Control4 Acquired by SnapAV
It has been announced that SnapAV, an audio/video distributor (for which we are a customer) has acquired Control4 in an all cash transaction. Several news outlets are reporting with more information. Here is an open letter from SnapAV CEO John Heyman: –BEGIN All, Less than two years ago, we developed a strategic plan to guide... Read More
Works with Nest Going Away
From Control4: As announced yesterday at the Google IO developer conference, Google is terminating the “Works with Nest” program on August 31, 2019. This program will be replaced by the new “Works with Google Assistant” program. Because of this change, for continued integration between Nest thermostats and the Control4 platform, projects that include a Nest... Read More
New OS Release
Control4 has released the 2.10.4 version of their operating system. This new release brings numerous bug fixes as well as some new features. For our customers, the biggest news is the addition of Amazon Music. From the release notes: Amazon Music is now available as a native streaming service on Control4 and Triad Audio streaming... Read More
Intercom Anywhere Now Available
MORE THAN A VIDEO DOORBELL Today we’re is pleased to announce the availability of the Control4 Intercom Anywhere experience, making your iOS and Android mobile phones an integral part of your Control4 Intercom solution. Intercom Anywhere gives homeowners more peace of mind through anywhere access to their homes and families. Check out the benefits of... Read More
Composer Home Edition Issue
From Control4 on June 22, 2018: As we have mentioned previously, Control4 has been experiencing an issue with the security certificate in Composer Home Edition (Composer HE), which has been preventing your customers from accessing and programing their Control4 system using Composer HE. We have resolved the issue for customers on OS 2.6.0* or later,... Read More
New Alexa Functionality
Introducing the updated Control4 Smart Home Skill for Amazon Alexa, providing homeowners with expanded voice control for their Control4 Smart Home. Lock the doors, control ceiling fan speeds, check the status of the thermostat, and control all of your video devices—all with the sound of your voice and without any new dealer programming. Here are... Read More
4Sight Outage
We wanted to post this since it is a holiday weekend and since the outage seems like it may be an extended one. Control4 reports: –BEGIN Web Services service problem 2018/05/06 starting at 9:09 AM MDT (UTC-6) There is a problem that is impacting multiple services for control4 web sites and services. We are investigating... Read More
TuneIn Service Outage
It has been reported that TuneIn doesn’t work when selecting channels through Listen > TuneIn. Below is a current work around. UPDATES: *Coming Soon* Quick Actions Select station from a navigator Listen > TuneIn > Station then save the station as a favorite by clicking the +/Heart icon on the upper left of the navigator screen. Click... Read More
Mandatory App Update
The latest version of the Control4 app contains an important security update that will soon be required for connecting to your Control4 system – specifically sometime on Tuesday, May 22. If you have enabled automatic app updates on your mobile device, your device will receive this update automatically. If you don’t receive updates automatically, check... Read More
Control4 Announces New OS/Controller
February 6, 2018 – Control4 released the new incremental improvement to the 2.10 OS – 2.10.1. This Control4® Operating System 2.10.1 (OS 2.10.1) release is a maintenance release and is intended for new installations as well as an update for existing installations. Most of the changes that went into this release were defect fixes, adding... Read More