Sentences with phrase «as a smart home hub»

It's the same size as the original, but it will now act as a smart home hub, with second - generation far - field voice recognition and enhanced sound.

Want one that also serves as a smart home hub?

The TV itself can act as a smart home hub, allowing users to control their lights and other devices.

That too enabled hands - free voice control for streaming apps, while paving the way to serve as a smart home hub.

The main selling point of the Echo Plus over the newly refreshed Echo is that it doubles as a smart home hub for devices that rely on the Zigbee protocol.

But our point is that the first smart speaker that can truly function as a smart home hub competitor hasn't come from Amazon or Google.

The idea was also to enable Windows 10 to serve as a smart home hub for connected devices.

«If the majority of consumers were to utilize TVs as a smart home hub, that would be a key breakthrough,» says Kraus.

This device kills two birds with one stone: You get a fast router that provides excellent, secure, mesh Wi - Fi in your whole house as well as a smart home hub that works with many SmartThings - compatible products.

And that's really the first decision you need to make: Do you want a traditional router, a Wi - Fi system, or a dual - purpose router that can also perform as a smart home hub?

Meanwhile, for users who prefer the look of the first Echo, the Echo Plus retains the look of the original while being marketed as a smart home hub to go directly against Apple's AirPod and Google Home.

It also works as a smart home hub.

In addition to doubling as a Plex server, an over-the-air DVR, and a hands - free Google Assistant, the Shield can also now serve as a smart home hub with the addition of a Samsung SmartThings Link.

The other Echo offers an option for people who may be interested in the device as a speaker but not as a smart home hub.

But unlike many other smart speakers, the Hogar Milo Smart attempts to stand apart from the crowd by adopting the Google Assistant as well as doubling as a smart home hub which can control other connected home automation devices through the Zigbee standard and the Z - Wave Plus wireless protocol, the latter of which is arguably becoming increasingly popular among smart home device manufacturers.

The new second - generation Echo is a wireless speaker that doubles as a smart home hub thanks to its Alexa capability, meaning it can connect with a myriad of compatible devices and home appliances so you can control your smart home ecosystem with easy voice commands.

This isn't the first time that you've been able to control your smart home by text, as smart home hub Homey has a Facebook Messenger function very similar to Netatmo's Smart Home Bot, and LG has HomeChat which uses a dedicated app, but seeing a major player in the smart home market introduce the feature could mark the start of Messenger as a smart home control.

Google Home came into its own as smart home hub, and Google Assistant saw rapid expansion to a bunch of new countries and devices.

This small white dongle helps your Shield TV act as a smart home hub and parse commands related to other gadgets in your house.

LG says that its ThinQ TVs are capable of functioning as smart home hubs, allowing them to access other smart home devices like robot vacuum cleaners, smart lights and smart speakers.

In addition to all the features of Alexa, the Echo Plus also doubles as a smart home hub.

Once you've gone through a rather cumbersome and clumsy setup process, involving an iOS device and a plethora of settings menus, you can use your Apple TV as a smart home hub.

The difference between the Plus and the Echo is the inclusion of slightly better speakers on the Plus, as well as a smart home hub that theoretically removes the need for other hubs to be plugged into your router to get different smart home devices working.

Also new for the Echo Plus is the ability to serve as a smart home hub — if the devices you're looking to support use Zigbee to connect.

The Amazon Echo Plus acts as a smart home hub and a speaker, so you can create a smart home effortlessly.

That's what happened with Revolv, which was purchased by Google and acts as a smart home hub to integrate different products.

Instead of purchasing a separate smart home hub, Securifi's Almond routers double as smart home hubs and WiFi routers.

Launching a proprietary smart speaker, one that bears that promise of acting as a smart home hub, is a bold vote of confidence for Bixby, considering it still needs to prove its mettle.

In addition to all the features of Alexa, the Echo Plus also doubles as a smart home hub.

And as a smart home hub, it's yet another ecosystem that doesn't work with many of the most popular third - party devices (in this case, only Z - Wave products are compatible).

But for those of us who don't really need a screen but want to connect with smart devices, the Echo Plus will suit you just fine, as it doubles as a smart home hub.

The inclusion of ThinQ also means that each new OLED TV model can act as a smart home hub.

LG's ThinQ TVs also function as smart home hubs, offering access to other smart home products such as robotic vacuum cleaners, air conditioners, air purifiers, smart lights, smart speakers and many other connected devices.

While most smart speakers these days can act as a smart home hub, you might not want to go the smart speaker route — and if not, then a smart home hub can be a seriously helpful way to tie together all your smart home devices.

With Deep ThinQ, LG's OLED TVs can pretty much act as a smart home hub.

Alexa speakers and accessories took center stage with a new smaller and cheaper Echo, as well as an Echo Plus that doubles as a smart home hub.

Echo Plus also can serve as a smart home hub, if you wish.

As a smart home hub, the HomePod is desperately lacking.

It also acts as a smart home hub, of course, and it features the killer hi - resolution sound quality that LG speakers have become known for.

Amazon is greatly expanding its reach into the smart home space, today launching several products, including a second - generation Echo smart home speaker, an Echo Plus that doubles as a smart home hub and an Echo Dot with a display that doubles as an alarm clock.

In addition to these features, Google's product is also said to act as a smart home hub for managing and controlling other smart home products, not too unlike Amazon's recently announced Echo Plus, which will also act as a smart home hub.

You'll of course need to get the compatible products into your home or office first in order to fully leverage Alexa's ability to double as a smart home hub.

With this in mind, if you're planning to gather devices for a smart home product, the Echo Plus can act as a smart home hub, as well as a great way for controlling your disparate devices.

What really sets this model apart (and makes it worthy of the accolade) is the fact that the fridge can function as a smart home hub, meaning that if you've got a range of different smart home products from a number of different manufacturers and want a way to control them all from a unified device, this fridge will function as that hub using SmartThings, Samsung's hub ecosystem.

But with the pocket - money priced Echo Dot letting you do the same, and offering all the same smart functionality of the Plus (minus the ability to act as a smart home hub), you'd have to question in that case if it'd be more economical to just get the smaller option and connect that to a better sound system.

However, the Echo really shines when you use it as your smart home hub, from which you can control other smart devices, like a smart thermostat.

Both are also infused with artificial intelligence assistants and can serve as smart home hubs.

Lynky appears to be the very first touchscreen - enabled Google Assistant speaker that functions as a smart home hub.

The new Echo Plus is set apart, though: its abilities double as a smart home hub, one that connects to various wireless protocols to set up and control connected home gadgets and appliances.

Limp made a point to say that «no apps and no skills» were needed to set up the light bulbs, and that the Echo Plus «works out of the box» as a smart home hub.