{
  "id": 14643815,
  "title": "Hate paying for Google Home Premium? This smart home hub does the same things without a subscription",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/hate-paying-for-google-home-premium-this-smart-home-hub-does-the-same",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-15T07:54:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Android Authority",
    "slug": "android-authority",
    "url": "https://www.androidauthority.com/reolink-home-hub-2-sale-3723601/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Credit: Reolink has unveiled its Home Hub 2 at IFA 2026. This smart home hub is designed to store video feeds from up to eight security cameras and search for important events using AI, all without requiring a subscription fee. Priced at $199.99, the Reolink Home Hub 2 is now available for purchase.\n\nAlthough Google and Apple provide home surveillance solutions equipped with AI to identify faces, pets, and vehicles, and even summarize key events, these services necessitate a monthly subscription to Google Home Premium or iCloud+ respectively. Users find this ongoing expense undesirable. Conversely, Reolink, a specialized home security devices manufacturer, also offers comparable AI-based detection features on its security cameras.\n\nThough Reolink's security cameras can be managed through Google Home, the company also sells a home control hub. This hub enables users to manage all their security cameras and saves video feeds for days, all stored locally without any subscription fee. At IFA earlier this year, Reolink showcased the second generation of its Home Hub, which now supports 2.5-inch SATA hard drives, boosting the maximum supported storage to 16TB. This device functions similarly to a NAS (Network Attached Storage), but is exclusively tailored for home security cameras. The Home Hub 2 maintains one of the microSD card slots from the previous generation for easy swapping and retrieval. Currently, the Reolink Home Hub 2 is on sale for $199.99.",
  "summary": "Reolink's Home Hub 2 lets you search across eight cameras and use AI to search objects, even without the internet.",
  "key_points": [
    "Reolink Home Hub 2 stores video from up to eight cameras without subscription.",
    "AI identifies faces, pets, vehicles, and summarizes events.",
    "Priced at $199.99, it's available for purchase."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Android Police",
        "title": "I can't wait for Apple to show Google how to make a better smart speaker",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/i-cant-wait-for-apple-to-show-google-how-to-make-a-better-smart",
        "published": "2026-10-15T11:00:10.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}