Thread border router
Setup and sources
The radio half. Eve calls Thread the network 'groundbreaking network technology' that makes a Matter home 'more responsive, robust' and extends its reach, and treats it as how this device is meant to be run.
Product Library / Blinds, Shades & Curtains
Research profile · last verified 2026-09-18Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds
Compatibility at a glance
Does it work with your platform?
Choose your platform to see its setup and functions. Your choice carries across product pages.
A connection can work while individual controls or automations remain unconfirmed. Read the connection details ↓
Protocols: THREAD · MATTER[1][6]
Before you buy
What do you need to make it work?
Matter controller
Setup and sources
The platform half — what actually admits the blind to Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings or Home Assistant. Eve names qualifying hardware for all five, adds Homey as a sixth, and sells none of it.
Yes, and it must do two jobs at once. Eve states the condition in this product's own requirements list: a 'Compatible hub with Matter Controller & Thread Border Router functionality', with its hub page named as the place to find the hardware that qualifies. This is the generic Matter dependency rather than a vendor lock-in — Eve sells no hub of its own and names qualifying hardware across six ecosystems, Apple Home, Samsung SmartThings, Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Home Assistant and Homey, so the platform you already run decides the answer. Eve's own framing is that both jobs usually arrive in one box: 'each platform offers a selection of hubs combining these two functionalities in one device.'[2]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
The documented connection
Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds
- Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller BlindsEve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds
- ThreadThread border routerThread border router
- MatterApple Home controllerMatter controller
- ControlApple HomePlatform control
What you gainThis connection communicates locally.
Keep in mindCheck the function table for supported controls and routines. A connection diagram does not establish every function or remote access.
How to read the equipment roles
This shows the connection route, not every network cable or a shopping list. One device may provide several roles, including a Matter controller and a Thread border router. Only a Thread connection needs the Thread role. Read the equipment cards for all recorded requirements.
Sources for these setup paths
- Setup documentation · checked 2026-09-18
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
Thread border router
Setup and sources
The radio half. Eve calls Thread the network 'groundbreaking network technology' that makes a Matter home 'more responsive, robust' and extends its reach, and treats it as how this device is meant to be run.
Matter controller
Setup and sources
The platform half — what actually admits the blind to Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings or Home Assistant. Eve names qualifying hardware for all five, adds Homey as a sixth, and sells none of it.
The only platform Eve gives extra features to. Eve names Apple TV 4K (2nd gen, and the 3rd gen Wi-Fi + Ethernet model), HomePod (2nd gen) and HomePod mini as qualifying Thread-and-Matter hubs. Adaptive Shading — schedules that track the position of the sun — runs from the Eve app on iPhone and iPad, not from Apple Home itself, and Eve does not offer it on Android.[3]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
The documented connection
Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds
- Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller BlindsEve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds
- ThreadThread border routerThread border router
- MatterGoogle Home Matter controllerMatter controller
- ControlGoogle HomePlatform control
What you gainThis connection communicates locally.
Keep in mindCheck the function table for supported controls and routines. A connection diagram does not establish every function or remote access.
How to read the equipment roles
This shows the connection route, not every network cable or a shopping list. One device may provide several roles, including a Matter controller and a Thread border router. Only a Thread connection needs the Thread role. Read the equipment cards for all recorded requirements.
Sources for these setup paths
- Setup documentation · checked 2026-09-18
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
Thread border router
Setup and sources
The radio half. Eve calls Thread the network 'groundbreaking network technology' that makes a Matter home 'more responsive, robust' and extends its reach, and treats it as how this device is meant to be run.
Matter controller
Setup and sources
The platform half — what actually admits the blind to Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings or Home Assistant. Eve names qualifying hardware for all five, adds Homey as a sixth, and sells none of it.
Reached as a standard Matter accessory. Eve's hub table names the Google TV Streamer, Nest Hub (2nd gen), Nest Hub Max and Nest Wifi Pro. Eve's launch announcement names Google Assistant among the supported voice assistants. As with Alexa, Eve's own advanced scheduling stays in the Eve app.[3]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
The documented connection
Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds
- Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller BlindsEve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds
- ThreadThread border routerThread border router
- MatterMatter-capable Echo or eeroMatter controller
- ControlAmazon AlexaPlatform control
What you gainThis connection communicates locally.
Keep in mindCheck the function table for supported controls and routines. A connection diagram does not establish every function or remote access.
How to read the equipment roles
This shows the connection route, not every network cable or a shopping list. One device may provide several roles, including a Matter controller and a Thread border router. Only a Thread connection needs the Thread role. Read the equipment cards for all recorded requirements.
Sources for these setup paths
- Setup documentation · checked 2026-09-18
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
Thread border router
Setup and sources
The radio half. Eve calls Thread the network 'groundbreaking network technology' that makes a Matter home 'more responsive, robust' and extends its reach, and treats it as how this device is meant to be run.
Matter controller
Setup and sources
The platform half — what actually admits the blind to Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings or Home Assistant. Eve names qualifying hardware for all five, adds Homey as a sixth, and sells none of it.
Reached as a standard Matter accessory. Eve's hub table names Echo (4th gen), Echo Dot Max, Echo Hub, Echo Plus (2nd gen), Echo Show 8 (3rd gen or later), Echo Show 10 (3rd gen), Echo Show 11, Echo Show 15 (2nd gen), Echo Show 21, Echo Studio and the eero 6/6+/7/Max 7/Pro 6/6E/7 line as devices that carry both Matter control and a Thread border router. The generation numbers are worth reading rather than skipping — an older Echo Show 8 of the same name is on Eve's second list, the one for devices that do Matter but not Thread. Eve's launch announcement names Alexa among the voice assistants. The Eve app's advanced scheduling features do not come with it.[3]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
The documented connection
Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds
- Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller BlindsEve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds
- ThreadThread border routerThread border router
- MatterSmartThings Matter controllerMatter controller
- ControlSmartThingsPlatform control
What you gainThis connection communicates locally.
Keep in mindCheck the function table for supported controls and routines. A connection diagram does not establish every function or remote access.
How to read the equipment roles
This shows the connection route, not every network cable or a shopping list. One device may provide several roles, including a Matter controller and a Thread border router. Only a Thread connection needs the Thread role. Read the equipment cards for all recorded requirements.
Sources for these setup paths
- Setup documentation · checked 2026-09-18
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
Thread border router
Setup and sources
The radio half. Eve calls Thread the network 'groundbreaking network technology' that makes a Matter home 'more responsive, robust' and extends its reach, and treats it as how this device is meant to be run.
Matter controller
Setup and sources
The platform half — what actually admits the blind to Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings or Home Assistant. Eve names qualifying hardware for all five, adds Homey as a sixth, and sells none of it.
Reached as a standard Matter accessory, and Eve commits to it by name — its hub table lists the Aeotec Smart Home Hub and Hub 2, the SmartThings Hub V3 and the SmartThings Station as qualifying Thread-and-Matter hubs, alongside select Samsung QLED, Neo QLED and OLED TVs from 2023, The Frame and The Serif from 2024, and a set of Bespoke AI appliances — laundry combos, Family Hub fridges, projectors, smart monitors and soundbars. The claim is Eve's, made on a page that covers Eve's Matter range rather than this product specifically; the product's own support page points readers to that page for the compatible-hub answer, which is what ties the two together.[3]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
The documented connection
Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds
- Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller BlindsEve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds
- ThreadThread border routerThread border router
- MatterHome Assistant Matter ServerMatter controller
- ControlHome AssistantPlatform control
What you gainThis connection communicates locally.
Keep in mindCheck the function table for supported controls and routines. A connection diagram does not establish every function or remote access.
How to read the equipment roles
This shows the connection route, not every network cable or a shopping list. One device may provide several roles, including a Matter controller and a Thread border router. Only a Thread connection needs the Thread role. Read the equipment cards for all recorded requirements.
Sources for these setup paths
- Setup documentation · checked 2026-09-18
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
Thread border router
Setup and sources
The radio half. Eve calls Thread the network 'groundbreaking network technology' that makes a Matter home 'more responsive, robust' and extends its reach, and treats it as how this device is meant to be run.
Matter controller
Setup and sources
The platform half — what actually admits the blind to Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings or Home Assistant. Eve names qualifying hardware for all five, adds Homey as a sixth, and sells none of it.
Named by Eve on the same hub table, which lists Home Assistant Green, Home Assistant Yellow and the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 and ZBT-2 as qualifying hardware. There is now a condition attached that a Home Assistant user has to act on: Eve states the setup needs the Matter and OpenThread add-ons installed in Home Assistant plus the Home Assistant Companion app on an iPhone or Android phone, and adds that other compatible Thread border routers and Home Assistant OS installations work too. Worth knowing where the basis is thinner than the Apple cell: this is a range-level page reached from the product's support page rather than a statement on the product page itself, and Home Assistant has published nothing specific to this motor. Recorded full because Eve names the platform and the hardware explicitly, with that provenance stated rather than smoothed over.[3]
Platform setup limits
Home Assistant: If this device joins over Thread and your Thread border router is Apple's (a HomePod or Thread-capable Apple TV), Home Assistant can't deliver its firmware updates today. Home Assistant documentation · checked 2026-09-25
One device can provide more than one role. These are setup requirements, not a shopping list of separate purchases.
What could you do with this?
Put its functions to use.
Start with a documented control or event. The selected connection shows what is confirmed for that platform.
Documented device function
Open/close
The device supports this control.
Compare its platform availability in the table below.
Setup and sources
Device documentation: [1]
Apple Home · Works
Open/close
This device supports open/close.
- Control
- Supported for this Matter device type
- Automation
- ✓ routines can use it
Setup: Thread border router, Matter controller
Setup and sources
Thread border router. The radio half. Eve calls Thread the network 'groundbreaking network technology' that makes a Matter home 'more responsive, robust' and extends its reach, and treats it as how this device is meant to be run.
Matter controller. The platform half — what actually admits the blind to Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings or Home Assistant. Eve names qualifying hardware for all five, adds Homey as a sixth, and sells none of it.
The only platform Eve gives extra features to. Eve names Apple TV 4K (2nd gen, and the 3rd gen Wi-Fi + Ethernet model), HomePod (2nd gen) and HomePod mini as qualifying Thread-and-Matter hubs. Adaptive Shading — schedules that track the position of the sun — runs from the Eve app on iPhone and iPad, not from Apple Home itself, and Eve does not offer it on Android.
Connection documentation: [3]
Device documentation: [1]
evehome.com · checked 2026-08-01
evehome.com · checked 2026-09-18
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-10-03
Google Home · Works
Open/close
This device supports open/close.
- Control
- Supported for this Matter device type
- Automation
- ✓ routines can use it
Setup: Thread border router, Matter controller
Setup and sources
Thread border router. The radio half. Eve calls Thread the network 'groundbreaking network technology' that makes a Matter home 'more responsive, robust' and extends its reach, and treats it as how this device is meant to be run.
Matter controller. The platform half — what actually admits the blind to Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings or Home Assistant. Eve names qualifying hardware for all five, adds Homey as a sixth, and sells none of it.
Reached as a standard Matter accessory. Eve's hub table names the Google TV Streamer, Nest Hub (2nd gen), Nest Hub Max and Nest Wifi Pro. Eve's launch announcement names Google Assistant among the supported voice assistants. As with Alexa, Eve's own advanced scheduling stays in the Eve app.
Connection documentation: [3]
Device documentation: [1]
evehome.com · checked 2026-08-01
evehome.com · checked 2026-09-18
Google Home — Matter path · checked 2026-10-03
Alexa · Works
Open/close
This device supports open/close.
- Control
- Supported for this Matter device type
- Automation
- ✓ routines can use it
Setup: Thread border router, Matter controller
Setup and sources
Thread border router. The radio half. Eve calls Thread the network 'groundbreaking network technology' that makes a Matter home 'more responsive, robust' and extends its reach, and treats it as how this device is meant to be run.
Matter controller. The platform half — what actually admits the blind to Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings or Home Assistant. Eve names qualifying hardware for all five, adds Homey as a sixth, and sells none of it.
Reached as a standard Matter accessory. Eve's hub table names Echo (4th gen), Echo Dot Max, Echo Hub, Echo Plus (2nd gen), Echo Show 8 (3rd gen or later), Echo Show 10 (3rd gen), Echo Show 11, Echo Show 15 (2nd gen), Echo Show 21, Echo Studio and the eero 6/6+/7/Max 7/Pro 6/6E/7 line as devices that carry both Matter control and a Thread border router. The generation numbers are worth reading rather than skipping — an older Echo Show 8 of the same name is on Eve's second list, the one for devices that do Matter but not Thread. Eve's launch announcement names Alexa among the voice assistants. The Eve app's advanced scheduling features do not come with it.
Connection documentation: [3]
Device documentation: [1]
evehome.com · checked 2026-08-01
evehome.com · checked 2026-09-18
Alexa — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
SmartThings · Works
Open/close
This device supports open/close.
- Control
- Supported for this Matter device type
- Automation
- ✓ routines can use it
Setup: Thread border router, Matter controller
Setup and sources
Thread border router. The radio half. Eve calls Thread the network 'groundbreaking network technology' that makes a Matter home 'more responsive, robust' and extends its reach, and treats it as how this device is meant to be run.
Matter controller. The platform half — what actually admits the blind to Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings or Home Assistant. Eve names qualifying hardware for all five, adds Homey as a sixth, and sells none of it.
Reached as a standard Matter accessory, and Eve commits to it by name — its hub table lists the Aeotec Smart Home Hub and Hub 2, the SmartThings Hub V3 and the SmartThings Station as qualifying Thread-and-Matter hubs, alongside select Samsung QLED, Neo QLED and OLED TVs from 2023, The Frame and The Serif from 2024, and a set of Bespoke AI appliances — laundry combos, Family Hub fridges, projectors, smart monitors and soundbars. The claim is Eve's, made on a page that covers Eve's Matter range rather than this product specifically; the product's own support page points readers to that page for the compatible-hub answer, which is what ties the two together.
Connection documentation: [3]
Device documentation: [1]
evehome.com · checked 2026-08-01
evehome.com · checked 2026-09-18
SmartThings — Matter path · checked 2026-10-07
SmartThings — Matter path · checked 2026-10-14
SmartThings — Matter path · checked 2026-10-14
SmartThings — Matter path · checked 2026-10-14
SmartThings — Matter path · checked 2026-10-14
Home Assistant · Works
Open/close
This device supports open/close.
- Control
- Supported for this Matter device type
- Automation
- —
Setup: Thread border router, Matter controller
Setup and sources
Thread border router. The radio half. Eve calls Thread the network 'groundbreaking network technology' that makes a Matter home 'more responsive, robust' and extends its reach, and treats it as how this device is meant to be run.
Matter controller. The platform half — what actually admits the blind to Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings or Home Assistant. Eve names qualifying hardware for all five, adds Homey as a sixth, and sells none of it.
Named by Eve on the same hub table, which lists Home Assistant Green, Home Assistant Yellow and the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 and ZBT-2 as qualifying hardware. There is now a condition attached that a Home Assistant user has to act on: Eve states the setup needs the Matter and OpenThread add-ons installed in Home Assistant plus the Home Assistant Companion app on an iPhone or Android phone, and adds that other compatible Thread border routers and Home Assistant OS installations work too. Worth knowing where the basis is thinner than the Apple cell: this is a range-level page reached from the product's support page rather than a statement on the product page itself, and Home Assistant has published nothing specific to this motor. Recorded full because Eve names the platform and the hardware explicitly, with that provenance stated rather than smoothed over.
Connection documentation: [3]
Device documentation: [1]
evehome.com · checked 2026-08-01
evehome.com · checked 2026-09-18
Home Assistant — Matter path · checked 2026-10-04
A documented control or event is one part of a setup. It does not by itself establish a complete automation.
The functions, side by side
What can you use, and where?[1]
A platform connection does not confirm every function. Controls and reported events are shown separately from what an automation can use.
- Controls
- 1 documented
- Reported events
- None documented by the vendor
Compare all five platforms. On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways.
| Device function | Apple HomeWorks[3] | Google HomeWorks[3] | AlexaWorks[3] | SmartThingsWorks[3] | Home AssistantWorks[3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open/closeDevice control | Control Supported for this Matter device type Automation ✓ routines can use it | Control Supported for this Matter device type Automation ✓ routines can use it | Control Supported for this Matter device type Automation ✓ routines can use it | Control Supported for this Matter device type Automation ✓ routines can use it | Control Supported for this Matter device type Automation — |
✓ Documented for this connection. × A stated limit. ◐ A partial function. ? Not established. A listed device function does not establish a complete routine, its other equipment or any plan requirements.
Matter device-type support is based on the platform’s list for this kind of device; this exact model is not named.
Setup and sources
Apple Home
The only platform Eve gives extra features to. Eve names Apple TV 4K (2nd gen, and the 3rd gen Wi-Fi + Ethernet model), HomePod (2nd gen) and HomePod mini as qualifying Thread-and-Matter hubs. Adaptive Shading — schedules that track the position of the sun — runs from the Eve app on iPhone and iPad, not from Apple Home itself, and Eve does not offer it on Android.[3]
Google Home
Reached as a standard Matter accessory. Eve's hub table names the Google TV Streamer, Nest Hub (2nd gen), Nest Hub Max and Nest Wifi Pro. Eve's launch announcement names Google Assistant among the supported voice assistants. As with Alexa, Eve's own advanced scheduling stays in the Eve app.[3]
Alexa
Reached as a standard Matter accessory. Eve's hub table names Echo (4th gen), Echo Dot Max, Echo Hub, Echo Plus (2nd gen), Echo Show 8 (3rd gen or later), Echo Show 10 (3rd gen), Echo Show 11, Echo Show 15 (2nd gen), Echo Show 21, Echo Studio and the eero 6/6+/7/Max 7/Pro 6/6E/7 line as devices that carry both Matter control and a Thread border router. The generation numbers are worth reading rather than skipping — an older Echo Show 8 of the same name is on Eve's second list, the one for devices that do Matter but not Thread. Eve's launch announcement names Alexa among the voice assistants. The Eve app's advanced scheduling features do not come with it.[3]
SmartThings
Reached as a standard Matter accessory, and Eve commits to it by name — its hub table lists the Aeotec Smart Home Hub and Hub 2, the SmartThings Hub V3 and the SmartThings Station as qualifying Thread-and-Matter hubs, alongside select Samsung QLED, Neo QLED and OLED TVs from 2023, The Frame and The Serif from 2024, and a set of Bespoke AI appliances — laundry combos, Family Hub fridges, projectors, smart monitors and soundbars. The claim is Eve's, made on a page that covers Eve's Matter range rather than this product specifically; the product's own support page points readers to that page for the compatible-hub answer, which is what ties the two together.[3]
Home Assistant
Named by Eve on the same hub table, which lists Home Assistant Green, Home Assistant Yellow and the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 and ZBT-2 as qualifying hardware. There is now a condition attached that a Home Assistant user has to act on: Eve states the setup needs the Matter and OpenThread add-ons installed in Home Assistant plus the Home Assistant Companion app on an iPhone or Android phone, and adds that other compatible Thread border routers and Home Assistant OS installations work too. Worth knowing where the basis is thinner than the Apple cell: this is a range-level page reached from the product's support page rather than a statement on the product page itself, and Home Assistant has published nothing specific to this motor. Recorded full because Eve names the platform and the hardware explicitly, with that provenance stated rather than smoothed over.[3]
Open/close: Home Assistant setup limit
Platform documentation:
evehome.com · checked 2026-09-18
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-10-03
Google Home — Matter path · checked 2026-10-03
Alexa — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
SmartThings — Matter path · checked 2026-10-07
SmartThings — Matter path · checked 2026-10-14
SmartThings — Matter path · checked 2026-10-14
SmartThings — Matter path · checked 2026-10-14
SmartThings — Matter path · checked 2026-10-14
Home Assistant — Matter path · checked 2026-10-04
Device documentation: [1]
Listed device functions are established from vendor documentation. An ability missing here is unestablished, not necessarily absent.
Connection details and setup sources
| Ecosystem | Support | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Home | WorksWorks with this ecosystem[3] | The only platform Eve gives extra features to. Eve names Apple TV 4K (2nd gen, and the 3rd gen Wi-Fi + Ethernet model), HomePod (2nd gen) and HomePod mini as qualifying Thread-and-Matter hubs. Adaptive Shading — schedules that track the position of the sun — runs from the Eve app on iPhone and iPad, not from Apple Home itself, and Eve does not offer it on Android.In Apple Home you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller |
| Amazon Alexa | WorksWorks with this ecosystem[3] | Reached as a standard Matter accessory. Eve's hub table names Echo (4th gen), Echo Dot Max, Echo Hub, Echo Plus (2nd gen), Echo Show 8 (3rd gen or later), Echo Show 10 (3rd gen), Echo Show 11, Echo Show 15 (2nd gen), Echo Show 21, Echo Studio and the eero 6/6+/7/Max 7/Pro 6/6E/7 line as devices that carry both Matter control and a Thread border router. The generation numbers are worth reading rather than skipping — an older Echo Show 8 of the same name is on Eve's second list, the one for devices that do Matter but not Thread. Eve's launch announcement names Alexa among the voice assistants. The Eve app's advanced scheduling features do not come with it.In Amazon Alexa you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller |
| Google Home | WorksWorks with this ecosystem[3] | Reached as a standard Matter accessory. Eve's hub table names the Google TV Streamer, Nest Hub (2nd gen), Nest Hub Max and Nest Wifi Pro. Eve's launch announcement names Google Assistant among the supported voice assistants. As with Alexa, Eve's own advanced scheduling stays in the Eve app.In Google Home you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller |
| SmartThings | WorksWorks with this ecosystem[3] | Reached as a standard Matter accessory, and Eve commits to it by name — its hub table lists the Aeotec Smart Home Hub and Hub 2, the SmartThings Hub V3 and the SmartThings Station as qualifying Thread-and-Matter hubs, alongside select Samsung QLED, Neo QLED and OLED TVs from 2023, The Frame and The Serif from 2024, and a set of Bespoke AI appliances — laundry combos, Family Hub fridges, projectors, smart monitors and soundbars. The claim is Eve's, made on a page that covers Eve's Matter range rather than this product specifically; the product's own support page points readers to that page for the compatible-hub answer, which is what ties the two together.In SmartThings you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller |
| Home Assistant | WorksWorks with this ecosystem[3] | Named by Eve on the same hub table, which lists Home Assistant Green, Home Assistant Yellow and the Home Assistant Connect ZBT-1 and ZBT-2 as qualifying hardware. There is now a condition attached that a Home Assistant user has to act on: Eve states the setup needs the Matter and OpenThread add-ons installed in Home Assistant plus the Home Assistant Companion app on an iPhone or Android phone, and adds that other compatible Thread border routers and Home Assistant OS installations work too. Worth knowing where the basis is thinner than the Apple cell: this is a range-level page reached from the product's support page rather than a statement on the product page itself, and Home Assistant has published nothing specific to this motor. Recorded full because Eve names the platform and the hardware explicitly, with that provenance stated rather than smoothed over.In Home Assistant you also need: a Thread border router · a Matter controller |
Plans and ongoing costs[1][9]
✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.
Vendor account required: No — no vendor account is involved.[1][9]
No subscription and no account, stated by Eve rather than inferred from silence: 'Eve Motionblinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds works across platforms, offers all features without any additional subscriptions', followed by the three claims 'No subscription, no registration', 'No Eve cloud' and '100% privacy'. The absence of an Eve cloud is the load-bearing part — it is why the schedules stored on the device keep running when the internet does not.
Maintenance and offline use[1]
- Batteries: built-in rechargeable battery, charged over USB-C
- Works without the internet: Yes — the core function runs on the device or your home network. A vendor cloud may still be involved in remote access.[1][9]
- Eve publishes no rated battery life or capacity for this motor, and none is recorded. The fit specification is the thing to read twice before ordering, because the two variants are not interchangeable: the small-tube motor fits an outer tube diameter of 1-1.2 in. / 25-30 mm with a minimum blind width of 22 in. / 570 mm and is rated 0.5 Nm; the large-tube motor fits 1.5-2 in. / 38-51 mm with a minimum blind width of 26 3/4 in. / 680 mm and is rated 1.1 Nm. Eve's own store shows a standing reminder to 'Please check the correct tube size before ordering.' Installation replaces the chain: 'The Eve Motionblinds Upgrade Kit motor slides into the tube of your existing blind, replacing the existing chain mechanism', with mounting brackets included, and setup is done by scanning the Matter code in the Eve app. App requirements are 'iPhone or iPad with latest version of iOS/iPadOS, or Android device (8.1 or later)'. One capability is explicitly narrower than the rest: Eve's Adaptive Shading and its autonomous schedules are qualified in Eve's own copy as 'available via the Eve app for iPhone and iPad', so the Android app does not reach them.
- Security updates: No security-update support date is on record for this model yet. We haven't yet checked whether Eve publishes one, so this is a gap in our research — not a statement about the manufacturer.
The catch
Measure the tube before you buy anything. The kit ships as two different motors — one for tubes of 25-30 mm and one for 38-51 mm — with different torque ratings and different minimum blind widths, and Eve puts a standing 'please check the correct tube size before ordering' notice on its own store because getting it wrong is the common failure. The second cost is the hub. This is a Matter-over-Thread device with no radio of its own that a phone can talk to directly, so it needs something in the house that is both a Matter controller and a Thread border router. The good news is that Eve sells no hub and locks you to nobody: it names qualifying hardware across Apple, Alexa, Google, SmartThings and Home Assistant, so if you already own a Thread-capable Apple TV 4K, Echo, Nest Hub, SmartThings hub or Home Assistant box, you are probably done. Third, the platform you pick changes what you get. Eve's Adaptive Shading — blinds that follow the sun — and its autonomous schedules come from the Eve app on iPhone and iPad only; Android gets the device but not those features. The part worth reading closely is what happens when the internet stops: Eve states there is no Eve cloud at all, no account, no subscription, and that schedules are stored on the motor itself, so 'your blinds will work independently of any iPhone or internet connection.' Finally, Eve publishes no battery life figure for this motor, so how often you will be reaching for the USB-C cable is a question its own pages do not answer.
Who it's for
Someone with existing roller blinds and a chain mechanism they want gone, who already owns a Matter controller with Thread on board and would rather not add another vendor's hub or account to the house. It fits a buyer who cares about local control and privacy — no cloud, no registration, schedules that survive an outage — and it fits an Apple household specifically, because Adaptive Shading runs from the Eve app on iPhone and iPad and Eve offers it nowhere else. It is the wrong pick if the blind's tube falls outside both diameter ranges or the blind is narrower than the motor's minimum width, if there is no Thread-and-Matter hub in the house and no appetite to buy one, or if the household runs on Android and the sun-tracking scheduling was the reason for the purchase.
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Sources & method
Numbered sources below back the facts marked with the matching number above. This is a research profile: compiled from manufacturer documentation, certification registries, and published testing — we state facts, not verdicts, and we have not physically tested this unit. How we work →
11 numbered sources· read them in the source's own words
- [1] Eve Store, Eve Motionblinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds — product page — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-01Backs: Product identity, Capabilities, Subscription, Protocols, Batteries, Works without the internet, Power source, Installation, Price, Vendor account required, Research status
- [2] Eve support, Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds — requirements, specifications and downloads — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-18Backs: Required hub or bridge
- [3] Eve, compatible hubs — Matter controller and Thread border router list — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-18Backs: Apple Home compatibility, Amazon Alexa compatibility, Google Home compatibility, SmartThings compatibility, Home Assistant compatibility
- [4] Eve newsroom, US launch announcement — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-01Backs: Market availability, Price
- [5] evehome.com, eve-motionblinds product page — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-08-18Backs: Role in a Thread network
- [6] evehome.com's Eve MotionBlinds page, read 2026-08-20: "Wireless Connection: Thread" in the technical specifications, "The current version of Eve Motionblinds Upgrade Kit supports Thread", and — the load-bearing line — "Battery-operated Thread accessories, such as Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit, represent endpoints in your Thread network." On infrastructure: "Yes, this Matter-enabled device requires a hub that supports both Thread and Matter" and "the only other thing you need is a home hub (Thread border router)"., verified 2026-08-20Backs: Protocols
- [7] Record-keeping entry: the migrated research stamp was replaced by the read that actually established this record, 2026-08-30, verified 2026-08-30
- [8] Apple Support, ‘Set up your HomePod, HomePod mini, or Apple TV as a home hub’, read together with ‘Identify your Apple TV model’ at support.apple.com/en-us/101605. — Read the original source directly, verified 2026-09-06
- [9] Eve's US product page for the MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit, which answered our request normally and was read in full on 2026-09-18, with Eve's June 2024 US launch announcement read the same day. PRICE — the listing still publishes one US figure and publishes it as a floor: the buy button carries the price '$169.95' and the word 'from' beside it, with '149,95€' for the EU and Swiss storefronts. Eve still renders the per-variant prices client-side, so the large-tube motor's current US price stays unrecorded, exactly as on 2026-08-01; the newsroom announcement still states the launch figure verbatim — 'Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit with Matter is available at a price of $199.95' — and still dates US availability to 'Munich, June 04, 2024'. SUBSCRIPTION AND ACCOUNT — unchanged and still affirmative rather than inferred: 'works across platforms, offers all features without any additional subscriptions, and – most importantly – honors your privacy', with the badges 'No subscription, no registration', 'No Eve cloud' and '100% privacy'. LOCAL OPERATION — 'as all schedules are stored right on the Eve Motionblinds device, your blinds will work independently of any iPhone or internet connection.' STILL SOLD — the page is live with a working Add to cart and the standing 'Please check the correct tube size before ordering' notice. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-18Backs: Price, Subscription, Market availability, Research status, Works without the internet, Vendor account required
- [10] Eve's own page for the Motionblinds Upgrade Kit prints no model number and no part number anywhere on it, and Eve's support page for the same product prints none either, both read on 2026-09-18. The certification ledger the Connectivity Standards Alliance publishes carries twelve entries under Eve's maker number 0x130A that are all called Eve MotionBlinds, each with a different part code, plus a thirteenth called Eve MotionBlinds for Curtains. Those entries describe motors, and a buyer cannot tell from them which motor came in which kit. With no model number from Eve to match against, no certificate numbers are attached to this record: the honest answer is that the certified part is somewhere in that list and the list does not say where. — Read on the maker's own site, verified 2026-09-18
- [11] Eve's own US product page for the MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit, read 2026-09-18 — the same page this record already cites for the two cells this entry reasons from: that the blind motor keeps working when the internet is down, and that it needs no Eve account. The page states the second one outright in Eve's own words, 'No subscription, no registration' and 'No Eve cloud'., verified 2026-09-18Backs: Service status
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