One of the products that Samsung has on its CES 2022 presentation was the Home Hub, an 8.4-inch tablet to control all networked home devices in your household. The company now has divided more information. At launch, the Home Hub will have the ability to connect to any product in the SmartThings ecosystem, including Samsung devices.
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This will help you determine how much power your devices are using and whether or not they need cleaning. Hobby cooks will find a recipe hub for creating shopping lists and meal plans. These are just a few of the use cases Samsung outlines for the Home Hub. The company says the device’s AI software anticipates what you need and provides that information to you exactly when you need it.
Samsung has also committed to the upcoming. to support Material standardthat should open the door for the hub to connect to devices from other manufacturers. Based on the photos shared by Samsung, the Home Hub runs Android, suggesting it could potentially be used as a standard tablet as well. The device also comes with two speakers and two microphones, as well as the company’s Bixby assistant. The tablet comes with the charging base that you see in the photos and you can take it out of this stand.
At first glance, the appeal of the Home Hub is difficult to see. After all, it’s essentially a tablet that has the company’s SmartThings app preinstalled on it. You can download the same software on your phone. So it’s not that it’s offering something that isn’t already out there. In other words, however, it’s a different approach to a smart display. Samsung hasn’t tried to create a device like that Echo show 15 that wants to be the center of your home. The focus is tight here and that might appeal to people.
Samsung will release the Home Hub in Korea sometime in March, with global availability to follow later. No word on US prices yet.
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