Hi all finally I managed to buy a second hand Homey for a normal price.
Now awaiting the mail men to deliver the package.
In advance I would like to say sorry for all questions that will follow shortly 
Before starting shooting questions, check the forum (this one and the old forum ) and the athom support site if youâre questions are already answered 
Cheers and have much fun with youâre Homey
Use Google to search on the old forum: âsearchstring site:forum.athom.comâ
the old forum had a wealth of knowledge and searching that way through the historic stuff is not user friendly. such a shame.
Searching via google works, its not user friendly.
But this is a free forum so Iâm happy people take
the time to moderator and keep it up and running.
As for joining the movement it did not work out.
The seller got a better price from someone else and
backed out ď
This was very disappointing, however I now feel it
was a blessing in disguise !
For me (and selling points to the wife ď ) following
is important. The presence and speech options.
Iâm reading about a lot of problems with both options.
And Athom decided to stop with research and updates
for the speech option entirely.
So for now Iâm back on the fence perhaps with the issue
of firmware 2.0 things will change (I hope so).
Since Homey was first announced, quite a few large companies have gotten involved in speech in the home. (Cortana, Siri, Alexa, Ok Google).
These companies have the resources and engineers to really take speach to the next level, as we have been experienced over the last couple of years. It makes a lot of sense for Athom (to me) to focus on the smart home hub - and if you want speech - just buy a $40 Dot/ Mini.
You can get a full break down of this in Athoms own words here :
https://blog.athom.com/take-speech-music/
Facebook Messenger : https://www.facebook.com/homeymessenger
Amazon Alexa : https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MTBIR69
Google Assistant : https://assistant.google.com/services/a/id/45e28a03ce038eb8/
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Canât find any reviews on the old forum. My search ends with the HomeyScript - share your scripts - main discussion topic.Then, when I try to search the forum threads on my Android (go to Categories or Recent Discussions), it redirects me to the message: This is the forum archive of Homey. For more information about Homey, visit the Official Homey website. Perhaps I should try to open the forum on my PC.
