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Research profile · last verified 2026-07-15

Aeotec Smart Home Hub (SmartThings Hub v3)

Compiled by SmartHomeWorkflow Research · Aeotec · Hubs & Controllers · ~$134.99 (at time of research — never treated as a live price)

Exactly which product this is[2]

Model number
Not established
Generation
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Region this page covers
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Also sold or listed as
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“Not established” means we have not sourced that detail yet — not that the product has no model number, generation or regional variant. We publish the gap rather than filling it.

Compatibility

EcosystemSupportThe catch
Amazon AlexaWorksWorks with this ecosystem[4]Cloud-to-cloud linked skill, not local — Alexa control stops if the SmartThings cloud or account link is down. Alexa controls hub devices (lights, switches, thermostats, locks) and can trigger SmartThings manual Routines; motion/contact sensors are status-only.
Google HomeWorksWorks with this ecosystem[5]Cloud-to-cloud account link via the Google Home app, not local. Google only sees devices registered to the one SmartThings location you pick during linking, and sensor coverage is status-check only.
Apple HomeDoesn't workVerified: does not work with this ecosystem[6]No SmartThings-to-Apple Home path exists: the hub is a Matter CONTROLLER (inbound only) and does not bridge its Zigbee, Z-Wave, or hub-connected devices into Apple Home. The only cross-platform mechanism Samsung documents is per-device Matter multi-admin sharing, which applies solely to devices that are themselves Matter and needs Apple's own home hub — your Zigbee/Z-Wave gear and SmartThings automations never appear in Apple Home.
SmartThingsWorksWorks with this ecosystem[7]This IS the SmartThings hub: a Samsung-listed Matter controller and Thread border router, on a platform that added Matter 1.5 (camera) support rolling out from January 2026. It cannot bridge its own Zigbee/Z-Wave devices out to other Matter ecosystems.
Home AssistantPartialPartial support — see the catch[8]The official HA integration is cloud-push, not local — it rides Samsung's cloud API and needs a Samsung account. HA's own docs warn that free API access is phased out starting October 2026: keep it working by paying Samsung's $4.99/mo Personal Plan, or migrate Zigbee/Z-Wave devices off the hub before then.

Protocols: ZIGBEE · ZWAVE · WIFI · THREAD · MATTER[2][14]

Needs before it works: No — this device is the hub. Aeotec's own tech specs for model GP-AEOHUBV3 describe it as a Z-Wave Plus, Zigbee, Thread and Matter gateway, and this record's provider block records all four of those roles. Nothing sits between it and the devices it controls.[12]

Subscription reality[1]

✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.

Vendor account required: Not established — we have not sourced this yet.

Maintenance reality[1]

The catch

Samsung's Oct 2026 API pricing change makes the platform's long-term openness uncertain.

Who it's for

For buyers who want Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread, and Matter radios together in one mainstream hub.

Sources & method

Numbered sources below back the facts marked with the matching number above. This is a research profile: compiled from manufacturer documentation, certification registries, and published testing — we state facts, not verdicts, and we have not physically tested this unit. How we work →

  1. [1] 2026-07 web research sweep (docs/02 catalog; primary sources cited there) — registry-and-press research, verified 2026-07-12
    Backs: Price, Subscription, Maintenance, Market availability
  2. [2] store.aeotec.com/products/smart-home-hub-zwa030 (model GP-AEOHUBV3) + Aeotec tech-specs — Z-Wave Plus / Zigbee / WiFi / Thread / Matter gateway; official name 'Aeotec Smart Home Hub' — vendor-page research, verified 2026-07-15
    Backs: Product identity, Research status, Protocols, What it provides to your home
  3. [3] Samsung SmartThings Blog 2026-06-23, 'A New Enhanced SmartThings API Experience' — $4.99/mo personal plan for non-commercial individual developers, commercial tiers, targeted October 2026; free access through Q3 2026; SmartThings-app usage explicitly stated unaffected — vendor-announcement research, verified 2026-08-22
    Backs: Service status
  4. [4] Samsung official support page (samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10006871, checked 2026-07-21): enable the SmartThings skill in the Alexa app — 'control light bulbs, on/off switches, dimmer switches, thermostats, locks, and Routines configured with SmartThings. Alexa can also check the status of motion and contact sensors.' — vendor-and-ecosystem-page research, verified 2026-07-21
    Backs: Amazon Alexa compatibility
  5. [5] Samsung official support page (samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10006871, checked 2026-07-21): link SmartThings in the Google Home app; 'Google Assistant will only be able to control the devices that are registered to the SmartThings location you choose.' — vendor-and-ecosystem-page research, verified 2026-07-21
    Backs: Google Home compatibility
  6. [6] Samsung's SmartThings x Matter FAQ (support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/11219700390804, read in full 2026-07-21): the Aeotec Smart Home Hub is documented only as a Matter controller with Thread border router; the sole outbound mechanism described is multi-admin — 'Using Multi-admin, you can connect onboarded Matter devices from the SmartThings app to other Smart Home platforms while they are still connected in SmartThings.' No Samsung, Aeotec, or Apple source documents any SmartThings→Apple Home integration; Aeotec's store page lists Google Home/Alexa/Bixby and is silent on Apple — vendor-and-ecosystem-page research, verified 2026-07-21
    Backs: Apple Home compatibility
  7. [7] Samsung Newsroom 2025-12-19 (news.samsung.com: 'its smart home platform, SmartThings, now supports Matter 1.5' — platform-wide claim, hub-firmware rollout not itemized) + Samsung's Matter FAQ (support.smartthings.com/hc/en-us/articles/11219700390804: 'Samsung Matter controllers include the SmartThings 2018 Hub (IM6001-V3P01) and Aeotec Smart Home Hub' with Thread border router) — vendor-and-ecosystem-page research, verified 2026-07-21
    Backs: SmartThings compatibility
  8. [8] Home Assistant official docs (home-assistant.io/integrations/smartthings, checked 2026-07-21): IoT class Cloud Push; 'Samsung has announced that free access to the SmartThings API will be phased out starting in October 2026' — corroborating this record's service-axis degradation from HA's side — vendor-and-ecosystem-page research, verified 2026-07-21
    Backs: Home Assistant compatibility
  9. [9] Aeotec store, Smart Home Hub ZWA030 product record and product page — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-07
    Backs: Price, Market availability
  10. [10] Samsung SmartThings Blog, 'A New Enhanced SmartThings API Experience' — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-07
    Backs: Service status
  11. [11] samsung.com support answer ANS10006871, re-read 2026-08-18 — the article covers Google Assistant and Alexa linking only and is silent on hub offline behaviour. Home Assistant's `smartthings` integration re-read the same day: IoT class 'Cloud Push', quality scale 'Bronze quality'. — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-18
  12. [12] This record's own sourced `provides` block: matter-controller, thread-border-router, zigbee-hub and zwave-hub ("Z-Wave Plus, per Aeotec's own tech specs for model GP-AEOHUBV3"), established 2026-07-15 from store.aeotec.com/products/smart-home-hub-zwa030 and Aeotec's tech-specs page. — documented-provider-role inference (BQ-191 provider backfill, population (b); R-3 of the 2026-08-19 evening rulings), verified 2026-08-19
    Backs: Required hub or bridge
  13. [13] Neither of this record's two cited surfaces answered on 2026-08-20. `store.aeotec.com/products/smart-home-hub-zwa030` was found returning HTTP 404 during BQ-191 batch 4 on 2026-08-19 and the rot is unrepaired; the Samsung support article this record cites covers connecting SmartThings to Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa and describes none of the hub's own hardware or functions. — vendor + ecosystem-documentation research (BQ-187 capabilities population, the `hubs` shelf), verified 2026-08-20
    Backs: Capabilities
  14. [14] This record's own sourced `provides` block, establishing the device as a Matter controller. Re-read 2026-08-20 against the ruled definition of `protocols`; no new external source was fetched. — protocols-definition sweep (BQ-222 batch 2; ruling §1 of docs/decisions/2026-08-20-RULINGS-SITTING.md), verified 2026-08-20
    Backs: Protocols
  15. [15] This record's own `integrations` catches and the provenance entries claiming them, re-read 2026-08-22. No vendor page was fetched — deliberately, so no date on this record implies a look nobody took. — record re-read (negative-space classification, 16 #453), verified 2026-08-22
  16. [16] Record-keeping entry: the migrated research stamp was retired from this record on 2026-08-30 — internal, verified 2026-08-30
  17. [17] store.aeotec.com product URL, site search and product sitemap, all read 2026-09-01: product handle `smart-home-hub-zwa030` returns HTTP 404; site search for 'smart home hub' returns '33 results found' with no hub among them; `sitemap_products_1.xml` lists 35 product URLs, none matching /hub/i, and contains no occurrence of 'zwa030'. Counter-evidence read the same day: aeotec.com/products/aeotec-smartthings-hub/ returns HTTP 200 and presents the product as current, including a 'Where to buy the hub?' section. — structured-first attempted and unavailable (the Shopify `<url>.js` route 404s alongside the page), then rendered reads of the search and product pages plus a plain read of the XML product sitemap; three differently-constructed empty checks with a known-positive control, per the #175 established-negative bar, verified 2026-09-01

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