Wink Hub 2 News

Not only has Flextronics seemingly saved the Wink from the PR nightmare that was brick-a-thon 2015, but they've really made some significant strides to push the HA market forward.  Recently they announced the new Wink Hub that touts the addition of BLE, enhanced local support, wired connectivity, and simplified device discovery. It also look much nicer meaning I can probably take it out of the cabinet that it's been relegated to.

Probably no need to use the old hub as a Zwave hub since mesh networking takes care of any remote connectivity issues that may arise.  Guess it's destined for eBay to be picked up for pennies on the dollar.  Actually, I think I only paid $20 for it at the time when it was part of some promotional bundling deal with bulbs.  

Noticeable absences are HomeKit and maybe some cloud-to-cloud support, but honestly i don't think that Apple is going to prevail here if they require an AppleTV or iPad to be left at home for on-the-go automation.