Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Update: On May 12, 2020, Wink sent an email to customers announcing that it has moved the deadline for users to start ...

Wink its telling its customers they have an important choice to make: start paying a $4.99 monthly subscription fee or lose access to critical features for products they already purchased. Customers ...

Wink can’t put off launching its subscription program any longer. The smart home company has announced that it will start charging customers $5 a month on July 27th, which means users who refuse to ...

Pricey, dealer-installed smart-home systems have one thing in common: A wall-mounted panel with a flashy LCD to control everything. This is the feature that’s most difficult for a do-it-yourselfer to ...

Smart home company Wink has made a surprising and heavily criticized announcement: it will soon charge a monthly subscription fee. Users aren't required to pay this fee, of course, but their hardware ...

Update, May 13: In response to customer feedback, Wink on Wednesday sent out a follow-up email, delaying the switch to the new subscription service until May 20. Anyone who has already signed up for ...

Wink’s switch to a subscription service for its smart home platform hasn’t had the best start. The company has confirmed reports (via Android Police and The Verge) of a wide-ranging outage affecting ...

On Monday, smart home hub maker Wink made the switch from a free app to a $4.99 monthly subscription plan. The startup, now owned by i.am+ , the tech company founded by musician Will.i.am of the Black ...

Smart home platform Wink is having a widespread outage, just over a month after it implemented a paid subscription plan for most of its previously free features. First reported by Android Police, the ...

You’ll have to pay $4.99 a month starting Wednesday, May 13th You’ll have to pay $4.99 a month starting Wednesday, May 13th is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The ...

Wink, a company that makes a smart home hub that links smart home devices together, last week upset customers with the announcement of a new surprise subscription service that will be required to use ...