![]() “Input Zero” – the trend to have everything stream directly to our smart TV’s without intermediate cable boxes or even standalone streaming boxes, is happening faster ever day. As streaming and cord-cutting continues to grow, in a few years the death of Logitech Harmony remotes could be an even smaller footnote in the march of technology. If like me, you use several Logitech Harmony remotes, the writing is on the wall.Ī very realistic strategy is not to panic and do nothing. They value what their brand means to consumers and don’t want to risk impacting their lucrative sales of millions and millions of mice, keyboards, and other accessories.įor most of my clients and myself using Logitech Harmony remotes now, I don’t see the need to make any changes. It’s reassuring that the risk of them shutting down the cloud servers that help with the programming is minimal for now. Logitech has announced they will be continuing support and minimal maintenance/updates along with warranty service. So if you have ‘em, and don’t want ‘em, might be a good time to consider selling ‘em! Medium term The scalpers are already hitting eBay selling used ones for more than the original retail price! If you currently use Logitech Harmony remotes, or were planning on getting one, better act fast.įortunately some large retailers still have inventory left, at least for a while. Logitech Harmony only superficially embraced voice control with links to Amazon Alexa and an ill-fated voice-first remote. Most cable or satellite box remotes, and streaming players (Apple, Google, Amazon, Roku) have voice control capability. Voice control, for better or worse, has become the new thing. Many of us don’t want to spend $100 to $400 or more when the free remote is actually quite good. The Logitech Harmony may be the “Grandma remote” to operate, but the geek or nerd is still needed to initially set it up.Ī great value, but the Logitech Harmony isn’t dirt cheap. As a result, complicated sequences of steps on multiple devices “just to watch TV” isn’t needed much of the time.īut Programming still can be confusing and hard. A single basic remote is able to control most of what we do when watching TV.įewer of us have DVD players or other devices connected to our TV or stereo receivers. Here’s a popular take on why Harmony is dead. Many of my custom integration buddies have been predicting this for a long time. Lot’s of speculation amongst customers, online forums, dealers, and distributors. The extremely popular Logitech Harmony remote control line has been discontinued. Enter your zip code to help find local service providers, then select from a pre-populated list of channels.The official confirmation of long-standing rumors You'll now be able to configure up to 50 Favorite TV Channels. If you'd like to further modify any of these Activities by adding additional commands, please take a look at our article regarding adding commands to your Activities. Harmony will either automatically create Activities or guide you through creating them based on the devices discovered to help set up your one-touch experience. Having trouble finding your model number? This article may help: Finding your device's model number.If required, Harmony will ask you to enter the username and password for some of your services so we may communicate with them.Press the Add Device button at the bottom of your screen to add additional home entertainment and home automation devices.Harmony will first try to detect some of your connected devices such as Sonos, Roku and Philips hue.If you do not have a previous Harmony remote, select No, Set Up New. If you have a previous Harmony remote and would like to import its devices and Activities, you will be able to copy them over to your new Harmony Hub. You'll be guided through several screens explaining how Harmony Hub works. If you already have a Harmony account, sign in. ![]()
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