Homey Portal: a tactile touchscreen to simplify smart-home control

Homey unveiled the Portal, a 2.8-inch desk- or wall-mounted touchscreen with a stainless-steel dial that you tap to control lights, climate, and music, designed to make smart‑home control feel like flipping a switch. It supports Homey’s interoperability stack (Matter, Zigbee, Z‑Wave, Thread) across thousands of devices but isn’t a hub itself; it requires a Homey platform (cloud or hub) for local control. Preorders start at $249 with shipping in December, and the price rises to $299 after the intro.