You're right that I have a hub and smart home devices, but we decided to limit it because of how it was affecting our girls. Everything was fine until the pandemic hit and we began isolating at home. Our oldest began using her smart speaker to learn more about COVID-19, which we were initially okay with, but it began to make her anxious and afraid and was becoming a compulsion. So, we had to nip it in the bud. We follow all the CDC guidelines and we check them routinely to see if they've changed, but my kiddos don't need to obsess about the daily death toll.
Maybe I just got lucky with my remote. It needed to be updated sometimes though.