Samsung Home Hub
At a glance, the Samsung Home Hub seems like nothing more than an Android tablet with a home screen explicitly dedicated to managing your smart home. But that’s what the people want. Google and Amazon’s voice assistants are fine, but there’s nothing like manually flipping a (virtual switch) to turn the lights off and on without speaking. And unlike most tablets, which are for individual use, the Home Hub is a universal smart home remote for the whole house.
The Home Hub isn’t just a launcher for Samsung’s SmartThings app. You can use it to manage your household’s routines and check in with Samsung’s other services, like SmartThings Cooking and SmartThings Clothing Care. Air monitoring is also available, which is becoming more of a concern as the climate changes the atmosphere around us. If you have Samsung appliances, you can even use the Home Hub to check their energy use.
Samsung’s Home Hub will be available in Korea in March and globally after that. —Florence Ion
