Smart home device obsolescence

Futurehome was accused of ransoming customer devices by forcing them to pay a subscription fee, or face disabled core functionality. In 2025, after the company went bankrupt, Futurehome's new owners…

File:Tsourdinis v. Alphabet Inc. (Google Nest) Case No.

The HNGRYnsite Camera was a smart refrigerator camera developed by Liebherr-Hausgeräte GmbH. It was designed to provide users with real-time images of their fridge interior, integrating with…

Owners of Neato robot vacuums lost cleaning schedules, remote start, & no-go zones when Vorwerk phased out the robots' cloud service during the fourth quarter of 2025. Vorwerk had promised at least…

June Life sold the June Oven, a countertop oven whose built-in camera and software identify the food placed inside and set the cook program, at $1,495 when the first generation shipped in December…