@AMDPower,

I'm a pretty chill guy, thanks. I own a mobile app development company and very well understand how difficult beta testing can be.  I'm passionate about this technology and the idea of a "smart" home in general.  That's why I have spent so many hours testing and working with @Carl and others here and took exception to you calling us "babies".  The actual cost of the switch is really not the issue. It's a steal compared to Lutron and others, but it still needs to function as a smart switch.  The issue is that the almost none of the "smart" features work and a hub or any other solution won't help until kasa's developers fix the firmware.  Period.  I'm not sure why anyone would purchase a smart switch that is nothing more than a switch that can sometimes be controlled through the kasa app and doesn't have any smart features.  Read through the forum to see how painful it's been.

The reason I'm willing to spend so much time on this is because I've spent 5 figures in the past outfitting a house with Lutron RadioRA switches (yes, the switches cost upwards of $300 each in some cases!).  I agree with you that kasa is a steal, especially compared to those systems.  I have installed around 4 or 5 dozen kasa smart dimmers in conjunction with Alexa (tried Google Home as well) in our newest house.  Alexa routines have been great and work perfectly although I would agree that the Alexa setup can be convoluted and painful at times.  Regardless, this combination has been flawless and saved me a ton of money compared to a Lutron RadiioRA2 solution.  Lutron is WAY ahead in the technology department (yes, they support 4-way installations and existing dumb 3-way switches for example), but kasa's $15 dimmers are so good for the price that it just doesn't matter to me.  However, they have to release a switch that doesn't have significant bugs.  That's why @Carl explained that they are postponing the release until the known bugs are fixed.

@Carl 

Thanks and appreciative of the reply and this groups efforts.

Excited for the next gen of Kasa switches.

if there's a need of an extra able hand, I'm 1st in line to volunteer.  Will buy whatever for testing.

God speed to the group.

Hi @Carl,

I have received the beta test invitation email on 09/30. After form submission I haven't received anything ever since. Has the beta test selection finished? 

@Carl 
thanks for your reply. Yeah, in the email it says it is for the 3-way dimmer. I think I finished form submission but I didn't see any confirmation email. When I click the form link, it asks for a new submission. Therefore no way for me to confirm if my submission was successful right now. I think I had a confirmation at the end of the submission, but it was a midnight weeks ago so it is kinda fuzzy. Maybe this is how it is, but if someone else has received this beta offer email and has different experience, please let me know. Thanks!

@Carl  I've still never received the production firmware update from 9/30.  Sent you my screenshots a while ago at your request.  I'm still seeing wonky behavior with regard to the switches seeming to lose the actual light status and not work with Alexa until I walk up and physically turn them off.  (requires a few presses before it "wakes up")  

What would the production firmware look like in the device info?