AMAZON ECHO HUB
You can touch this
Amazon’s utopian view of the smart home has us controlling everything by voice alone, HAL-style; but if you’d like a bit more flexibility over how you open your pod bay doors, stick this 8in touchscreen to the wall. Loaded with smart home widgets, it has Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Thread, Matter and Bluetooth LE, so you can use it to quickly turn on your lights, trigger Routines, or see if that’s a little green man who’s just pushed the button on your video doorbell. There’s also an IR sensor so it’ll wake up when you approach, and switch to showing a slideshow of your photos when you’re not using it. And there is a mic, so you can use Alexa as well. If you still trust her… £170 /amazon.co.uk