Aqara Hub M3: Introduction Smart home nerds, like me, have been waiting for this one for a long time. An…
Hubs
Welcome to our comprehensive smart home hubs reviews section, where we explore the central brains of your smart home ecosystem. From industry giants like Samsung SmartThings, Amazon Echo, and Google Nest Hub to innovative solutions from Hubitat, Homey, Ikea, Aqara and more, each hub showcased here has undergone thorough testing by our expert review teams. We provide detailed evaluations of their compatibility, connectivity, ease of use, and integration capabilities with various smart devices and platforms. Whether you’re looking to streamline your home automation or expand your smart home capabilities, you’ll find the latest reviews of smart home hubs from top brands to help you build and manage your connected home with confidence.
Zigbee-based Aqara gadgets are a great addition to any setup and now Matter has been added to the mix too…
Brilliant Plug-In Panel Home Control: Introduction When we first reviewed the Brilliant Smart Home Control back in 2019 we lamented the fiddly…
Meross, founded in 2016 and based in Chengdu, China is fast becoming one of the most prominent players for affordable…
Key features (Image credit: The Ambient) The Rithum Switch Smart Home Control Panel is essentially a touchscreen control panel, designed…
Audio Summary Amazon Echo Hub: Introduction On a smart home focused site such as this, it’s hard to remember that…
Key features With Samsung SmartThings moving to a new platform that has killed off its more powerful plugins, such as…
The original SwitchBot Curtain was a nifty little upgrade to make dumb curtains smart, using little robots that ran along…
Click here to check the price of the SwitchBit Hub 2 Key features One of the best things about the…
There’s a time we all face when building a smart home: we look at the ‘dumb’ kit we’ve got installed,…
Samsung’s SmartThings was at the centre of a massive rumor that the entire thing was about to be shut down.…
It used to be true that budget smart home kit was bad, hard to control and lacked features. That’s changing…
Update: We first published this review in early 2020, but we’ve updated it because the Flic smart home button now…
Update: Control4 has been improved greatly over the last few months thanks to the awesome new Neeo Remote and revamped…
Somfy has been in the smart home business since the 1960s. If you count motorised blinds and shutters as ‘smart’,…