People intending to set up a smart home in 2025 have a lot of options available. This ranges from smart lighting systems to fridges, speakers, doorbells and many other things. Back in 2016, the ‘internet of things’ was in its infancy and consumers had fewer choices. Logitech launched the Pop Button into this early IoT market to fill a neglected niche, but after nine years, it seems the company sees no further need for the Pop Button.
Logitech Pop Buttons are small, simple devices that can (for now, at least) locate and connect to other smart devices on the same Wi-Fi network. It can store up to three actions inputted via a smartphone app, which can be then activated by a single touch. For instance, when you get up in the morning you can, with a single press, turn on your Philips Hue lights, open the Lutron smart blinds and begin to play your morning playlist on your Sonos speaker.
Unfortunately, Logitech has informed its Pop Button customers that it plans to discontinue the service for Pop buttons as of 15th of October 2025. This announcement was sent to customers on 29th of September, giving little time for users to find workarounds or integrate newer products before their devices are turned into useless plastic bricks.
As compensation, Logitech is offering affected customers a coupon for 15 percent off Logitech products. This offer excludes many of Logitech’s more expensive and exclusive products, such as its line of racing wheels and what the company describes as ‘newly released products.’
Users of Logitech’s Pop buttons have previously complained on sites such as Reddit of a degradation in service, with people reporting issues with connectivity and compatibility when using Pop alongside services such as Samsung SmartThings, Apple HomeKit or even Logitech’s own Harmony Hub. The end of service for these Pop devices relegates them to e-waste alongside many other products. It also serves to emphasise that such ‘smart’ or ‘IoT’ devices are at the mercy of big companies, no matter how useful they are to the end user.
