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Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home

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The Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home is the ultimate universal remote, able to control just about every digital device in your home. - Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home
4.0 Excellent

The Bottom Line

The Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home is the ultimate universal remote, able to control just about every digital device in your home.
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Pros & Cons

    • Extensive device compatibility.
    • Lots of control options.
    • Support for a wide range of digital home devices.
    • Expensive.
    • Hub needs an extender for Z-Wave and ZigBee compatibility.
    • Requires a bit of a learning curve.

Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home Specs

Product Category Smart Home
All Specs

True to its name, the Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home is the ultimate universal remote control. It takes the place of last year's Harmony Ultimate, and in many ways is a very similar controller. But in addition to a new white paint job (a classic black version is also available), the Harmony Ultimate Home has added support for a wide array of connected home devices, allowing you to control just about every digital device you own right from your smartphone or the remote itself. Its $349.99 price tag still makes it hard to justify if you don't have a complex home theater setup or a ton of connected devices, and Z-Wave and ZigBee device compatibility will require you to buy an additional extender. But the Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home is the most powerful universal remote you can buy, and worthy of our Editors' Choice award.

Design

Aside from the option of a snazzy new white model, the Harmony Ultimate Home could easily be mistaken for the Harmony Ultimate. It has the shape and feel of a standard remote control, albeit one with a 2.4-inch touch screen in the middle. You get physical buttons for channel/volume control, navigation, and playback; everything else can be found on the touch screen.

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Final Thoughts

The Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home is the ultimate universal remote, able to control just about every digital device in your home. - Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home

Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home

4.0 Excellent

The Logitech Harmony Ultimate Home is the ultimate universal remote, able to control just about every digital device in your home.

Get It Now
Best Deal£687.48

Buy It Now

£687.48

About Our Expert

Alex Colon

Alex Colon

Executive Editor, Reviews

My Experience

I’m PCMag’s executive editor of reviews, steering our coverage to make sure we're testing the products you're interested in buying and telling you whether they're worth it. I've been here for more than 10 years. I previously managed the consumer electronics reviews team, and before that, I covered mobile, smart home, and wearable technology for PCMag and Gigaom. 

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  • I’ve also edited thousands of reviews and articles on consumer electronics technologies and products. 

The Technology I Use

I’m writing this bio on my 24-inch blue iMac, which I initially bought for personal use, but quickly decided to use for work instead of my tiny, company-issued ThinkPad (sorry, IT team). The screen is big, bright, and sharp, and the speakers are surprisingly good considering how thin the machine is.

The other big screen in my life is a 65-inch LG C9 OLED TV. If you’re wondering whether OLED is worth the premium over LCD, I’m here to tell you that it is.

I’d be doing my beloved LG C9 a disservice if I didn’t have it hooked up to a capable sound system, so I have a Sonos Beam sitting on a media console underneath the TV, and two Sonos Ones set up as rear channels for surround sound. If you’re a Sonos user, I highly recommend adding the Sonos Sub to your setup. It’s definitely a little more expensive than it should be, but it's truly money well spent.

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