WoowTech Labs
What Labs is for
Labs is a dedicated area inside WoowTech where you can take in-progress features for a spin before they reach everyone. The idea is to develop openly alongside the community: rather than keeping a feature hidden away until it's fully buttoned up, WoowTech lets you switch it on early, put it through its paces, and steer where it goes next.
Think of it as a place to experiment with things that are real and working but not yet finished.
How Labs differs from beta
It's easy to confuse Labs with running a beta build, but they serve different goals. Beta is about shaking out bugs and confirming a release is stable before it ships. Labs is narrower and more forward-looking — it's an invitation to try out, stress-test, and help shape ideas while they're still being actively refined.
What you get out of Labs:
- A first look at functionality that hasn't hit the general release yet
- The chance to run that functionality against your own real devices and configuration
- A direct line to influence the outcome, since your feedback feeds back into the design
What every preview feature has in common
No matter which feature you turn on in Labs, they all share the same ground rules:
- Opt-in. Nothing here is active until you choose to enable it. The default is off.
- Already working. These aren't half-built experiments — they're usable in a real home setup today.
- Liable to evolve. Because they're still being shaped, how they behave can shift over time as feedback comes in.
- Easy to undo. You can switch any preview feature back off whenever you like.
Turning a preview feature on
Before you start:
- You need an administrator account.
- A handful of features depend on a particular integration already being set up, so install that first if required.
To enable one:
- Open Settings > System > Labs.
- Scroll to the feature you're interested in.
- Click Enable.
- If you want a quick way back to where you started, take a backup at this point.
There are also direct My WoowTech shortcut links that jump you straight to a specific feature in Labs.
Turning a preview feature off
- Head back to Settings > System > Labs.
- Pick out the feature that's currently switched on.
- Click Disable.
Sharing what you find
Labs only works if people report back. Post your impressions on the community forum, and if you hit a defect, file it on GitHub. The more concrete you are — what behaved as expected, what fell short, and how to reproduce it — the more useful your report becomes for shaping the final result.
WoowTech Labs
What Labs is for
Labs is a dedicated area inside WoowTech where you can take in-progress features for a spin before they reach everyone. The idea is to develop openly alongside the community: rather than keeping a feature hidden away until it's fully buttoned up, WoowTech lets you switch it on early, put it through its paces, and steer where it goes next.
Think of it as a place to experiment with things that are real and working but not yet finished.
How Labs differs from beta
It's easy to confuse Labs with running a beta build, but they serve different goals. Beta is about shaking out bugs and confirming a release is stable before it ships. Labs is narrower and more forward-looking — it's an invitation to try out, stress-test, and help shape ideas while they're still being actively refined.
What you get out of Labs:
- A first look at functionality that hasn't hit the general release yet
- The chance to run that functionality against your own real devices and configuration
- A direct line to influence the outcome, since your feedback feeds back into the design
What every preview feature has in common
No matter which feature you turn on in Labs, they all share the same ground rules:
- Opt-in. Nothing here is active until you choose to enable it. The default is off.
- Already working. These aren't half-built experiments — they're usable in a real home setup today.
- Liable to evolve. Because they're still being shaped, how they behave can shift over time as feedback comes in.
- Easy to undo. You can switch any preview feature back off whenever you like.
Turning a preview feature on
Before you start:
- You need an administrator account.
- A handful of features depend on a particular integration already being set up, so install that first if required.
To enable one:
- Open Settings > System > Labs.
- Scroll to the feature you're interested in.
- Click Enable.
- If you want a quick way back to where you started, take a backup at this point.
There are also direct My WoowTech shortcut links that jump you straight to a specific feature in Labs.
Turning a preview feature off
- Head back to Settings > System > Labs.
- Pick out the feature that's currently switched on.
- Click Disable.
Sharing what you find
Labs only works if people report back. Post your impressions on the community forum, and if you hit a defect, file it on GitHub. The more concrete you are — what behaved as expected, what fell short, and how to reproduce it — the more useful your report becomes for shaping the final result.
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