The Mixtile Hub is the first smart home hub that can bridge existing smart accessories from other popular home automation protocols, like ZigBee and Z-Wave, and bring them into the HomeKit ecosystem.

Smart home platforms are like the famous xkcd comic. Every new one is designed to become the “one ring,” but it usually becomes just another standard to follow. Homey Pro attempts to bridge that gap ...

Focalcrest, a Chinese company focusing on intelligent hardware solutions, today debuted a new HomeKit hub that promises to bring HomeKit connectivity to various connected home products that would not ...

KIRKLAND, WASH. – Hub-less home-automation systems incorporating standardized Bluetooth mesh technology could hit the market sometime next year, thanks to a Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) ...

Your connected home can be built a lot of different ways, but likely starts right here. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Maybe the ...

When life gets chaotic, it can be convenient to have all your smart home devices operating on the same wavelength. Achieving this sort of harmony sometimes requires a hub to consolidate the myriad ...

While smart home hubs and Wi-Fi access points have shrunk considerably, the devices still take up a lot of room on a table or shelf. Danish smart home startup Evvr Home Automation has a solution: ...

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Right now, as you kick back on your couch and daydream about your next smart home upgrade, you may not realize it, but you’re awash in data. From Wi-Fi-enabled thermostats to Bluetooth-accessible door ...