Do You Actually Need a Smart Home Hub: The 150 Dollar Question Answered
The pitch is seductive: buy one box, plug it in, and every brand talks to every other brand — Zigbee, Z-Wave, Matter, Thread, all speaking through a $180 hub. Then you look at your actual cart: two smart plugs, a bulb, and a doorbell. Total: about $110. And every single one of them says “Wi-Fi … Read more