What’s the best smart home hub to buy in 2025? I’ve identified the best 3 whether you’re a beginner or advanced in your home automations after having tested just about every hub out there today! We’ll walk through what you should expect from a smart home hub, as well as the 3 options I’ve chosen for you.
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Timecodes for today’s video:
00:00 – Which Smart Home Hub Should You Buy in 2025
0:28 – The Best Smart Home Hub For Beginners
4:24 – What You Must Know About Smart Home Hubs Before Picking One
5:59 – A World Class Dashboard and Automation Engine
10:21 – The Most Sophisticated Smart Home Hub Available
The 3 Hubs:
Aqara M3 Hub – (USA, Amazon affiliate link), (Worldwide, Amazon affiliate link)
Homey Pro 2023 – (Worldwide, Amazon affiliate link)
Home Assistant Green –
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Brian
You didn’t mention the Tapo Central Hub. How would you place that on bad-good-great? I just setting up an airbnb investment property with some tech and my prime areas are 1-exterior cameras (Tapo Solar Type) 2-locally record camera footage (Tapo Central Hub) 3-front door lock (Aqara U400) 4-exterior lights (coach style / Looking for suggestions) 5-guest wifi access (TP-Link mesh for an 1,800sqft rambler on a slab) 5-Alarm Security System (Ring Alarm Pro) 6-Smart Thermostat (Aqara W200). From what I can tell, all of these should easily integrate via the hub and I’ll be controlling them via Google Home most likely. If I missed any critical links, or you have any suggestions, all is greatly appreciated. Also, I’m no looking to break the bank, but I’m not a “go cheap” for the sake of saving $1 kind of guy either. Thanks in advance. ~ John
Hi Brian
Here is a silly question as I am just baby steping into this world.
Too late I found out that the aqara M3 hub ONLY recognizes Aqara Zigbee products unless they are Matter.
Here is the question:
By getting a Home Assistant Green I would be able to integrate any Zigbee brand products without needing any other hub?
I thank you in advance for your time.
Homey flow diagrams look like FBDs in Allen Bradley ControlLogix 5000 PLCs.
After following & watching so many other Smart Home formats — you are able to dumb it down for someone who had been using the Google Home & wanting to elevate the smart home to the next level after selling our home, Thank you!!! We are in the mist of new construction with Cat 6 integrated into the build & looks like Homey Pro will be a good fit for me. Home Assist is just too much of a learning curve at this stage for me.
You’re missing the Wiz hub. You’re also missing all the echos