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Control panels and dashboards product notes

Wall-mounted displays, tablets, and dashboard panels for controlling your local smart home without pulling out your phone.

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Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen) smart speaker
mid price band

Amazon Echo Show 8 (3rd Gen)

Amazon · local control: poor · cloud: high

  • HA: okay
  • Setup: easy
  • Protocols: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Thread, Matter
  • Best for: Alexa ecosystem users who want a kitchen or bedside smart display with hub capabilities
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Amazon Fire HD 10 (Dashboard Tablet) control panel
budget price band

Amazon Fire HD 10 (Dashboard Tablet)

Amazon · local control: good · cloud: medium

  • HA: good
  • Setup: medium
  • Protocols: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
  • Best for: budget wall dashboard builds
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Aqara Scene Panel S1 — Hardwired in-wall scene panel that triggers instant local automations over Zigbee in Home Assistant
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
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Google Pixel Tablet (with Dock, Dashboard Use) control panel
premium price band

Google Pixel Tablet (with Dock, Dashboard Use)

Google · local control: good · cloud: medium

  • HA: good
  • Setup: medium
  • Protocols: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
  • Best for: households wanting a premium docked dashboard tablet
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Lenovo Tab M11 (Dashboard Tablet) control panel
budget price band

Lenovo Tab M11 (Dashboard Tablet)

Lenovo · local control: good · cloud: medium

  • HA: good
  • Setup: medium
  • Protocols: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
  • Best for: value-focused Home Assistant dashboard deployments
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Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Dashboard Tablet) control panel
mid price band

Samsung Galaxy Tab A9+ (Dashboard Tablet)

Samsung · local control: good · cloud: medium

  • HA: good
  • Setup: medium
  • Protocols: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
  • Best for: mid-budget wall dashboard setups
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Seeed Studio reTerminal (Raspberry Pi CM4) control panel
premium price band

Seeed Studio reTerminal (Raspberry Pi CM4)

Seeed Studio · local control: excellent · cloud: none

  • HA: good
  • Setup: hard
  • Protocols: Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Bluetooth
  • Best for: Makers wanting a purpose-built, local HA wall panel
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Shelly Wall Display control panel
premium price band

Shelly Wall Display

Shelly · local control: excellent · cloud: low

  • HA: good
  • Setup: advanced
  • Protocols: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
  • Best for: users wanting an in-wall control panel with display and sensors
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Shelly Wall Display XL control panel
premium price band

Shelly Wall Display XL

Shelly · local control: excellent · cloud: low

  • HA: good
  • Setup: advanced
  • Protocols: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
  • Best for: a permanent wall-mounted Home Assistant dashboard that also replaces a switch
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SONOFF NSPanel Pro control panel
budget price band

SONOFF NSPanel Pro

SONOFF · local control: good · cloud: medium

  • HA: fair
  • Setup: hard
  • Protocols: Wi-Fi, 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
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Tuya T6E Smart Panel — In-wall touchscreen that can surface basic Tuya scenes and limited Home Assistant entities
mid price band

Tuya T6E Smart Panel

Tuya · local control: poor · cloud: high

  • HA: fair
  • Setup: advanced
  • Protocols: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Zigbee
  • Best for: users already invested in Tuya and comfortable with partial local integration
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