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Amazon Acquires Mesh WiFi Maker Eero

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Amazon today announced that it is acquiring eero, a company known for its mesh Wi-Fi systems.

eero makes a range of easy-to-use and somewhat affordable mesh Wi-Fi systems, designed to extend Wi-Fi signal across a person's entire home, putting an end to areas with weak signal.

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There are no details on the purchase price, but Amazon says that it is acquiring eero to "help customers better connect smart home devices."
"We are incredibly impressed with the eero team and how quickly they invented a WiFi solution that makes connected devices just work," said Dave Limp, SVP of Amazon Devices and Services. "We have a shared vision that the smart home experience can get even easier, and we're committed to continue innovating on behalf of customers."
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Mesh Wi-Fi systems like eero are ideal for smart home setups with many internet connected devices, and the acquisition fits well with Amazon's growing portfolio of smart home products such as Ring.

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I’m actually relieved to hear this. I love Eero (I’m a reseller and I fully believe in their product) but my only concern has been what if the company goes under? Unless they spend their last few dollars to redesign their management software to work without the cloud everyone will have useless devices. Amazon isn’t going under any time soon so that hopefully gives their products longevity. Also the radio engineers at Eero are incredible and hopefully they can use some of their expertise to improve other Amazon products.
 
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Amazon today announced that it is acquiring eero, a company known for its mesh Wi-Fi systems.

eero makes a range of easy-to-use and somewhat affordable mesh Wi-Fi systems, designed to extend Wi-Fi signal across a person's entire home, putting an end to areas with weak signal.

eero-second-gen-and-beacon-800x400.jpg

There are no details on the purchase price, but Amazon says that it is acquiring eero to "help customers better connect smart home devices."Mesh Wi-Fi systems like eero are ideal for smart home setups with many internet connected devices, and the acquisition fits well with Amazon's growing portfolio of smart home products such as Ring.

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[doublepost=1549923255][/doublepost]Well; ****. I am not looking forward to Amazon ****ing up an otherwise great product. I guess I'll have to start looking at other options again.
 
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Next up: a change to eero’s privacy policy that gives Amazon data on all your network traffic

As a long time eero customer, this really really sucks
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I'm afraid of the same situation. I really love the eero platform (the plus service is actually worth it to me for 1Password, Malwarebytes, and Encrypt.me). I don't want it to suffer from Amazon's influence. That being said, Amazon is playing nice(ish?) with Apple (Music), so there might be a silver lining.
 
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Amazon will just jack the prices up and remove the lower priced options like they did with Ring.
I just want another stickup cam that doesn't cost a small fortune. I paid $149 for my original stickup cam, and it came with solar panel charging.
That costs $228 now AND another $30 a year device subscription to use it. (I don't have 5 devices, so there's no savings on the annual subscription)
 
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I've just upgraded my Apple base stations to Ubiquiti Amplifi. Eero was on the short list, however, this makes me thankful that I didn't go down that path.

Hopefully, they won't ruin an excellent product or enforce some kind of account policy (like Google does with its Google WiFi).
 
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Dodged a bullet here. I was waiting for their 802.11ax/WiFi 6 mesh network to come out to upgrade my old AirPort. I don't want Amazon snooping me more than they already do. They already bought Ring which I have installed around my house (at least I don't have any mics/cameras inside the house). This is why it's important for Apple to have first-party products like AirPorts, as well as their own HomeKit products. Nobody else cares about privacy like they do, even if they did recently have a big privacy glitch. At least they aren't doing things intentionally and are actively trying to make things more private and secure.
 
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