Logitech officially discontinues its line of Solidarity universal remotes

Smartly, the different shoe in a roundabout procedure dropped. After years of speculation concerning the fate of its Solidarity line of universal remotes, Logitech has announced that this will well well quit making the units efficient today.

In a submit on its enhance space, Logitech talked about that its ultimate stock of Solidarity remotes will proceed to be accessible by procedure of retail channels unless shares speed out, and that this will well well proceed to enhance the remote for the foreseeable future.

“We thought to enhance our Solidarity community and new Solidarity customers, which contains access to our application and apps to location up and organize your remotes,” the submit reads. “We additionally thought to proceed to alter the platform and add units to our Solidarity database. Customer and guarantee enhance will proceed to be offered.”

The writing has been on the wall for years about Solidarity remotes, which Logitech got manner encourage in 2004. As early as 2013, Logitech was as soon as making noises about selling off its Solidarity imprint, and in 2019, Logitech CEO Bracken Darrell called Solidarity a “minute industry” that was as soon as swiftly becoming beside the purpose in the area of streaming video services and products.

“I judge over time, you’ll beget fewer and fewer folks that feel love they in actuality want that universal remote,” Darrell knowledgeable The Verge.

Gathered, Solidarity’s universal remotes shall be badly missed by A/V followers procuring for a single application to shield watch over all their home theater parts.

The Solidarity line runs the gamut from budget standalone wands to the contact-enabled, community-connected units that cost hundreds of bucks and are able to controlling all the pieces from enticing TVs and receivers to game consoles and even enticing lights.

While they’re broadly belief of essentially the most easy universal remotes round, Solidarity units had apparently grown scarce over the last few years, commonly running out of stock or easiest accessible as refurbished variations, and it’s been years since Logitech has announced a new Solidarity model.

Earlier this week, Wirecutter, which lists the Logitech Solidarity Partner and Logitech Solidarity 665 as its top picks, build the remotes in its “purchaser beware” class after hearing new rumors that Logitech was as soon as on the verge of discontinuing your complete Solidarity line.

Up to now as those Solidarity remotes which may per chance well well be peaceful in the wild, Solidarity says they’ll proceed to work, and that this will well aid its broad database of home theater units that Solidarity remotes can shield watch over.

Alexa and Google Assistant integrations for Solidarity will additionally shield working, Solidarity talked about, adding that this will well well proceed to enhance Solidarity units, including desktop, Android, and iOS application updates, for “as lengthy as customers are the usage of [them].”

So, let’s all pour one out for Solidarity. I’ve been the usage of Solidarity remotes for better than 15 years myself, and it was as soon as a broad scoot whereas it lasted.

Ben has been writing about technology and person electronics for better than 20 years. A PCWorld contributor since 2014, Ben joined TechHive in 2019, the build he covers enticing home and home leisure merchandise.