What's Next?

We have quite some features planned for ESP RainMaker. We are also open to new feature requests, which you can suggest on GitHub.

What's New?

Before going into the roadmap, here's a list of things added recently that you may have missed out.

  • ESP32 access is now enabled for all. Check out the Claiming documentation for more information.
  • Source codes for the Android and iOS Phone apps are now available.
  • OTA service has been launched, which also provides temporary firmware image hosting facility.
  • Third Party integrations are now available. Alexa support is already released and Google Voice Assistant(GVA) will be available soon. Check this out for usage instructions.
  • An option to choose BLE provisioning (instead of the default SoftAP) is now added for ESP32. Check "ESP RainMaker App Wi-Fi Provisioning" section in menuconfig. The new 2.0 versions of the phone apps also support this (only QR code mode, not manual).
  • VS Code extension for ESP RainMaker is now available.

What is coming next?

Local Control

  • For more efficient control and monitoring when nodes and clients (phones) are in the same Wi-Fi network. Would also be helpful when there is no Internet connection.

Node Grouping

  • Create abstract groups of nodes, or logical groups like all lights, all switches etc.
  • Represent nodes in terms of homes and rooms.
  • Control a group of nodes together

Device Scheduling

  • Add triggers for some specific times.
  • Add periodic schedules for devices (like turn on lights at 6pm and turn off at 11pm).

Diagnostics

  • Monitor health and query status.
  • Provide in-field diagnostics.

Webhooks

  • Useful for events and triggers.
  • Enable linking other services like IFTTT.

Time series data

  • Data with a history maintained. Something like temperature readings taken every hour.
  • Useful for analytics and finding patterns.
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