News
2025 -> 2026
With 2025 coming to a close, it's time for a small review and an outlook into 2026. But first - thank you for supporting plan44 by using P44 devices and open source software!
Although not necessarily visible from non-beta installations, there was a lot of work going into the P44 platform in 2025 that will soon reach production status and bring exciting new possibilities to existing and new P44 devices!
The core focus of plan44 are efficiently maintainable, long-term functioning installations. The P44 platform was designed from the start to just run for years, with no external dependencies, while always remaining maintainable. So while new device hardware is at the horizon, this does not leave existing devices behind - on the contrary. New features will come to most installed devices, even many of those already running for a decade. Open Source is the key to guarantee this remains also true for the future, as it makes long-term platform progress even independent of plan44. Infrastructure needs to be open knowledge!
What’s new from 2025
What have we been working at in 2025? Those of you using beta software already know more - and a special thanks goes to you, because beta testing is an important contribution to the quality of the platform! Still, some things were only hints in the release notes, so here's the summary:
- matter certification is well underway - our devices are at the testing lab right now! Completion is expected in Q1 2026. The certification is a challenge for a small company, so it takes longer than anticipated. On the other hand, continuing beta testing in 2025 has allowed to support matter 1.4 already and further mature the plan44 matter bridge.
- Wiser-by-Feller integration is an all new way to extend existing installations or build new ones. This simple to install system by Feller AG, renowned for top design and quality switches and wall sockets, can now be fully integrated into matter (and likewise, into an existing Digital Strom installation).
- Extended matter support for classic Digital Strom: the new ds485 integration allows DS blocks to finally become matter accessible devices, like P44 based DALI and EnOcean devices.
- Improvements for project specific scripting for complex, but still easily maintainable custom setups.
All of this will come to existing P44-DSB-DEH2/E2/D/E/X devices (and already has in betas).
Looking ahead to 2026
In parallel, we’ve been preparing new hardware for the future:
- new gateway-only P44 device - a tiny, but powerful box to enable Wiser-by-Feller for matter with only a few keypresses on the device itself. Not even the need to connect a laptop (but of course, still supported). Also, it allows bridging Digital Strom to matter.
- next generation device replacing P44-DSB-D with updated system-on-chip and more memory.
So, stay tuned for 2026, it will be an exciting year.
