Dust off your old tablet and turn it into a one-stop control center for all your smart home devices.

If you know what you’re doing, you can turn your Fire tablet into a dedicated smart home hub — making it more straightforward to control smart light bulbs, switches, plugs, thermostats, and more.

Fortunately for you, if you have an old tablet banging around in a drawer somewhere, you can easily turn it into your smart home hub.

Q: Can I use a Fire tablet or an iPad as a smart home display hub? Fire tablets are an excellent choice if you want to get a cheap tablet that can double as your smart home command center.

Instead, the tablet doubles as a smart home hub display with its charging dock. This article explores the Google Pixel Tablet, the Hub Mode, and how to set it up and use it.

Consumer Reports walks you through the tedious but worthwhile process of using Amazon Alexa to control your smart home hub.

Speaking of conversion, setting up a tablet hub often involves not just software but a little home renovation, such as installing a mount and dedicated power.

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Amazon is adding a new menu to select Fire tablets to control Alexa-compatible smart home gadgets, the company has announced. The Device Dashboard, which is rolling out starting today, can be ...

How to control your smart home without yelling at a dumb voice assistant You can have nice, automated things without learning how to shout at speakers.

Consumer Reports walks you the process of creating your own Google smart home, using a Google Assistant smart speaker as the hub of your home.

If you want to unlock the full potential of the smart-home features built into your iPhone or iPad, then you'll need to sync your setup with Apple TV. Here's how to do it.