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Company ConnectedLife (formerly Connected Life Labs) released a product | Company '''ConnectedLife''' (formerly '''''Connected Life Labs''''') is an AI health companion app platform.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://connectedlife.io/about.html|title=About Connectedlife.|work=ConnectedLife|access-date=2025-09-26}}</ref> In '''June 2019''', they released a product to measure and transmit information from within your clothes dryer to a remote endpoint, so that you can know when your clothes are ''truly'' dry.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-13 |title=Meet SmartDry |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513101728/https://www.connectedlifelabs.com/ |access-date=2025-09-27 |work=ConnectedLifeLabs}}</ref> This company emailed users on '''2022-06-17''' that all devices would '''''no longer work''''' after '''2022-09-30'''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-08-30 |title=SmartDrys Useful Laundry Sensor To Be Cloud Bricked Next Month |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/smartdrys-useful-laundry-sensor-to-be-cloud-bricked-next-month/ |access-date=2025-09-27 |work=ArsTechnica}}</ref> The community would later be able to create a alternative method to use the sensor's data using an ''ESP32'' module to allow use with Home Assistant.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-03-21 |title=Clothes Dryer Automations |url=https://community.home-assistant.io/t/clothes-dryer-automations/149017/83 |access-date=2025-09-27 |work=Home Assistant Community}}</ref> | ||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
SmartDry was an iOT device originally sold by Connected Life Labs. It was a sensor you would insert into your laundry clothes dryer and magnetically attach to the side of the drum. While the device was in the dryer, it would transmit data to a USB dongle receiver. This sensor data included information such as local temperature, humidity, motion, and battery. | '''SmartDry''' was an iOT device originally sold by '''Connected Life Labs'''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-15 |title=This sensor turns any dryer into a smart dryer |url=https://www.reviewed.com/accessibility/features/smartdry-gen-2-review-sensor-makes-your-dryer-smart |access-date=2025-09-27 |work=Reviewed.com}}</ref> It was a sensor you would insert into your laundry clothes dryer and ''magnetically attach'' to the side of the drum.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-11-18 |title=How to make your dryer smart with SmartDry |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxTecbcgSgQ |access-date=2025-09-27 |work=YouTube}}</ref> While the device was in the dryer, it would transmit data to a USB dongle receiver which connected to your home Wifi.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-26 |title=Make any dryer smart: SmartDry Wireless Laundry Sensor Review |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx5Vvz_zDMc |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kleinman |first=Reed |date=2019-08-25 |title=25 Smart Home Automation Ideas – How To Set Everything Up |url=https://smarthomesolver.com/reviews/smart-home-automation-ideas/#8_Dryer_Alerts |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=Smart Home Solver}}</ref> This sensor data included information such as ''local temperature, humidity, motion, and battery'' within the dryer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-28 |title=SmartDry Laundry Sensor |url=https://decoder.theengs.io/devices/SDLS.html |access-date=2025-09-27 |work=Theengs.io}}</ref> The app of the same name from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, would send your device a notification once the sensor determined your clothes were dry.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=Jan 17, 2020 |title=Make Your Dryer Smart (Make Over) - SmartDry Unboxing and Review |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwSyIR3h9Jg |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=YouTube}}</ref> You also had the ability to connect it to your Amazon Alexa using the Alexa Skill.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2020-03-10 |title=Is the SmartDry Sensor worth your money? |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUTiIlJSmpo |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-09 |title=How to Setup Smartdry smart home device |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7incK4E_dA |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=YouTube}}</ref> | ||
==Discontinuation of SmartDry | ==Discontinuation of SmartDry products== | ||
2022-06-17 | '''2022-06-17''' | ||
In '''June 2022''', users registered to use the '''SmartDry''' service received an email alerting them that their products would only continue to work ''until the end of that coming September''. The company informed users that funding for their online services had been secured until '''2022-09-30''', after which point, all '''SmartDry''' sensors would no longer be able to connect to any cloud services. All integrations at that point required a cloud connection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/haywirecoder/homebridge-smartdrylocal|title=Using SmartDry with Homebridge|work=Github|access-date=2025-09-27}}</ref> | |||
===ConnectedLife's response=== | ===ConnectedLife's response=== | ||
'''SmartDry Closure''' | |||
June 17th, 2022 | '''June 17th, 2022''' | ||
Notice: | Notice: | ||
It is with sadness and disappointment that we are announcing the closure of Connected Life Labs and discontinuing our SmartDry products. Effective immediately, Connected Life Labs will no longer be selling or supporting the SmartDry devices. We have secured cloud operations for all existing units to remain active until September 30th 2022, at which point the cloud services will cease operations and the product apps will no longer be supported. | It is with sadness and disappointment that we are announcing the closure of Connected Life Labs and discontinuing our SmartDry products. Effective immediately, Connected Life Labs will no longer be selling or supporting the SmartDry devices. We have secured cloud operations for all existing units to remain active until September 30th 2022, at which point the cloud services will cease operations and the product apps will no longer be supported. | ||
We thank all our customers and those who supported our mission to create innovative and energy-saving smart home devices along the way. | We thank all our customers and those who supported our mission to create innovative and energy-saving smart home devices along the way. | ||
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The SmartDry Team | The SmartDry Team | ||
<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-28 |title=Meet SmartDry |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628125113/https://www.connectedlifelabs.com/meetsmartdry |access-date=2025-09-27 |work=Internet Archive}}</ref> | |||
==Consumer response== | ==Consumer response== | ||
Many users took to forums and threads to complain about their devices becoming useless. Some users discusses that the sensors would most likely be using BLE to communicate with the OEM WiFi adapter, which originally transmit the data over the internet to AWS servers | Many users took to forums and threads to complain about their devices becoming useless.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-17 |title=SmartDry is Shutting Down. Ugh. |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/comments/veof86/smartdry_is_shutting_down_ugh/ |access-date=2025-09-27 |work=Reddit}}</ref> Some users discusses that the sensors would most likely be using '''Bluetooth Low Energy''' ''<sub>BLE</sub>'' to communicate with the '''Original Equipment Manufacturer''' ''<sub>OEM</sub>'' WiFi adapter<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-18 |title=SmartDry by Connected Life Labs End of Life |url=https://community.home-assistant.io/t/smart-dry-by-connected-life-labs-end-of-life/432068 |access-date=2025-09-27 |work=Home Assistant Community}}</ref>, which originally transmit the data over the internet to '''Amazon Web Services''' ''<sub>AWS</sub>'' servers, allowing connectivity such as the ''Amazon Alexa'' skill, and later ''Samsung SmartThings''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-01 |title=Dryer Monitor Device SmartDry |url=https://community.smartthings.com/t/dryer-monitor-device-smartdry/174180/13 |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=SmartThings Community}}</ref> and ''Google Home.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-16 |title=Is it possible to make a dumb appliance smart |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/comments/swmqc9/comment/hxp27k3/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=Reddit}}</ref> A few users who were able to create a new receiver-controller using an '''''ESP32 System-on-a-Chip''' <sub>SoC</sub>'', created guides and shared with others online to allow them to also reconnect this sensor using Home Assistant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://robpickering.com/keeping-your-smartdry-dryer-sensor-operational/|title=Keeping Your SmartDry Sensor Operational|work=Rob Pickering|access-date=2025-09-27}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Discontinued products]] | [[Category:Discontinued products]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:01, 28 September 2025
Company ConnectedLife (formerly Connected Life Labs) is an AI health companion app platform.[1] In June 2019, they released a product to measure and transmit information from within your clothes dryer to a remote endpoint, so that you can know when your clothes are truly dry.[2] This company emailed users on 2022-06-17 that all devices would no longer work after 2022-09-30.[3] The community would later be able to create a alternative method to use the sensor's data using an ESP32 module to allow use with Home Assistant.[4]
Background
[edit | edit source]SmartDry was an iOT device originally sold by Connected Life Labs.[5] It was a sensor you would insert into your laundry clothes dryer and magnetically attach to the side of the drum.[6] While the device was in the dryer, it would transmit data to a USB dongle receiver which connected to your home Wifi.[7][8] This sensor data included information such as local temperature, humidity, motion, and battery within the dryer.[9] The app of the same name from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, would send your device a notification once the sensor determined your clothes were dry.[10] You also had the ability to connect it to your Amazon Alexa using the Alexa Skill.[11][12]
Discontinuation of SmartDry products
[edit | edit source]2022-06-17
In June 2022, users registered to use the SmartDry service received an email alerting them that their products would only continue to work until the end of that coming September. The company informed users that funding for their online services had been secured until 2022-09-30, after which point, all SmartDry sensors would no longer be able to connect to any cloud services. All integrations at that point required a cloud connection.[13]
ConnectedLife's response
[edit | edit source]SmartDry Closure June 17th, 2022
Notice:
It is with sadness and disappointment that we are announcing the closure of Connected Life Labs and discontinuing our SmartDry products. Effective immediately, Connected Life Labs will no longer be selling or supporting the SmartDry devices. We have secured cloud operations for all existing units to remain active until September 30th 2022, at which point the cloud services will cease operations and the product apps will no longer be supported.
We thank all our customers and those who supported our mission to create innovative and energy-saving smart home devices along the way.
Best,
The SmartDry Team [14]
Consumer response
[edit | edit source]Many users took to forums and threads to complain about their devices becoming useless.[15] Some users discusses that the sensors would most likely be using Bluetooth Low Energy BLE to communicate with the Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM WiFi adapter[16], which originally transmit the data over the internet to Amazon Web Services AWS servers, allowing connectivity such as the Amazon Alexa skill, and later Samsung SmartThings[17] and Google Home.[18] A few users who were able to create a new receiver-controller using an ESP32 System-on-a-Chip SoC, created guides and shared with others online to allow them to also reconnect this sensor using Home Assistant.[19]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ "About Connectedlife". ConnectedLife. Retrieved 2025-09-26.
- ↑ "Meet SmartDry". ConnectedLifeLabs. 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ↑ "SmartDrys Useful Laundry Sensor To Be Cloud Bricked Next Month". ArsTechnica. 2022-08-30. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ↑ "Clothes Dryer Automations". Home Assistant Community. 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ↑ "This sensor turns any dryer into a smart dryer". Reviewed.com. 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ↑ "How to make your dryer smart with SmartDry". YouTube. 2019-11-18. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ↑ "Make any dryer smart: SmartDry Wireless Laundry Sensor Review". YouTube. 2020-04-26. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ↑ Kleinman, Reed (2019-08-25). "25 Smart Home Automation Ideas – How To Set Everything Up". Smart Home Solver. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ↑ "SmartDry Laundry Sensor". Theengs.io. 2022-07-28. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ↑ "Make Your Dryer Smart (Make Over) - SmartDry Unboxing and Review". YouTube. Jan 17, 2020. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ↑ "Is the SmartDry Sensor worth your money?". YouTube. 2020-03-10. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ↑ "How to Setup Smartdry smart home device". YouTube. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ↑ "Using SmartDry with Homebridge". Github. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ↑ "Meet SmartDry". Internet Archive. 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ↑ "SmartDry is Shutting Down. Ugh". Reddit. 2022-06-17. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ↑ "SmartDry by Connected Life Labs End of Life". Home Assistant Community. 2022-06-18. Retrieved 2025-09-27.
- ↑ "Dryer Monitor Device SmartDry". SmartThings Community. 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ↑ "Is it possible to make a dumb appliance smart". Reddit. 2022-02-16. Retrieved 2025-09-28.
- ↑ "Keeping Your SmartDry Sensor Operational". Rob Pickering. Retrieved 2025-09-27.