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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.

This hub functions as the brain of your smart home and it works well with many other brands and systems, check out the page for a full list.

It also works as a smart alarm only if you connect it to the Wink smart - home hub.

Wemo's Wi - Fi Smart Dimmer works over Wi - Fi, as its name suggests, so you won't need a smart home hub for it to Smart Dimmer works over Wi - Fi, as its name suggests, so you won't need a smart home hub for it to smart home hub for it to work.

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.

In the future, the Shield will even work as a SmartThings hub, letting you create scenes and automation routines with Wi - Fi and Bluetooth smart home devices, and with ZigBee and Z - Wave devices through a USB dongle.

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).

On the other hand, it costs just $ 30, it you can deploy them in multiples, and it works with most Z - Wave smart - home hubs (we tested it as part of an Iris by Lowe's system; Utilitech is a Lowe's brand).

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.

Some work alone using Wi - Fi, while others connect to a smart - home hub using wireless technologies such as Z - Wave or ZigBee.

It works with all sorts of Z - Wave smart - home hubs to provide remote control and dimming from anywhere, as well as all of the standard Z - Wave in - wall dimmer features, including customized scheduling so you can turn the lights on and off at specific times of day.

Herscovici also mentioned harnessing your router to work as a smart - home hub, something Securifi is already poised to do with its Almond 3 router, which, of course, integrates with Alexa.

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.

And we also received SmartThings support, which gives the Shield TV the ability to work as a SmartThings hub for your smart home, and allows you to control different (previously paired) smart components of your home, like your thermostat or your lights.

Remember, you're looking at a voice - activated, two - way conversational home automation hub here, capable of commanding audio services like Google Play Music, Spotify or Pandora, as well as browsing the web for quick answers to your hands - free questions, retrieving flight information, setting alarms and timers, alerting you of unusual traffic on the way to work, and of course, controlling smart light bulbs, plugs, switches, thermostats and so on.

The collaboration will enable partners to build new devices with Alexa using an Intel - based smart speaker form factor reference design coming in Q1 2017, as well as make it easier to create skills that work with the Intel - based Smart Homesmart speaker form factor reference design coming in Q1 2017, as well as make it easier to create skills that work with the Intel - based Smart HomeSmart Home Hub.

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.

HomeKit will make it easier to control the smart products within owners» homes, and the Apple TV will work as a sort of central hub to make communication between iOS devices and those smart products even easier.

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).

Update (2/6/17): We have updated this review to reflect the fact that the Philips Hue lights are now in their third generation, and includes bulbs that deliver richer colors, as well as a hub that can connect to up to 50 lights, and works with both Alexa and Apple HomeKit, among other smart home systems.

While Apple stressed the smart speaker's audio capabilities during the big reveal at today's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote, HomePod will also work as a sorely needed home - automation hub for HomeKit devices.

So users can pick up the Amazon Echo Plus and gain voice functionality as well as a working smart home hub.