In the world of home automation, there is a highly contentious debate, aside from platform, that keeps comment sections, threads, and feeds in business and that is: to hub or not to hub. One of these devices that has been steadily growing in popularity culminating most recently with its launch on Amazon in the U.S. is the Aqara Hub. In this post, we’ll look at some of it’s features, the good, the bad, and try to demystify this HomeKit accessory and see what all the hub-bub is about.