How much is the Reolink Home Hub 2 in the UK?

The Reolink Home Hub 2 is priced at £149.99 in the UK, according to T3's coverage of the IFA 2026 launch, which said it would arrive in the coming weeks. In the US it is $199.99. That price covers the hub only: you supply your own 2.5-inch SATA hard drive or SSD of up to 16TB, or a microSD card of up to 1TB. We could not find a confirmed UK retailer listing when writing, so treat the date as provisional and check Reolink's UK store or major retailers before relying on it. If you are comparing costs against a cloud camera plan, remember a monthly fee is avoided but you do pay once for storage, and a surveillance-rated drive is worth the small extra cost.

Does the Reolink Home Hub 2 need a subscription?

No. Reolink states that the Home Hub 2 gives subscription-free local storage and runs its Local AI Video Search and Cross-Camera Tracking on the hub using its ReoNeura on-device AI, so there is no cloud plan to pay for. Footage is stored on a drive you fit yourself and is encrypted. The caveat is that two promised features, Custom AI Detection and alerts to Discord, Telegram and Slack, depend on future firmware, with Reolink's IFA material pointing to December 2026 at the earliest for the first. Reolink has not said whether any of those later features will ever become paid, so it is sensible to judge the hub on what it does at launch.

Does the Reolink Home Hub 2 work with Home Assistant?

Reolink has not confirmed this for the hub itself. Its launch press release and product page do not mention Home Assistant, Matter or ONVIF for the Home Hub 2, though the product page does list RTSP as a supported protocol. Reolink says its cameras in general work with Home Assistant, Alexa, Google Home, Homey and IFTTT, and the cameras already have an official Home Assistant integration. Battery cameras have historically needed a Reolink hub or NVR to appear in Home Assistant, so the Home Hub 2 may eventually play that role, but that is unconfirmed. Wait for owner reports or Reolink documentation before buying the hub specifically for Home Assistant.

What is the difference between the Reolink Home Hub and Home Hub 2?

Reolink's own comparison table lists them as separate products. The original Home Hub records to microSD only and has no AI video search, and supports 11 users. The Home Hub 2 adds a SATA bay for a hard drive or SSD of up to 16TB alongside a microSD slot of up to 1TB, supports 20 users, and adds Local AI Video Search and Cross-Camera Tracking. Reolink does not say the new model replaces the old one, so the original may stay on sale at a lower price. If you only need basic recording to a card, the original may be enough; if you want long retention or searchable footage, the Home Hub 2 is the one to wait for.

Reolink Home Hub 2 UK: £149.99 Local AI Camera Hub

By Sepehr· 12 November 2026· Updated 12 November 2026· 3 min read

✓ Independent — no paid placements✓ UK-tested in real homes✓ Cited sources

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Key takeaways

The Reolink Home Hub 2 costs £149.99 in the UK according to T3, with no hard drive or microSD card included.
It records up to eight Reolink cameras to a 2.5-inch SATA drive of up to 16TB, plus a microSD card up to 1TB.
Local AI Video Search runs on the hub itself, so you can find clips by description without a subscription.
Reolink's launch material does not mention Home Assistant for the hub itself, so do not assume direct integration.
Custom AI Detection is promised for December 2026 at the earliest, so do not buy the hub for it yet.

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The Reolink Home Hub 2 is a subscription-free local recording hub that stores footage from up to eight Reolink cameras on a hard drive and lets you search it by description. Reolink priced it at £149.99 in the UK, with drive and microSD card not included.

What is new with the Reolink Home Hub 2?

Reolink unveiled the Home Hub 2 at IFA 2026 and, in a press release dated 15 October 2026, said it was on sale in the US at $199.99. It is the second-generation version of the brand's original Home Hub, and Reolink's own comparison table lists the two as separate products rather than a replacement.

The headline change is storage. The original Home Hub recorded to microSD only; the Home Hub 2 adds a SATA bay for a 2.5-inch HDD or SSD of up to 16TB, plus a microSD slot taking cards up to 1TB. Recordings are encrypted, and the hub creates its own local network so cameras keep recording if your internet connection drops.

Spec	Reolink Home Hub 2
Cameras supported	Up to 8 Reolink cameras, up to 16MP
Storage	2.5-inch SATA HDD/SSD up to 16TB, plus microSD up to 1TB
Connectivity	10/100M Ethernet port and Wi-Fi 6 (2.4/5GHz); 12V/2A power, not PoE
AI features	Local AI Video Search, Cross-Camera Tracking (ReoNeura on-device AI)
Accounts	1 admin plus 19 sub-accounts
Price	£149.99 UK (T3); $199.99 US; storage not included

Supported cameras include Wi-Fi battery, plug-in Wi-Fi and PoE models. Reolink excludes 2MP battery cameras and 4G cameras, and says some battery cameras need a firmware upgrade before they will connect, so check Reolink's compatibility list before buying.

What does Local AI Video Search actually do?

It lets you type a plain-language description and find matching clips across every connected camera, with the processing done on the hub rather than in a cloud service. Reolink's example is searching for something like a red van at the gate instead of scrubbing through a timeline.

Cross-Camera Tracking follows a detected person or object from one camera to the next and stitches the clips into a single video. Two further features are promised later: Custom AI Detection, where you train the hub to recognise events specific to your property, and alert delivery to Discord, Telegram and Slack. Reolink's IFA material puts Custom AI Detection at December 2026 at the earliest, so treat both as unconfirmed until firmware actually ships.

Why does the Home Hub 2 matter for Home Assistant users?

It matters mainly as a recorder, not as a Home Assistant integration: Reolink's launch material for the hub itself does not mention Home Assistant, Matter or ONVIF. The product page does list RTSP as a supported network protocol, and Reolink says its cameras in general work with Alexa, Google Home, Home Assistant, Homey and IFTTT.

In practice, Reolink cameras already have an official Home Assistant integration, and our Reolink camera review covers how they behave there. Battery cameras have historically needed a Reolink hub or NVR as the device Home Assistant talks to, as we noted in our Reolink IFA 2026 round-up. Whether Home Assistant can talk to the Home Hub 2 directly is not confirmed by Reolink, so do not buy it on the assumption that it will.

The appeal is the model rather than the box: footage stays on a drive you own, with no monthly fee, which is the same argument as a Home Assistant-hosted NVR but without the setup. If you already run a recorder, our wired security camera guide covers the trade-offs between a hub, an NVR and a DIY setup.

UK price and availability

T3 reports the Home Hub 2 arriving in the UK "in the coming weeks" at £149.99. That price excludes a hard drive or microSD card, so budget extra for storage. We could not find a confirmed UK retailer listing at the time of writing, and the Reolink UK product page showed Black Friday offers rather than a firm hub price.

Should you wait for the Home Hub 2 or buy the original Home Hub?

Wait if you want more than a few hundred gigabytes of footage or the AI search, because the original Home Hub is limited to microSD and has no Local AI Video Search. Buy the original only if a cheap microSD-based recorder is all you need, and check its price against the Home Hub 2 once UK stock appears.

Two things are still unproven: independent testing of how well the natural-language search works on real footage, and Home Assistant behaviour with the hub. We will update this page when UK stock and early reviews arrive.

Frequently asked questions

How much is the Reolink Home Hub 2 in the UK?: The Reolink Home Hub 2 is priced at £149.99 in the UK, according to T3's coverage of the IFA 2026 launch, which said it would arrive in the coming weeks. In the US it is $199.99. That price covers the hub only: you supply your own 2.5-inch SATA hard drive or SSD of up to 16TB, or a microSD card of up to 1TB. We could not find a confirmed UK retailer listing when writing, so treat the date as provisional and check Reolink's UK store or major retailers before relying on it. If you are comparing costs against a cloud camera plan, remember a monthly fee is avoided but you do pay once for storage, and a surveillance-rated drive is worth the small extra cost.
Does the Reolink Home Hub 2 need a subscription?: No. Reolink states that the Home Hub 2 gives subscription-free local storage and runs its Local AI Video Search and Cross-Camera Tracking on the hub using its ReoNeura on-device AI, so there is no cloud plan to pay for. Footage is stored on a drive you fit yourself and is encrypted. The caveat is that two promised features, Custom AI Detection and alerts to Discord, Telegram and Slack, depend on future firmware, with Reolink's IFA material pointing to December 2026 at the earliest for the first. Reolink has not said whether any of those later features will ever become paid, so it is sensible to judge the hub on what it does at launch.
Does the Reolink Home Hub 2 work with Home Assistant?: Reolink has not confirmed this for the hub itself. Its launch press release and product page do not mention Home Assistant, Matter or ONVIF for the Home Hub 2, though the product page does list RTSP as a supported protocol. Reolink says its cameras in general work with Home Assistant, Alexa, Google Home, Homey and IFTTT, and the cameras already have an official Home Assistant integration. Battery cameras have historically needed a Reolink hub or NVR to appear in Home Assistant, so the Home Hub 2 may eventually play that role, but that is unconfirmed. Wait for owner reports or Reolink documentation before buying the hub specifically for Home Assistant.
What is the difference between the Reolink Home Hub and Home Hub 2?: Reolink's own comparison table lists them as separate products. The original Home Hub records to microSD only and has no AI video search, and supports 11 users. The Home Hub 2 adds a SATA bay for a hard drive or SSD of up to 16TB alongside a microSD slot of up to 1TB, supports 20 users, and adds Local AI Video Search and Cross-Camera Tracking. Reolink does not say the new model replaces the old one, so the original may stay on sale at a lower price. If you only need basic recording to a card, the original may be enough; if you want long retention or searchable footage, the Home Hub 2 is the one to wait for.

Sources

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