Hi, I have a Frame 22 model, and I am looking for a smartthing hub or dongle.
is there any limmitations in using a dongle rather than a full hub?
Thanks
I’m interested in understanding the differences in these capabilities too. I have ordered a Frame TV, which has been delayed, but the dongle has been delivered. So I have a dongle, but no TV to test it on 
As far as I know, the dongle models which are currently available do not support zwave. And I’m not sure if it acts as a Thread border router or not.
The Aeotec “works as a smartthings hub” Model is a Thread border router and supports zwave as well as Zigbee and WiFi. The manufacturer sells it through Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Aeotec-SmartThings-Gateway-Compatible-Assistant/dp/B08TWDNQ5Q?ref_=ast_sto_dp
The smartthings station is a new hub model. It does support both zigbee and Thread as well as Wi-Fi and it is also a thread border router. But it does not support zwave.
https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-SmartThings-Station-Wireless-EP-P9500TBEGUS/dp/B0BRNST1JB/
Other than the protocol differences, I believe they all work in a similar way with the smartthings app.
So it really comes down to whether you want to be able to use zwave devices or not.
The Station doesn’t support z-wave, but does support Thread and Matter.
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Yes there’s been many discussions in the forum about the Station not supporting Z-wave, including with ST staff 
Thanks for the correction! I was really tired yesterday, and misspoke. I have fixed my post above.
Apologies for any confusion!
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I have two dongles attached to two 2022 Samsung TVs, but only one is operational as rather disappointingly unlike the hubs, dongles cannot currently work as a hub group. It is also not possible to back up to facilitate changing or upgrading hubs.
Need to keep reminding Samsung that this needs to be fixed!
Just putting this here for someone who searches,
the dongle is a “lite” version of a hub it has lower memory there is a limitation on how many edge drivers / devices you can have.
as mentioned before by Mark, they wont work has hub groups or allowing to migrate devices to a new hub.
its a good way to get started but you soon realize that it has its limitations.
i would recommend, if you can get a hub.
Than you Element, no doubt all true, but it would certainly help if Samsung had some official clarification on this … I have not seen anything so far.