Category
Control panels and dashboards product notes
Wall-mounted displays, tablets, and dashboard panels for controlling your local smart home without pulling out your phone.
mid price band
Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen)
Amazon · local control: poor · cloud: high
- ●●●●● HA: okay
- Setup: easy
- Protocols: wifi, bluetooth, zigbee, thread, matter
- Best for: Alexa ecosystem users who want a kitchen or bedside smart display with hub capabilities
budget price band
Amazon Fire HD 10 (Dashboard Tablet)
Amazon · local control: good · cloud: medium
- ●●●●● HA: good
- Setup: medium
- Protocols: wifi, bluetooth
- Best for: budget wall dashboard builds
mid price band
Aqara Scene Panel S1
Aqara · local control: good · cloud: low
- ●●●●● HA: good
- Setup: advanced
- Protocols: zigbee
- Best for: users building local scene control with ZHA or Zigbee2MQTT
premium price band
Google Pixel Tablet (with Dock, Dashboard Use)
Google · local control: good · cloud: medium
- ●●●●● HA: good
- Setup: medium
- Protocols: wifi, bluetooth
- Best for: households wanting a premium docked dashboard tablet
budget price band
Lenovo Tab M11 (Dashboard Tablet)
Lenovo · local control: good · cloud: medium
- ●●●●● HA: good
- Setup: medium
- Protocols: wifi, bluetooth
- Best for: value-focused Home Assistant dashboard deployments
mid price band
Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Dashboard Tablet)
Samsung · local control: good · cloud: medium
- ●●●●● HA: good
- Setup: medium
- Protocols: wifi, bluetooth
- Best for: mid-budget wall dashboard setups
premium price band
Seeed Studio reTerminal (Raspberry Pi CM4)
Seeed Studio · local control: excellent · cloud: none
- ●●●●● HA: good
- Setup: hard
- Protocols: wifi, ethernet, bluetooth
- Best for: Makers wanting a purpose-built, local HA wall panel
premium price band
Shelly Wall Display
Shelly · local control: excellent · cloud: low
- ●●●●● HA: good
- Setup: advanced
- Protocols: wifi, bluetooth
- Best for: users wanting an in-wall control panel with display and sensors
premium price band
Shelly Wall Display XL
Shelly · local control: excellent · cloud: low
- ●●●●● HA: good
- Setup: advanced
- Protocols: wifi, bluetooth
- Best for: a permanent wall-mounted Home Assistant dashboard that also replaces a switch
budget price band
SONOFF NSPanel Pro
SONOFF · local control: good · cloud: medium
- ●●●●● HA: fair
- Setup: hard
- Protocols: wifi, zigbee, matter
- Best for: users who want a wall-mounted panel that doubles as a built-in Zigbee 3.0 hub and Matter Bridge into Home Assistant
mid price band
Tuya T6E Smart Panel
Tuya · local control: poor · cloud: high
- ●●●●● HA: fair
- Setup: advanced
- Protocols: wifi, bluetooth, zigbee
- Best for: users already invested in Tuya and comfortable with partial local integration
