What is Alexa Smart Home Hub?

There are several devices that you can use with the Alexa voice assistant. If you want to network the devices together in turn, you need a smart home hub. This is available specifically for Alexa devices and it offers various advantages and functions.

What's behind an Alexa Smart Home Hub

If you want to connect various smart home devices with each other, you usually need a hub. If you use the Alexa voice assistant, a compatible hub is also necessary so that the devices can communicate with each other. The hub itself is used to network the devices. Thus, the application commands and automations of the hub are received as a signal and passed on to the corresponding devices in the network.

1. A smart home hub is needed if you network several smart home devices with each other.
2. After that, it is possible that you can control and manage all devices centrally via an app.
3. Alternative designations are gateway, bridge, base station or central.
4. In the Alexa smart home hub, it is a manufacturer's own hub. Depending on the device group, it is important to pay attention to compatibility.
5. A smart home hub allows you to control the automation of the devices in your smart home via voice commands or other user input.
6. Which radio standard a smart home hub communicates with the devices depends on the manufacturer. With Alexa, ZigBee is usually used. Alternatively, however, there is also communication via WLAN, Bluetooth or Z-Wave.