If you're looking to modernize your abode with app-enabled lights or accessories, do you need to incorporate a smart home hub into the mix? What do they do?

How does the smart home of your dreams look? Maybe your front door automatically unlocks when it detects your phone is nearby, disabling the home alarm system and triggering the lights and air ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. With technology evolving so fast and most everyday objects getting smarter, it only makes sense to add smart capabilities to your home. Smart ...

Google's Nest Hub, formally known as the Home Hub, is one of the many smart hub devices you can use to control the various accessories in your home. Powered by Google Assistant, the Nest Hub can turn ...

Smart home automation can offer a sense of ease and cohesiveness. Having a smart home hub means your devices from different manufacturers are connected and can interact with each other via one home ...

Once upon a time, the smart home was a mess. Plenty of individual devices worked fine for the person that set them up, but sharing access with other members of a household and syncing devices from ...

With the Nest Hub Max, Google’s finally created the smart display it should have built in the first place. Announced Tuesday at the company’s Google I/O developer conference in Mountain View, ...

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Ikea announced a new smart hub and app that will be coming out later this year. The hub is called Dirigera and will be Matter-ready. The hub will be accompanied by the release of the company’s new ...