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{{CompanyCargo
|Description=
|Founded=2014
|Industry=Home automation
|Logo=Wink Logo.svg
|ParentCompany=i.am+
|Type=Subsidiary
|Website=https://wink.com/|
}}


{{InfoboxCompany
'''{{Wplink|Wink (platform)|Wink}}''' is a company that produces various smart home products that can be remotely operated via smart phone.
|Name=Wink|Type=Subsidiary|Founded=2014|Industry=Home automation|Official Website=http://wink.com/|Logo=Wink Logo.svg}}


[[wikipedia:Wink_(platform)|Wink]] is a company that produces various smart home products than can be remotely operated via phone.
==Consumer impact summary==
{{Ph-C-CIS}}


==Anti-consumer practices==
==Incidents==
===Introduction of subscription model (''2020—'')===
On 27 July 2020, Wink introduced a subscription model for their previously subscription-free Smarthome Hub.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Introducing Wink Subscription |url=https://www.blog.wink.com/wink-blog/2020/5/6/introducing-wink-subscription |website=Wink |date=20 May 2020 |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521060507/https://www.blog.wink.com/wink-blog/2020/5/6/introducing-wink-subscription |archive-date=21 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |author= |title=Update on the upcoming Wink Subscription |url=https://www.blog.wink.com/wink-blog/2020/7/8/update-on-the-upcoming-wink-subscription |website=Wink |date=8 Jul 2020 |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716235053/https://www.blog.wink.com/wink-blog/2020/7/8/update-on-the-upcoming-wink-subscription |archive-date=16 Jul 2020}}</ref>


=== Introduction of subscription model ===
Users who do not sign up will be restricted to limited functionality, including local control over select devices, such as those found in the Lights + Power menu, as well as {{Wplink|Z-Wave}} connected Locks.
On July 27, 2020, Wink introduced a subscription model for their previously subscription free Smarthome Hub.<ref>https://www.blog.wink.com/wink-blog/2020/5/6/introducing-wink-subscription</ref><ref name=":0">https://www.blog.wink.com/wink-blog/2020/7/8/update-on-the-upcoming-wink-subscription</ref>


Users who do not sign up will be restricted to limited functionality, including local control over select devices, such as those found in the Lights + Power menu, as well as Z-Wave connected Locks.
====Features no longer available without signing up====
 
==== Features no longer available without signing up ====
User will no longer have access to:<ref name=":0" />
User will no longer have access to:<ref name=":0" />


* Cloud and API control (voice, remote app control, third-party integrations)
*Cloud and API control (voice, remote app control, third-party integrations)
* Groups
*Groups
* Robots
*Robots
* Shortcuts
*Shortcuts
* Activity
*Activity
* Advanced Hub settings
*Advanced Hub settings


Users will have no longer the ability to:<ref name=":0" />
Users will have no longer the ability to:<ref name=":0" />


* View, add, delete or rename codes
*View, add, delete or rename codes
* Add devices
*Add devices
* Change icons and edit device names
*Change icons and edit device names
* View or add saved locations
*View or add saved locations
* Share and unshare devices
*Share and unshare devices
* Update hub and relay firmware
*Update hub and relay firmware


== See also ==
==Products==
{{Ph-C-P}}


* [[Retroactively amended purchase]]
==See also==
*[[Post-purchase EULA modification]]


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Home automation companies]]
 
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[[Category:Retroactively amended purchase]]
[[Category:Retroactively amended purchase]]
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