# Homey Pro and Homey 2019 **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [February 23, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-and-homey-2019/9580 "2019-02-23T08:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wijkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wijkie/32/4243_2.png) [@Wijkie](https://community.homey.app/u/Wijkie)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-and-homey-2019/9580/1 "2019-02-23T08:38:29Z")
Since the early start i’ve been using homey. And since day one with ups and many many downs. Now almost 4 years later it’s finally somewhat stable. I’m therefor very very very dissappointed that after all the difficult years and hard work from within this community Athom decides to update the hardware to better fit it’s new firmware. In short term the kick starters homey will be rendered worthless. Firmware 2.x will for sure only focus on the new hardware. A shame. It feels like " thank you for the testing and developement, now pay us €400.- so you can test it further. Otherwise don’t bother is anymore." I had hoped that my €400,- kickstart entry would have resulted in more than a table lamp. I’ll be waiting until my homey finally stops. Meanwhile checking other brands to never return to Athom again. Very dissappointed… ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 8:42am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-and-homey-2019/9580/2 "2019-02-23T08:42:26Z")
> [@Wijkie](#): > > In short term the kick starters homey will be rendered worthless. Firmware 2.x will for sure only focus on the new hardware. There’s not much “new” to the “new hardware”: same SoC, same radios, same amount of memory. The Homey Pro is a limited edition, so that won’t be the focus of Athom’s efforts going forward. ---
**Author:** ![bvdbos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bvdbos/32/2352_2.png) [@bvdbos](https://community.homey.app/u/bvdbos)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 8:51am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-and-homey-2019/9580/3 "2019-02-23T08:51:33Z")
> [@Wijkie](#): > > Athom decides to update the hardware to better fit it’s new firmware. Where did you get that? The new FW works perfectly on Homey2016’s… > [@Wijkie](#): > > In short term the kick starters homey will be rendered worthless. Firmware 2.x will for sure only focus on the new hardware. No and no? Like @robertklep says the hardware is much the same so software will work on both regular Homey’s and Homey-pro’s… ---
**Author:** ![Wijkie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wijkie/32/4243_2.png) [@Wijkie](https://community.homey.app/u/Wijkie)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 9:00am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-and-homey-2019/9580/4 "2019-02-23T09:00:50Z")
Then why a new Homey ? Just to remove the NFC and Mic? " Zowel Homey (Early 2019) als Homey Pro hebben een hardware-update ontvangen. In vergelijking met eerdere herzieningen hebben we besloten om NFC en de [microfoons](https://blog.athom.com/take-speech-music/) te verwijderen " ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 9:06am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-and-homey-2019/9580/5 "2019-02-23T09:06:16Z")
> [@Wijkie](#): > > Then why a new Homey ? Just to remove the NFC and Mic? Old model running out of stock? And removing stuff from it makes it (a bit) cheaper to produce. ---
**Author:** ![bvdbos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/bvdbos/32/2352_2.png) [@bvdbos](https://community.homey.app/u/bvdbos)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 9:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-and-homey-2019/9580/6 "2019-02-23T09:07:19Z")
NFC was barely used, by omitting it there’s one radio-sender less so it might improve stability. As for the mic, Athom announced quite a while ago they would be dropping support for its own speech-recognition. When Athom started, speech in general wasn’t as evolved as it is now. Back then there was hope they could keep up with google et.al. Turned out they couldn’t. Why then physically remove the mic, that’s a mystery for me too (cost will be minimal I guess). Maybe to prevent drama’s like: > **[Nest Home Security Devices Have a Hidden Microphone. Google Calls It an "Error."](https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/security/a26448907/google-nest-hidden-microphone/)** > > The company says its was an oversight, but it does little to stem paranoia. ---
**Author:** ![jreenen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jreenen/32/811_2.png) [@jreenen](https://community.homey.app/u/jreenen)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-and-homey-2019/9580/7 "2019-02-23T12:16:18Z")
🤣 one company gets blamed for removing a mic and the other for having one without telling. ---
**Author:** ![Marco\_van\_den\_Hout](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marco_van_den_hout/32/4523_2.png) [@Marco\_van\_den\_Hout](https://community.homey.app/u/Marco_van_den_Hout)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-and-homey-2019/9580/8 "2019-02-23T12:54:23Z")
I use the NFC reader with Lego Dimensions tags, it’s fun. Although these days I use Google Home more.