Some Echos let you connect Zigbee smart devices without the need for an additional hub. Here's how to set up a Zigbee device with Amazon Echo.

Build your own Alexa-powered home with these top Alexa smart devices for 2025. Macy Meyer is a North Carolina native who graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a BA in English and a second BA in ...

If your Echo supports Zigbee, you can connect devices directly without an additional hub. If you have Amazon Echo devices, you probably already have a Matter-compatible smart speaker or smart display.

Besides the smart home skills seen on every Echo Show, the 10 also functions as a Zigbee hub – meaning you can connect compatible devices directly. And while its screen isn’t the sharpest (the ...

It's also compatible with Amazon's Echo Sub subwoofer ... the Echo Plus can only accommodate a limited selection of Zigbee-enabled devices; if you want to use Z-Wave products, like the August ...

The latest Zigbee feature can give you presence-sensing smart lights with just a firmware update and no additional hardware ...

And enhanced smart home capabilities, thanks to Thread and Zigbee support, mean that you can now control even more smart home devices with the Echo Show 15. The second-generation Echo Show 15 (2nd ...

The Show 5 makes for a meaningful upgrade if you already own a dedicated Echo speaker ... as a Zigbee hub. These widely standardized protocols allow compatible smart home devices to work well ...

The Echo Show 8 (3rd generation, 2023) can also be used as a smart home hub, as you can pair and control compatible devices to the display with Zigbee, Matter and Thread. This puts all your ...