A hub, or gateway, translates the messages of ZigBee, Bluetooth and Matter devices into a single app - without one, battery-powered sensors have nothing to connect to. Sonoff's iHost has a LAN port of its own and 4 gigabytes of memory, while lighter Wi-Fi switches such as the MINIR4 and BASICR4 join the router directly with no separate hub. Find out too how many devices the hub can manage and whether it supports Matter, if you intend to combine devices from different manufacturers.
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A hub, or gateway, translates the messages of ZigBee, Bluetooth and Matter devices into a single app - without one, battery-powered sensors have nothing to connect to. Sonoff's iHost has a LAN port of its own and 4 gigabytes of memory, while lighter Wi-Fi switches such as the MINIR4 and BASICR4 join the router directly with no separate hub. Find out too how many devices the hub can manage and whether it supports Matter, if you intend to combine devices from different manufacturers.