Amazon’s Echo Hub is down to its best price yet

If you’re looking for a simple and intuitive smart home controller even the most tech-averse family members or roommates can use, Amazon’s Echo Hub is an excellent solution. And right now, it’s down to an all-time low price of $144.99 ($35 off) at Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H Photo.

The Echo Hub lets you control a wide range of smart home devices like smart lights, security devices, thermostats, and more by simply tapping its eight-inch touchscreen. It’s also mountable, so you can hang it up in the kitchen or some other place for the whole household to access. Naturally, as an Amazon gadget, the Echo Hub integrates best with Alexa, making it a particularly great buy if your smart home runs on a bunch of Alexa-enabled devices. However, the Echo Hub also supports Matter and Thread, so you can connect it to other smart home platforms if you need to.

As a nice extra, you can also use the Echo Hub like an ad-free Echo Show to play music and stream videos. It doesn’t sound as good as the Echo Show 8 and lacks a camera, but given the Echo Hub is primarily a smart home dashboard, those tradeoffs are forgivable.