Samsung SmartThings Smart Home Hub 2nd Gen.

samsung smartthings review while the first iteration of the hub used a usb to micro usb cable and a usb power adapter to plug into your wall samsung switched over to a single power cable for the new hub that's much more convenient another new tweak to the smartthings hub is new battery backup functionality if your power goes out your hub will run on four double a batteries for just around 10 hours it's a great upgrade that ensures you'll still be able to get some use out of your connected devices like smart lighting for example always assuming that those devices are also connected to some kind of battery backup system the new hub also comes with two usb 2.0 ports but they were disabled when i wrote this review according to samsung you'll be able to use them in some kind of future expansion of the smartthings hub the hub also has a new built-in bluetooth radio but it too will be activate