By Joe Osborne
Wireless mesh has quickly become the de facto mode for wireless routers. Why just get any old router when you can get a modular one that can grow with you, and is easily manageable through an app, for about the same price as most basic routers? However, Samsung still saw a hole in this market: smart homes.
Why can’t your router system also be the place where all of your smart home devices gather and communicate? That’s the entire conceit behind Samsung Connect Home.
Sure, it’s a wireless mesh router that’s just about as good as the best out there, but it also doubles as a smart home hub. How does it work out? Well, you get is a just-fine wireless mesh system that isn’t quite as robust on the connectivity side, but offers to be more of an every-device for your connected appliances.
Price and availability
For one Connect Home unit, which can work on its own as both a router and a SmartThings hub, Samsung wants $129 (about £99, AU$179). Now, for a complete, three-unit mesh system, that will cost you $299 (about £229, AU$399).
Sadly, the Connect Home line of mesh routers isn’t available in the UK or Australia just yet.
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Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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