The $180 Amazon Echo Hub is a simple, customizable control panel for an Alexa smart home. It’s also a smart home hub, working as a Matter controller, Thread border router, and Zigbee hub.
The latest Lenovo smart clock puts Alexa inside this digital alarm clock for the first time. With a monochrome, black-and-white LED screen, there are no touch controls or photo or video options, but there’s also no camera on board.
Amazon’s Astro household robot is designed for home monitoring and pairs with a Ring Alarm system. But it also wants to be your friend, and that’s more than a little weird.