Hi
I've been researching home automation pretty extensively the last few months and I'm interested in taking the plunge and purchasing some devices and choosing a platform.
I have a pretty loaded question which I would be grateful to get some feedback on: What do you think will happen in the medium term (5-10 years) with home automation and Indigo? And why should I chose Indigo? I have already ruled out other platforms such as Smartthings, Wink, Homekit, Homesteer, homecenter 2, Control 4, I could keep going... To put it frankly there is a lot of misinformation out there (marketing), and a lot of varying opinions .
One of my major concerns is Homekit has just arrived, and android things is in development. In the next few years are they going to take over the market when companies make more compatible devices for these platforms? Indigo has been around for 15 years now, which is pretty impressive. The fact that Homekit doesn't support zwave is bizarre to me. Why did apple do that? One of my concerns is phones are now more powerful and homekit and android things probably wont even require a dedicated server (less upfront cost). But in saying that you still need some form of stay at home hub for controlling things when your away. Homekit uses the apple tv or a dedicated ipad. I also wish more recent security platforms were supported in indigo (mostly the security systems manufacturers fault though).