Product Library / Blinds, Shades & Curtains
Research profile · last verified 2026-09-30Compatibility at a glance
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Protocols: BLUETOOTH[1][2][6][12][13]
Before you buy
Not for the blind itself, and yes for everything else. SwitchBot's listing describes local operation without a hub — 'When in Bluetooth range you can control up to 4 sets of blinds with one button through our app' — and then attaches every ecosystem to a hub purchase, naming two different hubs for two different jobs. For voice and third-party services: 'When paired with SwitchBot Hub Mini (sold separately), you'll be able to use smart assistants such as Alexa, Google Home and Siri to control your blinds remotely', and 'With SwitchBot Hub, you can also use voice commands via Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings, Siri Shortcuts, and IFTTT'. For Matter and Apple: 'With SwitchBot Hub 2 (sold separately), Blind Tilt supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit.' The distinction is the buying decision — a Hub Mini reaches the voice assistants, but only the Hub 2 reaches Matter and Apple Home.[2][12]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
SwitchBot Blind Tilt
What you gainUse the recorded platform connection.
Keep in mindCheck the function table for supported controls and routines. A connection diagram does not establish every function or remote access.
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.
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
SwitchBot: 'With SwitchBot Hub 2 (sold separately), Blind Tilt supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit.' It is the Hub 2 by model; the Hub Mini reaches the voice assistants, not Apple Home.
The Hub 2 makes the blind a Matter device for Apple Home; the Matter controller on the Apple side is the one the buyer's home already has.
Reached only through the Hub 2, which SwitchBot names by model: 'With SwitchBot Hub 2 (sold separately), Blind Tilt supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit.' A Hub Mini does not buy this cell even though it buys the voice assistants. Through the Hub 2, Apple Home tilts the slats and opens and closes them, as it does for Matter blinds.[2][12][21]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
SwitchBot Blind Tilt
What you gainUse the recorded platform connection.
Keep in mindCheck the function table for supported controls and routines. A connection diagram does not establish every function or remote access.
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.
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
SwitchBot: 'When paired with SwitchBot Hub Mini (sold separately), you'll be able to use smart assistants such as Alexa, Google Home and Siri to control your blinds remotely.' The blind itself works over Bluetooth without a hub.
SwitchBot says Google Home can control these blinds once a SwitchBot hub is in place, the same hub condition as Alexa, but it does not say which controls Google gets: tilt and open/close are both unconfirmed through Google Home.[2][12][16][22]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
SwitchBot Blind Tilt
What you gainUse the recorded platform connection.
Keep in mindCheck the function table for supported controls and routines. A connection diagram does not establish every function or remote access.
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.
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
SwitchBot: 'When paired with SwitchBot Hub Mini (sold separately), you'll be able to use smart assistants such as Alexa, Google Home and Siri to control your blinds remotely.' The blind itself works over Bluetooth without a hub.
SwitchBot says Alexa can control these blinds once a SwitchBot hub is in place (the Hub Mini or another SwitchBot hub), but it does not say which controls Alexa gets: tilt and open/close are both unconfirmed through Alexa.[2][12][16][22]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
SwitchBot Blind Tilt
What you gainUse the recorded platform connection.
Keep in mindCheck the function table for supported controls and routines. A connection diagram does not establish every function or remote access.
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.
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
SwitchBot: 'With SwitchBot Hub, you can also use voice commands via Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings, Siri Shortcuts, and IFTTT.' SwitchBot does not say which of its hubs qualify for SmartThings.
SwitchBot names SmartThings only in its general hub sentence (voice commands through a SwitchBot hub), without saying which hubs qualify or which controls SmartThings gets: tilt and open/close are both unconfirmed through SmartThings.[2][12][16][23]
Follow the documented setup. Read the equipment details and connection limits below.
SwitchBot Blind Tilt
What you gainConnect without routing control through the vendor cloud.
Keep in mindHome Assistant needs working Bluetooth within range. Check the setup notes and function table for this device.
Check the function table and setup notes for this route. An alternative connection does not inherit every capability of the recorded primary connection. A Thread border router, a Matter controller and a platform home hub are different roles; suitable hardware may provide more than one.
These paths summarize documented setup options. Check the function table for the connection covered by each recorded capability.
This is the one platform on the page that rests on a document from the other side, because SwitchBot's own listing for the blind names Home Assistant nowhere. Home Assistant's own SwitchBot integration lists the Blind Tilt by name and says what it can do with it: close the slats up, close them down, pause, set and read the tilt position, and read the light level and the battery. Home Assistant also states that the integration needs no SwitchBot hub and that it talks to the device on your own network rather than through SwitchBot's servers, which makes this the only route on this page that costs no hub at all and the only one that keeps working when SwitchBot's servers do not. Two limits a buyer should price in. The machine running Home Assistant needs working Bluetooth and has to be within range of the blind, because there is no hub in this path to carry the signal. And SwitchBot publishes a list of the products it has certified for Home Assistant over Bluetooth: the Curtain 3 and the Roller Shade are on it, the Blind Tilt is not. The support is documented either way — the certification is SwitchBot's own commitment, and this product does not carry it.[4][11][13][24]
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?
Start with a documented control or event. The selected connection shows what is confirmed for that platform.
Apple Home · Works
This device supports tilt.
Setup: Maker’s hub or bridge, Matter controller
Maker’s hub or bridge. SwitchBot: 'With SwitchBot Hub 2 (sold separately), Blind Tilt supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit.' It is the Hub 2 by model; the Hub Mini reaches the voice assistants, not Apple Home.
Matter controller. The Hub 2 makes the blind a Matter device for Apple Home; the Matter controller on the Apple side is the one the buyer's home already has.
Reached only through the Hub 2, which SwitchBot names by model: 'With SwitchBot Hub 2 (sold separately), Blind Tilt supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit.' A Hub Mini does not buy this cell even though it buys the voice assistants. Through the Hub 2, Apple Home tilts the slats and opens and closes them, as it does for Matter blinds.
Connection documentation: [2] [12] [21]
Device documentation: [2] [12] [13] [20]
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-10
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-09-21
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
Apple Home · Works
This device supports open/close.
Setup: Maker’s hub or bridge, Matter controller
Maker’s hub or bridge. SwitchBot: 'With SwitchBot Hub 2 (sold separately), Blind Tilt supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit.' It is the Hub 2 by model; the Hub Mini reaches the voice assistants, not Apple Home.
Matter controller. The Hub 2 makes the blind a Matter device for Apple Home; the Matter controller on the Apple side is the one the buyer's home already has.
Reached only through the Hub 2, which SwitchBot names by model: 'With SwitchBot Hub 2 (sold separately), Blind Tilt supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit.' A Hub Mini does not buy this cell even though it buys the voice assistants. Through the Hub 2, Apple Home tilts the slats and opens and closes them, as it does for Matter blinds.
Connection documentation: [2] [12] [21]
Device documentation: [2] [12] [13] [20]
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-10
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-09-21
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
Google Home · Works; tilt and open/close unconfirmed
This device supports tilt.
Setup: Maker’s hub or bridge
Maker’s hub or bridge. SwitchBot: 'When paired with SwitchBot Hub Mini (sold separately), you'll be able to use smart assistants such as Alexa, Google Home and Siri to control your blinds remotely.' The blind itself works over Bluetooth without a hub.
SwitchBot says Google Home can control these blinds once a SwitchBot hub is in place, the same hub condition as Alexa, but it does not say which controls Google gets: tilt and open/close are both unconfirmed through Google Home.
Connection documentation: [2] [12] [16] [22]
Device documentation: [2] [12] [13] [20]
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-10
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-09-21
Alexa · Works; tilt and open/close unconfirmed
This device supports tilt.
Setup: Maker’s hub or bridge
Maker’s hub or bridge. SwitchBot: 'When paired with SwitchBot Hub Mini (sold separately), you'll be able to use smart assistants such as Alexa, Google Home and Siri to control your blinds remotely.' The blind itself works over Bluetooth without a hub.
SwitchBot says Alexa can control these blinds once a SwitchBot hub is in place (the Hub Mini or another SwitchBot hub), but it does not say which controls Alexa gets: tilt and open/close are both unconfirmed through Alexa.
Connection documentation: [2] [12] [16] [22]
Device documentation: [2] [12] [13] [20]
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-10
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-09-21
SmartThings · Works; tilt and open/close unconfirmed
This device supports tilt.
Setup: Maker’s hub or bridge
Maker’s hub or bridge. SwitchBot: 'With SwitchBot Hub, you can also use voice commands via Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings, Siri Shortcuts, and IFTTT.' SwitchBot does not say which of its hubs qualify for SmartThings.
SwitchBot names SmartThings only in its general hub sentence (voice commands through a SwitchBot hub), without saying which hubs qualify or which controls SmartThings gets: tilt and open/close are both unconfirmed through SmartThings.
Connection documentation: [2] [12] [16] [23]
Device documentation: [2] [12] [13] [20]
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-10
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-09-21
Home Assistant · Works
This device supports tilt.
Setup: See the equipment information above.
This is the one platform on the page that rests on a document from the other side, because SwitchBot's own listing for the blind names Home Assistant nowhere. Home Assistant's own SwitchBot integration lists the Blind Tilt by name and says what it can do with it: close the slats up, close them down, pause, set and read the tilt position, and read the light level and the battery. Home Assistant also states that the integration needs no SwitchBot hub and that it talks to the device on your own network rather than through SwitchBot's servers, which makes this the only route on this page that costs no hub at all and the only one that keeps working when SwitchBot's servers do not. Two limits a buyer should price in. The machine running Home Assistant needs working Bluetooth and has to be within range of the blind, because there is no hub in this path to carry the signal. And SwitchBot publishes a list of the products it has certified for Home Assistant over Bluetooth: the Curtain 3 and the Roller Shade are on it, the Blind Tilt is not. The support is documented either way — the certification is SwitchBot's own commitment, and this product does not carry it.
Connection documentation: [4] [11] [13] [24]
Device documentation: [2] [12] [13] [20]
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-10
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-10-10
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-09-30
Home Assistant · Works
This device supports open/close.
Setup: See the equipment information above.
This is the one platform on the page that rests on a document from the other side, because SwitchBot's own listing for the blind names Home Assistant nowhere. Home Assistant's own SwitchBot integration lists the Blind Tilt by name and says what it can do with it: close the slats up, close them down, pause, set and read the tilt position, and read the light level and the battery. Home Assistant also states that the integration needs no SwitchBot hub and that it talks to the device on your own network rather than through SwitchBot's servers, which makes this the only route on this page that costs no hub at all and the only one that keeps working when SwitchBot's servers do not. Two limits a buyer should price in. The machine running Home Assistant needs working Bluetooth and has to be within range of the blind, because there is no hub in this path to carry the signal. And SwitchBot publishes a list of the products it has certified for Home Assistant over Bluetooth: the Curtain 3 and the Roller Shade are on it, the Blind Tilt is not. The support is documented either way — the certification is SwitchBot's own commitment, and this product does not carry it.
Connection documentation: [4] [11] [13] [24]
Device documentation: [2] [12] [13] [20]
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-10
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-10-10
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-09-30
A documented control or event is one part of a setup. It does not by itself establish a complete automation.
A platform connection does not confirm every function. Controls and reported events are shown separately from what an automation can use.
Compare all five platforms. On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways.
| Device function | Apple HomeWorks[2][12][21] | Google HomeWorks; tilt and open/close unconfirmed[2][12][16][22] | AlexaWorks; tilt and open/close unconfirmed[2][12][16][22] | SmartThingsWorks; tilt and open/close unconfirmed[2][12][16][23] | Home AssistantWorks[4][11][13][24] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TiltDevice control | Control Supported for this Matter device type Automation ✓ routines can use it | Control Not stated Automation ? not stated | Control Not stated Automation — | Control Not stated Automation ? not stated | Control Works Automation — |
| Open/closeDevice control | Control Supported for this Matter device type Automation ✓ routines can use it | Control Not stated Automation ? not stated | Control Not stated Automation ? not stated | Control Not stated Automation ? not stated | Control Works 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.
Reached only through the Hub 2, which SwitchBot names by model: 'With SwitchBot Hub 2 (sold separately), Blind Tilt supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit.' A Hub Mini does not buy this cell even though it buys the voice assistants. Through the Hub 2, Apple Home tilts the slats and opens and closes them, as it does for Matter blinds.[2][12][21]
SwitchBot says Google Home can control these blinds once a SwitchBot hub is in place, the same hub condition as Alexa, but it does not say which controls Google gets: tilt and open/close are both unconfirmed through Google Home.[2][12][16][22]
SwitchBot says Alexa can control these blinds once a SwitchBot hub is in place (the Hub Mini or another SwitchBot hub), but it does not say which controls Alexa gets: tilt and open/close are both unconfirmed through Alexa.[2][12][16][22]
SwitchBot names SmartThings only in its general hub sentence (voice commands through a SwitchBot hub), without saying which hubs qualify or which controls SmartThings gets: tilt and open/close are both unconfirmed through SmartThings.[2][12][16][23]
This is the one platform on the page that rests on a document from the other side, because SwitchBot's own listing for the blind names Home Assistant nowhere. Home Assistant's own SwitchBot integration lists the Blind Tilt by name and says what it can do with it: close the slats up, close them down, pause, set and read the tilt position, and read the light level and the battery. Home Assistant also states that the integration needs no SwitchBot hub and that it talks to the device on your own network rather than through SwitchBot's servers, which makes this the only route on this page that costs no hub at all and the only one that keeps working when SwitchBot's servers do not. Two limits a buyer should price in. The machine running Home Assistant needs working Bluetooth and has to be within range of the blind, because there is no hub in this path to carry the signal. And SwitchBot publishes a list of the products it has certified for Home Assistant over Bluetooth: the Curtain 3 and the Roller Shade are on it, the Blind Tilt is not. The support is documented either way — the certification is SwitchBot's own commitment, and this product does not carry it.[4][11][13][24]
Platform documentation:
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-10
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-09-30
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-10-10
Listed device functions are established from vendor documentation. An ability missing here is unestablished, not necessarily absent.
| Ecosystem | Support | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| Apple Home | WorksWorks with this ecosystem[2][12][21] | Reached only through the Hub 2, which SwitchBot names by model: 'With SwitchBot Hub 2 (sold separately), Blind Tilt supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit.' A Hub Mini does not buy this cell even though it buys the voice assistants. Through the Hub 2, Apple Home tilts the slats and opens and closes them, as it does for Matter blinds.In Apple Home you also need: a Switchbot hub · a Matter controller |
| Amazon Alexa | Works; tilt and open/close unconfirmedWorks; tilt and open/close unconfirmed — see the catch[2][12][16][22] | SwitchBot says Alexa can control these blinds once a SwitchBot hub is in place (the Hub Mini or another SwitchBot hub), but it does not say which controls Alexa gets: tilt and open/close are both unconfirmed through Alexa.In Amazon Alexa you also need: a Switchbot hub |
| Google Home | Works; tilt and open/close unconfirmedWorks; tilt and open/close unconfirmed — see the catch[2][12][16][22] | SwitchBot says Google Home can control these blinds once a SwitchBot hub is in place, the same hub condition as Alexa, but it does not say which controls Google gets: tilt and open/close are both unconfirmed through Google Home.In Google Home you also need: a Switchbot hub |
| SmartThings | Works; tilt and open/close unconfirmedWorks; tilt and open/close unconfirmed — see the catch[2][12][16][23] | SwitchBot names SmartThings only in its general hub sentence (voice commands through a SwitchBot hub), without saying which hubs qualify or which controls SmartThings gets: tilt and open/close are both unconfirmed through SmartThings.In SmartThings you also need: a Switchbot hub |
| Home Assistant | WorksWorks with this ecosystem[4][11][13][24] | This is the one platform on the page that rests on a document from the other side, because SwitchBot's own listing for the blind names Home Assistant nowhere. Home Assistant's own SwitchBot integration lists the Blind Tilt by name and says what it can do with it: close the slats up, close them down, pause, set and read the tilt position, and read the light level and the battery. Home Assistant also states that the integration needs no SwitchBot hub and that it talks to the device on your own network rather than through SwitchBot's servers, which makes this the only route on this page that costs no hub at all and the only one that keeps working when SwitchBot's servers do not. Two limits a buyer should price in. The machine running Home Assistant needs working Bluetooth and has to be within range of the blind, because there is no hub in this path to carry the signal. And SwitchBot publishes a list of the products it has certified for Home Assistant over Bluetooth: the Curtain 3 and the Roller Shade are on it, the Blind Tilt is not. The support is documented either way — the certification is SwitchBot's own commitment, and this product does not carry it. |
✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.
Vendor account required: Not established — we have not sourced this yet.
No subscription is referenced anywhere on SwitchBot's store listing for this product, including its feature copy and warranty section.
This is a tilt-only device, and the distinction is the whole product. It rotates the slats of horizontal blinds you already own — SwitchBot rates the motor to 'blind adjustments to the closest 2 degrees' — and it does not raise or lower them. A buyer who wants the blind to go up is buying the wrong thing. The second thing to know is the hub ladder, because SwitchBot names two different hubs for two different jobs: the Hub Mini reaches Alexa, Google Home and Siri, while Matter and Apple Home are tied specifically to the Hub 2. Budget for the right one or the ecosystem you wanted is not in the box. What you do get without any hub is real: Bluetooth control from the app, up to four sets of blinds on one button, and — separately — a documented Home Assistant path that needs no SwitchBot hub either. Third, the solar panel is included here rather than sold separately as it is for SwitchBot's Roller Shade, which is what makes the charging story easy — though SwitchBot publishes no rated battery life for this product, so 'how often will I charge it' has no first-party answer. Finally, SwitchBot's listing for this blind is thinner than the one for its own Roller Shade: no BLE version, no range, no operating temperature, no app OS requirements.
Someone with existing horizontal blinds — venetian, faux wood, aluminium — who wants light control and privacy on a schedule without replacing the blind. It suits a household already running a SwitchBot hub, or willing to buy one, and it suits the Apple household specifically only if that hub is a Hub 2. Home Assistant is the exception to the hub rule: it reaches the blind over Bluetooth on its own, with no SwitchBot hub in the path. It is the wrong pick if the blinds need to be raised and lowered rather than tilted, or if the window has roller or roman shades with no slats at all.
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