Alexa, discover devices”) and you are all set to control them: “Alexa, turn on <device name>”.
See the Cloud component configuration to learn how to filter which devices get exposed to Alexa.
Will Home Assistant and Hass.io remain open source?
+Last updated: December 23, 2017
+You are right, we don’t! The Home Assistant Cloud is not an alternative to running your local Home Assistant instance. All control and automations are still running locally.
+Instead, the Home Assistant Cloud is an extension of your local instance. It allows to communicate with companies that force us to communicate via a public available cloud endpoint like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
+Home Assistant Cloud is only used to route the messages to your Home Assistant instance. All messages are processed locally.
+(Some people have suggested we rename to Home Assistant Bridge to avoid this confusion)
+Yes. Yes. Yes! Home Assistant is the work of hundreds of developers all working together in creating something amazing. The only thing that will require a subscription is the optional cloud functionality.
-What other features will come to the cloud?
+We have a lot of ideas! We are not going to make any promises but here are some things that we’re looking into:
What countries are supported?
-Only US is currently supported. Expect more countries to be supported soon. The reason there is a country limitation is that we need to do extra steps and certifications for each country’s Alexa skill.
-How is the connection made to the cloud?
+Only US is currently supported. The reason for this limitation is that we need to do extra steps and certifications for each country’s Alexa skill. This is in progress but the timeline depends on Amazon.
+The connection is made using a WebSocket connection over HTTPS. See the source here.
+The Home Assistant Cloud functionality is a perk for becoming a supporter of the Home Assistant project. As a supporter you will help fund development, cover our operating costs and gives you access to use Home Assistant Cloud. You are not paying to just maintain the cloud servers.
+The perks offered for being a supporter will also extend over time, as noted in this answer.
+The plan is to hire developers to work fulltime on Home Assistant. We have grown a lot in the last 4 years and the work load is pushing the limits of what our core developers can do. Open source burn out is very common (1, 2) and we want to avoid this by moving most organization and release chores to a paid position.
+For more background on these topics, check out HASS Podcast 15.
Once you’re done, ask Alexa to discover devices (“Alexa, discover devices”) and you are all set to control them: “Alexa, turn on <device name>”.
See the Cloud component configuration to learn how to filter which devices get exposed to Alexa.
Will Home Assistant and Hass.io remain open source?
+Last updated: December 23, 2017
+You are right, we don’t! The Home Assistant Cloud is not an alternative to running your local Home Assistant instance. All control and automations are still running locally.
+Instead, the Home Assistant Cloud is an extension of your local instance. It allows to communicate with companies that force us to communicate via a public available cloud endpoint like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
+Home Assistant Cloud is only used to route the messages to your Home Assistant instance. All messages are processed locally.
+(Some people have suggested we rename to Home Assistant Bridge to avoid this confusion)
+Yes. Yes. Yes! Home Assistant is the work of hundreds of developers all working together in creating something amazing. The only thing that will require a subscription is the optional cloud functionality.
-What other features will come to the cloud?
+We have a lot of ideas! We are not going to make any promises but here are some things that we’re looking into:
What countries are supported?
-Only US is currently supported. Expect more countries to be supported soon. The reason there is a country limitation is that we need to do extra steps and certifications for each country’s Alexa skill.
-How is the connection made to the cloud?
+Only US is currently supported. The reason for this limitation is that we need to do extra steps and certifications for each country’s Alexa skill. This is in progress but the timeline depends on Amazon.
+The connection is made using a WebSocket connection over HTTPS. See the source here.
+The Home Assistant Cloud functionality is a perk for becoming a supporter of the Home Assistant project. As a supporter you will help fund development, cover our operating costs and gives you access to use Home Assistant Cloud. You are not paying to just maintain the cloud servers.
+The perks offered for being a supporter will also extend over time, as noted in this answer.
+The plan is to hire developers to work fulltime on Home Assistant. We have grown a lot in the last 4 years and the work load is pushing the limits of what our core developers can do. Open source burn out is very common (1, 2) and we want to avoid this by moving most organization and release chores to a paid position.
+For more background on these topics, check out HASS Podcast 15.