THIRDREALITY Smart Home Hub - Smart Home Automation Zigbee Hub, share power with your voice devices, works with Alexa.

Note, this only works with other thirsd reality devices. It does not connect to other ZigBee devices outside of third realitys eco system.

Cost effective, Easy Installation and works with both Alexa and Google HomeI recently bought the Third Reality Hub (RealityAdapter) as well as the Third Reality Smart Light. This is my review of the Third Reality Hub after using it for the past one week.First, the pros.The Third Reality Hub (RealityAdapter) is very cost-effective way to have home automation when you already own an Echo product (without Zigbee hub) or Google Home. I have the first generation Echo tower as well Google Home. Neither of those two devices have Zigbee hub which is required for control of Zigbee-based smart devices. I was not ready to spend $149 on a new Echo Plus (with Zigbee hub) for home automation. The Third Reality Adapter solved my problem. RealityAdapter is essentially an Zigbee hub which is required for the control of devices like ThirdReality Smart LED Light bulb.Since this was my first Third Reality device, I was required to create an account with ThirdReality on their app on the Android PlayStore. I am sure they have similar app on the Apple AppStore. It was very simple to sign up on their App and it is required for authentication when you link the ThirdReality Adapter on the Alexa app or the Google Home App.Setting up the ThirdReality Adapter and also the Third Reality Smart Bulb was very easy with the Alexa app. Click on three horizontal lines on top left corner (Menu) on the Alexa app and Select “Add Device”. Select “Hub” and follow the instructions. Alexa has a concept of “Group” and Google has a concept of “Room”.We could not install light dimmer next to our bed because of room layout and windows next to bed. Getting up from bed every time to change the light setting was not fun. Now, my wife is happy because she can control the light using voice commands. She likes to dim the light as it gets closer to bedtime. She also prefers to change the light from cool white to warm white at bedtime. She is able to control it very easily and is happy with simple solution I provided.I also prefer to have the lights on and off at random time when we are not at home. This is even more important when we are on long vacations. I can now easily control the lights remotely.The only negative about this product is that I wanted to buy four bulbs but there was no discount for buying four pack. Hence, I decided to start with single bulb at first. I wish there was discount for buying four pack of bulbs.I will strongly recommend this product based on the cost, ease of installation, a single solution which works with both Alexa and Google and most importantly, it made my spouse happy.

I had to reboot a few times, but overall setup was pretty simple. I have had no issues with the unit and everything is working as advertised.

Won’t work

couldn't get it to work

It did not come with a power source ao was unable to use.

It is so simple to install and works great.

None of the attackers worked on any of my echo devices. Support never responded to emails. Was able to set up standalone and get it to work but the interaction between Alexa and is its very slow 10-15 second lag time from sending command to action