Homey’s new tactile touchscreen controller has a rotary dial for controlling lights, climate, music and more.
Smart homes have gotten really good at making things really complicated.
Turning on a light can involve multiple steps, compared to just flipping a switch.
Homey, the Dutch-based smart home platform owned by LG, thinks it has a solution.
This week it launched the Homey Portal, a touchscreen smart home controller that looks very promising, if very expensive.
Preorders open today at an introductory price of $249/€249, with units shipping in December.
A 2.8-inch round touchscreen device with a stainless steel dial, the Homey Portal can sit on a desk or mount to the wall and is powered by a USB-C cable.
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