Amazon Echo Hub smart home control panel mounts on your wall and is powered by Alexa

Wall-mounted smart home control panels occupy a narrow but growing category sitting between passive displays like the Echo Show 10 and dedicated third-party controllers like the Brilliant Smart Home Control. The Hub lands closer to the utility end of that spectrum — it's a purpose-built command surface rather than a multimedia device, which is a deliberate hardware choice that shapes everything downstream. At $179.99, it positions itself below the Brilliant One ($199) while offering tighter Alexa integration, and well above a basic Echo Dot while dropping the speaker-first paradigm entirely. The three frame options — wood grain, metallic, and paintable white — plus an optional counter stand give it unusual installation flexibility for a product that's fundamentally designed to disappear into a wall. …More info