SmartThinQ (LG's smart home hub)

Hi

Have you seen this.

LG’s smart home hub looks like an Amazon Echo with a screen . [url=http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/30/10686846/lg-smartthinq-home-hub-amazon-echo]http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/30/10686846/lg-smartthinq-home-hub-amazon-echo[/url] [url=http://www.lgnewsroom.com/2015/12/lg-advances-smart-home-ecosystem-with-smartthinq-hub-at-ces-2016/]http://www.lgnewsroom.com/2015/12/lg-advances-smart-home-ecosystem-with-smartthinq-hub-at-ces-2016/[/url]

Looks like competition :). Could this be an option for us, non USA persons, that are not supported by Amazon Echo at the moment ???

A non smart (read automatable) hub that doesn’t respond to voice or control z wave and needs a phone app to use.

Not sure what use this would give us vera owners?