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Samsung announced its first Wi-Fi system at the galaxy estate event in New York City the Samsung Connect home is similar to what we saw with Google Wi-Fi it's an attractive and compact router that is designed to be easy to use you can purchase just the single router or pick up multiple devices that can be used as networking extenders to expand your Wi-Fi coverage throughout your house or apartment the connect home is all about making it easy for average consumers to improve their Wi-Fi networks everything from setting it up to managing your home network is done - the Samsung Connect app this app can also be used to manage Samsung branded smart home appliances such as the company's family hub refrigerator now what's really interesting is that the router will also work as a hub for Samsung smartthings home automation system and the app will let you program and control smart things compatible devices from third-party vendors so that means you will no longer need a separate smartthings hub we're still waiting on pricing and release information but Samsung did say that plans to offer a pro version that will come with five units and offer faster Wi-Fi speeds and more coverage for full specs and to see the latest information on the samsung connect home check out our full write-up over at cnet.com you