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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.

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Beyond just serving up the usual streaming apps, the Shield TV can act as an over-the-air DVR, Plex server, or smart home hub, and it's not a terrible gaming machine to boot.

However, the smart home category as a whole is still in its infancy, so not only is there a lot of confusion around what gadget will work with what hub, but the companies that make the hubs themselves are still working out the kinks.

The $ 99 Wink Hub 2 is not as popular as Samsung's smart home ecosystem behemoth, mainly because it still doesn't support everything.

Those small details — and Apple TV 4K's ability to perform as a HomeKit - based smart home hub, a feature this review will not focus on — don't add up to a better value, but they do make for a superior streaming box if you're willing to pay a stiff premium.

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 HomePod functions as a hub for HomeKit, Apple's smart - home platform: With this speaker serving as a HomeKit hub, you can use your voice to control HomeKit - compatible devices around your home, including smart locks, thermostats, cameras, and smoke alarms, and also have access to them when you're not home.

While some smart home hubs such as Wink and SmartThings support IFTTT as well, it's not available with the other Wi - Fi sensor we tested, Honeywell's Lyric.

Earlier this year, Nest announced a new program that would let its devices work as a hub for a whole host of other connected home devices like the Philips Hue lighting system and Yale smart locks.

The company already promotes its streaming devices as a hub to control smart home devices like Nest Thermostat with voice control.

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.

So, while I'm sure that Amazon will add features as time goes on, at the moment, the Echo Plus isn't the most capable smart - home hub.

However, many smart - home hubs, such as Lowe's Iris, Quirky's Wink hub, and Samsung SmartThings support both protocols, although they may not say so on their packaging.

Apple has been a bit ambivalent about its smart - home plans; while you can use both Apple TV and an iPad as a HomeKit hub, it hasn't marketed it with the same gusto as its other products.

The original Echo design is not going away; it's being reused in the $ 149 Echo Plus, a smart speaker that also has a built - in smart home hub, which can link to other Zigbee smart home devices, such as Philips Hue lights.

Considering the fact that the Shield costs just $ 199 and does the job of devices worth hundreds more, this is not only a smart buy as a streaming box, but it's also potentially the best smart home hub money can buy.

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As with every Echo except the Echo Plus (which has a ZigBee radio onboard), you'll need a smart home hub in addition to the Google Home Max to control most smart home devices (i.e., anything that doesn't operate over Wi - home hub in addition to the Google Home Max to control most smart home devices (i.e., anything that doesn't operate over Wi - Home Max to control most smart home devices (i.e., anything that doesn't operate over Wi - home devices (i.e., anything that doesn't operate over Wi - Fi).

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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.

In September, TechCrunch reported Google is working on a touchscreen home device that will act as a smart hub to control Nest and other smart home devices.

To be sure, the TRÅDFRI lights aren't the first smart bulbs that work with Alexa, Google Home, or HomeKit; all of the Philips Hue line can be controlled by all three smart home hubs, as well as many others (here's a list of all the lights that work with AleHome, or HomeKit; all of the Philips Hue line can be controlled by all three smart home hubs, as well as many others (here's a list of all the lights that work with Alehome hubs, as well as many others (here's a list of all the lights that work with Alexa).

While we're not all that keen on most smart home hubs, Lowe's is adding a service to its Iris hub that could be a differentiator between it and devices such as the Wink and Samsung SmartThings hubs.

The Google Manhattan device can also function as a smart hub to control other smart home devices like Nest's cameras and thermostats.

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It'll not only have built - in Bixby, the company's AI voice assistant, but we assume it'll also double as a central hub for its SmartThings smart home system.