Hub today, gone tomorrow.

If you're starting a smart home from scratch, you can skip getting a hub.

Amazon Alexa and Google Home are great control centers to navigate your new smart home, but they aren't absolute necessities. Here are other ways to make your home smarter. John Carlsen has more than ...

As a smart home user, you've probably heard multiple mentions of Thread, Zigbee, and Matter from different companies, and seen all three names printed on boxes for smart home devices or in their ...

Amazon recently introduced the $180 Amazon Echo Hub, a smart home control panel that streamlines management of all the connected devices in your home. You can still use your voice to control devices, ...

Apple is preparing to introduce its highly anticipated smart home hub, the Apple HomePod Hub, a device designed to compete directly with established players like Google and Amazon. Expected to launch ...

If you’re only interested in dipping your toe in the smart home waters and don’t mind starting off in a walled garden, TP-Link’s Tapo H100 Smart Hub with Chime can automate lighting, alert you when ...

Apple is preparing to introduce a new smart home hub that could transform how you interact with and manage your connected devices. Recent discoveries in iOS 26 code have revealed details about this ...

The Aqara Camera Hub G350 packs impressive specs like Matter support, local AI, and a privacy shutter when the camera is off.

LG is expanding its smart home offerings as the brand recently previewed its first-ever hub device: the ThinQ On. We don't know the specifics about the gadget at this moment, with the company keeping ...

Today's smart plugs are compact, inexpensive and can turn a wide variety of household appliances on or off with remote app ...

Samsung introduced its first standalone SmartThings smart home controller at its CES 2022 keynote this week. The Samsung Home Hub is designed to be a central place for a household to control and ...