- A Smart Hub determines what your smart home will be capable of and what types of products you can integrate so take a close look at the features and pick the one that's best for you
- Each Smart Hub comes with an app that lets you access your home anywhere and the app’s look, feel and ease of use are pretty important. Check out the look and feel of each app and read reviews before deciding which might work best for you.
- Hubs have different form factors – some might be slim and designed to sit discreetly on a bookshelf, others are less physically appealing and might make a good neighbor to the router in your home office. Some hubs are even built inside routers so you get dual functionality.
- Some Smart Hubs are entirely cloud based – meaning they rely on a working internet connection to function & talk to other devices; others have local functions – choose these if you want to have a working smart home during an outage.