Aeotec announced a brand-new SmartThings-compatible hub at the IFA tradeshow in Berlin that’s sure to disappoint smart home enthusiasts with lots of Z-Wave devices. The Smart Home Hub 2 supports Matter and has a Zigbee 3.0 radio onboard, but the Z-Wave standard—which predates Zigbee—is no longer supported.

The new hub can also perform as a Thread border router, and Aeotec says it’s capable of twice the performance of the previous model ( which we praised in our 2021 review ), thanks to more RAM and a faster CPU. It also has a Bluetooth Low Energy radio for onboarding and diagnostics as well as a USB-A port, but Aeotec hasn’t revealed what function that component will perform. It draws power through a USB-C port.

The Smart Home Hub 2 can connect to your home network over Wi-Fi or with

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