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==Consumer response== | ==Consumer response== | ||
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 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250126060503/https://community.home-assistant.io/t/smart-dry-by-connected-life-labs-end-of-life/432068 |archive-date=26 Jan 2025}}</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 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216032941/https://community.smartthings.com/t/dryer-monitor-device-smartdry/174180/13 |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</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 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251212235851/https://robpickering.com/keeping-your-smartdry-dryer-sensor-operational/ |archive-date=12 Dec 2025}}</ref> | 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 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20220618220015/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/comments/veof86/smartdry_is_shutting_down_ugh/ |archive-date=18 Jun 2022}}</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 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250126060503/https://community.home-assistant.io/t/smart-dry-by-connected-life-labs-end-of-life/432068 |archive-date=26 Jan 2025}}</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 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260216032941/https://community.smartthings.com/t/dryer-monitor-device-smartdry/174180/13 |archive-date=16 Feb 2026}}</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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260223035018/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/comments/swmqc9/is_it_possible_to_make_a_dumb_appliance_smart/hxp27k3/?utm_term=1&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_source=share&utm_content=share_button |archive-date=23 Feb 2026}}</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 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251212235851/https://robpickering.com/keeping-your-smartdry-dryer-sensor-operational/ |archive-date=12 Dec 2025}}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||