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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

Senior Reviewer, Smart Home

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    Hue is rolling out a fix for one of its biggest problems.

    Hueblog.com spotted an entry on Hue’s website saying support for multiple bridges on one account is coming this year, allowing control of more than 50 devices on one account.

    Today, to use more than 50 lights and accessories, you have to create a separate Hue account for a second bridge and switch between them in the app to control your lights. This is fiddly and annoying, so this fix is one Hue users have been waiting for.

    Philips Hue is promising to bring support for multiple bridges to its platform later this year.
    Philips Hue is promising to bring support for multiple bridges to its platform later this year.
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    The Echo Hub is Alexa’s missing piece

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    Amazon’s new control panel makes using an Alexa-powered smart home as easy as flipping a light switch (only better, trust me).

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    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy
    Amazon’s Echo Hub is spotted in the wild.

    Eagle-eyed smart home enthusiasts have tracked down the as-yet unavailable Alexa smart home control panel.

    One Reddit user found the Echo Hub at Best Buy last week, but the clerk sent him away hubless. Another recently saw a big marketing display at Lowe’s complete with an empty cage where an Echo Hub should be.

    Amazon said the Hub would ship at the end of 2023. It’s February 2024 and we’re still waiting. But perhaps not for much longer ...