SwitchBot’s next smart hub comes with a control knob

Smart location institution SwitchBot is preparing a caller Matter-enabled smart hub called the SwitchBot Hub 3, according to a registration pinch the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) that HomeKitNews spotted. It has a show for illustration the $70 Hub 2, but adds beingness controls — including, delightfully, a knob.

According to the CSA listing, the Hub 3’s knob useful for things for illustration tweaking somesthesia connected your smart thermostat aliases adjusting media measurement — it says it’s compatible pinch “Apple TV, Spotify, and different streaming platforms for unified audio management.” The different beingness controls see what looks for illustration a location button, backmost button, and a mysterious fastener pinch an “S” logo connected it. It besides has 4 “editable quick-scene buttons connected the location page for one-touch activation of customized modes.”

The SwitchBot Hub 3’s show will move connected erstwhile it detects motion, including “hand gestures aliases instrumentality movements,” and will show indoor somesthesia and humidity, third-party upwind forecasts, and “real-time position updates for doorway locks.” It will support SwitchBot’s Bluetooth-connected smart devices, which the Hub 2 bridges to Matter, making them controllable via awesome smart location platforms from the likes of Apple, Google, Amazon, and Samsung. The listing says the Hub 3 supports sound power done some Alexa and Google Assistant. SwitchBot hasn’t officially announced the caller hub, and it’s not clear erstwhile it mightiness launch.