Samsung`s newest smart home hub is tiny — and a wireless phone charger
(CrackBerry.com)

This is the kind of multi-tasker I can get behind. This is the kind of multi-tasker I can get behind One of the surprising issues facing a lot of home technology infrastructure gadgets is that a lot of users don`t want to put them out in the open. Wi-Fi routers get tucked into signal-attenuating closets, TV streaming boxes get hidden behind the screen. And smart home controllers end up under a desk somewhere. None of that is good for signal strength, which leads to disrupted performance and frustrated users. Just as Google`s trying to fix that by making their Nest Wi-Fi nodes into Google Home smart speakers that you`re forced to put out in the open to hear and talk to, Samsung is doing the same for their smart home ambitions by making a smart home hub you`ll want to keep out in the open and at an accessible location. The new SmartThings Station is small, nondescript, and includes a top-mounted wireless charger so it just demands to be put on a desk or side table. At 15W it`s not an ...