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''' | 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|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513101728/https://www.connectedlifelabs.com/|title=Meet SmartDry|work=ConnectedLifeLabs|access-date=2025-09-27}}</ref> This company emailed users on '''2022-06-17''' that all devices would '''''no longer work''''' after '''2022-09-30'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/smartdrys-useful-laundry-sensor-to-be-cloud-bricked-next-month/|title=SmartDrys Useful Laundry Sensor To Be Cloud Bricked Next Month|work=ArsTechnica|access-date=2025-09-27}}</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|url=https://community.home-assistant.io/t/clothes-dryer-automations/149017/83|title=Clothes Dryer Automations|work=Home Assistant Community|access-date=2025-09-27}}</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|url=https://www.reviewed.com/accessibility/features/smartdry-gen-2-review-sensor-makes-your-dryer-smart|title=This sensor turns any dryer into a smart dryer|work=Reviewed.com|access-date=2025-09-27}}</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|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxTecbcgSgQ|title=How to make your dryer smart with SmartDry|work=YouTube|access-date=2025-09-27}}</ref> While the device was in the dryer, it would transmit data to a USB dongle receiver which connected to your home Wifi. This sensor data included information such as ''local temperature, humidity, motion, and battery'' within the dryer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://decoder.theengs.io/devices/SDLS.html|title=SmartDry Laundry Sensor|work=Theengs.io|access-date=2025-09-27}}</ref> | ||
==Discontinuation of SmartDry Products== | ==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 | ||
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==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|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/homeautomation/comments/veof86/smartdry_is_shutting_down_ugh/|title=SmartDry is Shutting Down. Ugh.|work=Reddit|access-date=2025-09-27}}</ref> Some users discusses that the sensors would most likely be using ''BLE'' to communicate with the OEM WiFi adapter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://community.home-assistant.io/t/smart-dry-by-connected-life-labs-end-of-life/432068|title=SmartDry by Connected Life Labs End of Life|work=Home Assistant Community|access-date=2025-09-27}}</ref>, which originally transmit the data over the internet to AWS servers, allowing connectivity such as ''Samsung SmartThings'' and ''IFTTT''. A few users who were able to create a new receiver controller using a '''''ESP32 SoC''''', created guides for others to 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]] | ||
[[Category:ConnectedLife]] | [[Category:ConnectedLife]] | ||