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Research profile · last verified 2026-09-21Compatibility at a glance
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Protocols: BLUETOOTH[1][2][7][12][13]
Before you buy
Not for the curtain itself, and yes for every ecosystem. SwitchBot's listing describes app control directly and then puts the platforms behind a hub in two sentences that name two different hubs: 'With SwitchBot Hub, you can also use voice commands via Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings, Siri Shortcuts, and IFTTT', and 'With SwitchBot Hub 2 (sold separately), Curtain 3 supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit. Control your curtains via the Home App or using your HomePod/Apple Watch.' As with the Blind Tilt, the Hub 2 is the one that carries Matter and Apple; a cheaper SwitchBot hub reaches the voice services only.[2][12][17]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
SwitchBot Curtain 3
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), Curtain 3 supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit.' It is the Hub 2 by model that carries Matter and Apple Home.
The Hub 2 makes the curtain 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), Curtain 3 supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit. Control your curtains via the Home App or using your HomePod/Apple Watch.' The claim rests on SwitchBot's word — no Apple document confirms what a bridged curtain motor exposes in the Home app.[2][12][17][18][19]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
SwitchBot Curtain 3
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; the curtain itself works over Bluetooth without one.
Works through a SwitchBot hub: SwitchBot says that with a hub you can use voice commands via Google Home, so opening and closing the curtain works there. Setting how far it opens is unconfirmed on Google: SwitchBot names the open percentage only in its own app. SwitchBot does not say which hub models qualify.[2][12][17][18]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
SwitchBot Curtain 3
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; the curtain itself works over Bluetooth without one.
Works through a SwitchBot hub: SwitchBot says that with a hub you can use voice commands via Alexa, so opening and closing the curtain works there. Setting how far it opens is unconfirmed on Alexa: SwitchBot names the open percentage only in its own app. SwitchBot does not say which hub models qualify.[2][12][17][18]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
SwitchBot Curtain 3
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; the curtain itself works over Bluetooth without one.
Works through a SwitchBot hub: SwitchBot says that with a hub you can use voice commands via SmartThings, so opening and closing the curtain works there. Setting how far it opens is unconfirmed on SmartThings: SwitchBot names the open percentage only in its own app. SwitchBot does not say which hub models qualify.[2][12][17][18]
Follow the documented setup. Read the equipment details and connection limits below.
SwitchBot Curtain 3
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 platform is documented from both sides, which no other platform on this page is. Home Assistant's own SwitchBot integration lists the Curtain 3 by name and says what it does with it: open, close, pause, set and read the curtain position, read the light level and the battery, and set the motor's movement speed. It needs no SwitchBot hub — Home Assistant states that outright and states that it talks to the motor on your own network rather than through SwitchBot's servers — so this is the only platform here that does not add a hub to the bill. SwitchBot has also certified the Curtain 3 for Home Assistant over Bluetooth by name, which is the maker's own commitment rather than a third party's reading. The one thing to price in: the machine running Home Assistant needs working Bluetooth and has to be within range of the curtain, because nothing in this path relays the signal.[4][11][13]
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 open/close.
Setup: Maker’s hub or bridge, Matter controller
Maker’s hub or bridge. SwitchBot: 'With SwitchBot Hub 2 (sold separately), Curtain 3 supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit.' It is the Hub 2 by model that carries Matter and Apple Home.
Matter controller. The Hub 2 makes the curtain 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), Curtain 3 supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit. Control your curtains via the Home App or using your HomePod/Apple Watch.' The claim rests on SwitchBot's word — no Apple document confirms what a bridged curtain motor exposes in the Home app.
Connection documentation: [2] [12] [17] [18] [19]
Device documentation: [2] [12] [13] [17]
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-04
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-09-21
support.apple.com · checked 2026-10-04
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-10-03
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
Apple Home · Works
This device supports position.
Setup: Maker’s hub or bridge, Matter controller
Maker’s hub or bridge. SwitchBot: 'With SwitchBot Hub 2 (sold separately), Curtain 3 supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit.' It is the Hub 2 by model that carries Matter and Apple Home.
Matter controller. The Hub 2 makes the curtain 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), Curtain 3 supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit. Control your curtains via the Home App or using your HomePod/Apple Watch.' The claim rests on SwitchBot's word — no Apple document confirms what a bridged curtain motor exposes in the Home app.
Connection documentation: [2] [12] [17] [18] [19]
Device documentation: [2] [12] [13] [17]
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-04
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-09-21
support.apple.com · checked 2026-10-04
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-10-03
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
Google Home · Works; position unconfirmed
This device supports open/close.
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; the curtain itself works over Bluetooth without one.
Works through a SwitchBot hub: SwitchBot says that with a hub you can use voice commands via Google Home, so opening and closing the curtain works there. Setting how far it opens is unconfirmed on Google: SwitchBot names the open percentage only in its own app. SwitchBot does not say which hub models qualify.
Connection documentation: [2] [12] [17] [18]
Device documentation: [2] [12] [13] [17]
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-04
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-09-21
Alexa · Works; position unconfirmed
This device supports open/close.
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; the curtain itself works over Bluetooth without one.
Works through a SwitchBot hub: SwitchBot says that with a hub you can use voice commands via Alexa, so opening and closing the curtain works there. Setting how far it opens is unconfirmed on Alexa: SwitchBot names the open percentage only in its own app. SwitchBot does not say which hub models qualify.
Connection documentation: [2] [12] [17] [18]
Device documentation: [2] [12] [13] [17]
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-04
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-09-21
SmartThings · Works; position unconfirmed
This device supports open/close.
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; the curtain itself works over Bluetooth without one.
Works through a SwitchBot hub: SwitchBot says that with a hub you can use voice commands via SmartThings, so opening and closing the curtain works there. Setting how far it opens is unconfirmed on SmartThings: SwitchBot names the open percentage only in its own app. SwitchBot does not say which hub models qualify.
Connection documentation: [2] [12] [17] [18]
Device documentation: [2] [12] [13] [17]
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-04
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-09-21
Home Assistant · Works
This device supports open/close.
Setup: See the equipment information above.
This platform is documented from both sides, which no other platform on this page is. Home Assistant's own SwitchBot integration lists the Curtain 3 by name and says what it does with it: open, close, pause, set and read the curtain position, read the light level and the battery, and set the motor's movement speed. It needs no SwitchBot hub — Home Assistant states that outright and states that it talks to the motor on your own network rather than through SwitchBot's servers — so this is the only platform here that does not add a hub to the bill. SwitchBot has also certified the Curtain 3 for Home Assistant over Bluetooth by name, which is the maker's own commitment rather than a third party's reading. The one thing to price in: the machine running Home Assistant needs working Bluetooth and has to be within range of the curtain, because nothing in this path relays the signal.
Connection documentation: [4] [11] [13]
Device documentation: [2] [12] [13] [17]
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-02
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-09-21
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][17][18][19] | Google HomeWorks; position unconfirmed[2][12][17][18] | AlexaWorks; position unconfirmed[2][12][17][18] | SmartThingsWorks; position unconfirmed[2][12][17][18] | Home AssistantWorks[4][11][13] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open/closeDevice control | Control Supported for this Matter device type Automation ✓ routines can use it | Control Not stated Automation — | Control Not stated Automation — | Control Not stated Automation — | Control Not stated Automation — |
| PositionDevice 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 Not stated 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), Curtain 3 supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit. Control your curtains via the Home App or using your HomePod/Apple Watch.' The claim rests on SwitchBot's word — no Apple document confirms what a bridged curtain motor exposes in the Home app.[2][12][17][18][19]
Works through a SwitchBot hub: SwitchBot says that with a hub you can use voice commands via Google Home, so opening and closing the curtain works there. Setting how far it opens is unconfirmed on Google: SwitchBot names the open percentage only in its own app. SwitchBot does not say which hub models qualify.[2][12][17][18]
Works through a SwitchBot hub: SwitchBot says that with a hub you can use voice commands via Alexa, so opening and closing the curtain works there. Setting how far it opens is unconfirmed on Alexa: SwitchBot names the open percentage only in its own app. SwitchBot does not say which hub models qualify.[2][12][17][18]
Works through a SwitchBot hub: SwitchBot says that with a hub you can use voice commands via SmartThings, so opening and closing the curtain works there. Setting how far it opens is unconfirmed on SmartThings: SwitchBot names the open percentage only in its own app. SwitchBot does not say which hub models qualify.[2][12][17][18]
This platform is documented from both sides, which no other platform on this page is. Home Assistant's own SwitchBot integration lists the Curtain 3 by name and says what it does with it: open, close, pause, set and read the curtain position, read the light level and the battery, and set the motor's movement speed. It needs no SwitchBot hub — Home Assistant states that outright and states that it talks to the motor on your own network rather than through SwitchBot's servers — so this is the only platform here that does not add a hub to the bill. SwitchBot has also certified the Curtain 3 for Home Assistant over Bluetooth by name, which is the maker's own commitment rather than a third party's reading. The one thing to price in: the machine running Home Assistant needs working Bluetooth and has to be within range of the curtain, because nothing in this path relays the signal.[4][11][13]
Platform documentation:
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-04
support.apple.com · checked 2026-10-04
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-10-03
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-02
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-09-21
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][17][18][19] | Reached only through the Hub 2, which SwitchBot names by model: 'With SwitchBot Hub 2 (sold separately), Curtain 3 supports Matter and can be integrated with Apple HomeKit. Control your curtains via the Home App or using your HomePod/Apple Watch.' The claim rests on SwitchBot's word — no Apple document confirms what a bridged curtain motor exposes in the Home app.In Apple Home you also need: a Switchbot hub · a Matter controller |
| Amazon Alexa | Works; position unconfirmedWorks; position unconfirmed — see the catch[2][12][17][18] | Works through a SwitchBot hub: SwitchBot says that with a hub you can use voice commands via Alexa, so opening and closing the curtain works there. Setting how far it opens is unconfirmed on Alexa: SwitchBot names the open percentage only in its own app. SwitchBot does not say which hub models qualify.In Amazon Alexa you also need: a Switchbot hub |
| Google Home | Works; position unconfirmedWorks; position unconfirmed — see the catch[2][12][17][18] | Works through a SwitchBot hub: SwitchBot says that with a hub you can use voice commands via Google Home, so opening and closing the curtain works there. Setting how far it opens is unconfirmed on Google: SwitchBot names the open percentage only in its own app. SwitchBot does not say which hub models qualify.In Google Home you also need: a Switchbot hub |
| SmartThings | Works; position unconfirmedWorks; position unconfirmed — see the catch[2][12][17][18] | Works through a SwitchBot hub: SwitchBot says that with a hub you can use voice commands via SmartThings, so opening and closing the curtain works there. Setting how far it opens is unconfirmed on SmartThings: SwitchBot names the open percentage only in its own app. SwitchBot does not say which hub models qualify.In SmartThings you also need: a Switchbot hub |
| Home Assistant | WorksWorks with this ecosystem[4][11][13] | This platform is documented from both sides, which no other platform on this page is. Home Assistant's own SwitchBot integration lists the Curtain 3 by name and says what it does with it: open, close, pause, set and read the curtain position, read the light level and the battery, and set the motor's movement speed. It needs no SwitchBot hub — Home Assistant states that outright and states that it talks to the motor on your own network rather than through SwitchBot's servers — so this is the only platform here that does not add a hub to the bill. SwitchBot has also certified the Curtain 3 for Home Assistant over Bluetooth by name, which is the maker's own commitment rather than a third party's reading. The one thing to price in: the machine running Home Assistant needs working Bluetooth and has to be within range of the curtain, because nothing in this path relays the signal. |
✓ 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.
The rail type is the first decision and it is not reversible by software: SwitchBot sells this as U Rail, Rod Type 1 and an I Rail accessory kit, at different prices, and buying the wrong one means the motor will not mount on your curtain track. Measure before ordering. The second thing is the hub, which follows SwitchBot's usual shape — the motor answers the app over Bluetooth on its own, but Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings, Siri Shortcuts and IFTTT all need a SwitchBot hub, and Matter and Apple Home need the Hub 2 specifically. Home Assistant is the exception: it reaches the motor over Bluetooth with no hub at all. Third, Silent Mode is real but it is a trade: SwitchBot rates it below 25 dB and says the curtain will 'drift slower' to get there, so the quiet setting is the slow setting. Fourth, and unusually for a product at this price, SwitchBot publishes no battery capacity and no rated battery life on this listing — the Solar Panel 3 is sold separately, so the recharging question is both unanswered and unbundled. The 15 kg thrust rating is the number that matters for heavy or lined curtains, and it is the one spec SwitchBot does state plainly.
Someone with existing curtains on a rod or a U/I rail who wants them to open on a schedule or by voice without replacing the track. It suits heavier curtains — the 15 kg thrust rating is the reason to pick this over a lighter retrofit — and it suits a household that already owns a SwitchBot hub, or an Apple household willing to buy the Hub 2 specifically. A Home Assistant household is well served here too, and without a hub: Home Assistant documents this motor by name and SwitchBot has certified it for that platform. It is the wrong pick if the window has blinds with slats rather than draw curtains, or if the rail type is unusual enough that none of the three mounting options fits.
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