Homey Pro is the best smart home product in my house…until it isn’t

I first saw Homey Pro at CES 2023. I was blown away by what it offered — a smart home hub that can control everything you own — but a little skeptical of how it would perform in real life. This didn’t stop us from giving it a Best of CES 2023 award, but I was excited to give it a shot in my home to find out if it performed as advertised.

I’ve now had a Homey Pro in my house for a little over a month. The good news is that it does do what the company claimed: It really is the one hub to rule them all. However, the bad news is that getting to the point where this cute little RGB-lit puck controls everything in your house is not as straightforward as one might have hoped.