The last few weeks have continued to be action-packed for us. We were part of the IFTTT announcement that now allows partners to embed pre-programmed IFTTT recipes directly into apps. It will eventually be open to all developers, but for today, the first group of partner companies to host IFTTT recipes are Abode, video doorbell Ring, money manager Qapital, pollution monitor Foobot, garage manager Garageio, car monitor Automatic, air quality tracker Awair, video doorbell Skybell, smart bulb company LIFX, weather info provider Bloomsky, messaging app Roger, and Stack Lighting. You can find the full article from TechCrunch here.

In addition to the IFTTT news, we also announced our official full deep link integration to the whole family of Nest products, that will also include their outdoor version of the Nest Cam. We are now listed on the #WorksWithNest store. And the official press release is here.

We have some exciting new enhancements we have been working on that will be released very soon. Many of these are directly from user feedback!

These include:

A new motion sensor that only triggers automations — like turning on lights when motion is detected, and turning them off. We’ve heard from users that they would like the ability to toggle the notifications “off” for door opening/closing while in stand-by mode. In the future, we will work on doing the same toggle for timeline updates related to doors opening/closing during stand-by mode. Timelines sometimes get filled up with doors opening and closing while people are home, so a future update will include a way to turn this off as well. Bug fixes for the Geofencing feature on the Android version of the mobile app. We are adding the ability for users to temporarily disable automation features in the mobile app. We are changing the notification sound for abode alarm/alerts vs. other notification types for users to quickly understand that there is an active alarm. In addition to changing the alarm notification sound, we are adding the ability to quickly Disarm the system via Interactive Notifications. This will speed up the process of disarming when the user is at home and has accidentally triggered the alarm. We are adding Dimming controls to the mobile apps We will be adding door/window stickers and yard signs to our web store very soon. We are working the first steps with integrating with the Liftmaster MyQ garage door opener. We are scheduled to meet with their engineering team next week. We are also beginning direct Z-Wave integration with 2 water shut off valves, and have reached out to Ecobee thermostat and Sky Bell door bell to begin the process. Stay tuned for future updates on all of these! And lastly — We finally heard feedback on our new Alexa skills. We submitted to them back on June 30. We have to make one change based on their feedback. But very soon, our users will be able to disable the alarm using a PIN code, lock/unlock doors, open/close garage doors, and more with Alexa.. We are pushing to have this released ASAP!

That’s all for now. We’ll be back with another post with more exciting news and updates late this month.

Stay Safe,

The abode team