Since I published my two-part review of SmartHalo 2 back in the beginning of October, there has been a bit of a development – and not in a positive way. The SmartHalo team has made a long post over on Kickstarter, announcing that whoever hasn’t gotten their device won’t get it, and that they are shutting down their servers. In their own words:
After countless production issues amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, SmartHalo has run out of cash and won’t be able to keep operating. We apologize for the lateness of this update; we wanted to explore all options before going there. Today we do not see any way forward.
Xav and Gab, SmartHalo
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Since we are not able to pay for server and maintenance costs, SmartHalo 1 and 2 devices have stopped working properly. For those who have devices, you should know that you can always use the front light and the alarm in offline mode, without the app.
I suppose I should count myself lucky to have received anything at all. That said, I would speculate that they are looking to sell the entire company, IP and all. If not, I don’t see any reason why they wouldn’t release the software as open source. At any rate, this is a sad development.
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