Product Library / Robot Vacuums & Mops
Research profile · last verified 2026-10-06⚠ Similar names, different products: Not the SwitchBot K11+ Pro, which SwitchBot sells beside it under the same series name. The Pro vacuums and mops, using an attachable mop pad, and SwitchBot rates its suction at 12,000Pa; the K11+ covered here vacuums only, at 6,000Pa. Check for 'Pro' in the name before ordering.
Compatibility at a glance
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Protocols: WIFI · MATTER[2][6][24][30][39]
Before you buy
No hub, and unusually for this category that is the vendor's own explicit claim rather than our inference: SwitchBot says this robot supports Matter 'allowing seamless native control via Apple Home, Alexa, or Google Home with no extra hubs needed'. That is a real difference from its own siblings — the K10+ Pro Combo's page tells you to buy a Hub 2 to reach Apple Home. Mapping, no-go zones and scheduling still live in the SwitchBot app.[2][18][20][25][34]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
SwitchBot K11+
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.
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.
The only robot in this build set that reaches the Home app at all: SwitchBot states native Apple Home control over Matter with no hub. The Home app starts and stops it and sends it back to its dock. Mapping, no-go zones and room-by-room instructions stay in the SwitchBot app, as they do on every robot in this category.[2][18][20][25][34]
The equipment list for this platform is not fully specified here. Use the documented setup above; an empty list does not mean no equipment is needed.
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
SwitchBot K11+
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.
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.
Google Home — Matter path · checked 2026-09-11
Same Matter route and the same sentence as the Apple and Alexa cells. SwitchBot separately notes the robot can be controlled from an Apple Watch or Android Watch, or paired with its Universal Remote — those are SwitchBot-app paths rather than Google ones.[2][18][20][25][34]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
SwitchBot K11+
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.
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.
Alexa — Matter path · checked 2026-09-11
Named by SwitchBot in the same Matter sentence as Apple Home and Google Home, with no hub required. Depth is unstated beyond 'seamless native control', and Alexa's own robot-vacuum support is limited to run-mode commands, so start/stop is what a buyer should expect. The app keeps the maps.[2][18][20][25][34]
There is not enough model-specific evidence to draw a supported connection. Read the evidence and limits below.
SwitchBot's compatibility line for this vacuum is a Matter sentence: it says the K11+ supports Matter and then names Apple Home, Alexa and Google Home as the places you can control it. SmartThings is a Matter controller as well, so a sentence resting on Matter does not rule it out by leaving it off the end. What nobody publishes is the part that would settle it — neither SwitchBot nor Samsung says anything about this model in SmartThings, and a Matter certificate describes what a device speaks rather than which apps have finished the work of speaking to it. Ask before you buy on the strength of it.[3][15][22][27][36]
Follow the recorded connection below. Equipment details and setup limits explain what else this path needs.
SwitchBot K11+
What you gainThis connection communicates locally.
Keep in mindIntermediate equipment and transport are not mapped in this summary. Read the setup notes before choosing hardware. Check 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.
Home Assistant names this exact model and talks to the robot over Bluetooth, with no SwitchBot hub and no SwitchBot cloud in the path. It starts a clean, sends the robot back to its base, and reads the battery and the cleaning state; choosing rooms, suction levels or no-go zones stays in the SwitchBot app. This is Home Assistant's Bluetooth route, not the robot's Matter one.[3][19][28][33][37]
The equipment list for this platform is not fully specified here. Use the documented setup above; an empty list does not mean no equipment is needed.
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 start/stop.
Setup: See the equipment information above.
The only robot in this build set that reaches the Home app at all: SwitchBot states native Apple Home control over Matter with no hub. The Home app starts and stops it and sends it back to its dock. Mapping, no-go zones and room-by-room instructions stay in the SwitchBot app, as they do on every robot in this category.
Connection documentation: [2] [18] [20] [25] [34]
Device documentation: [7] [19] [28] [37]
on.dcl.csa-iot.org · checked 2026-08-21
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-10-06
us.switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-06
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
Apple Home · Works
This device supports return to dock.
Setup: See the equipment information above.
The only robot in this build set that reaches the Home app at all: SwitchBot states native Apple Home control over Matter with no hub. The Home app starts and stops it and sends it back to its dock. Mapping, no-go zones and room-by-room instructions stay in the SwitchBot app, as they do on every robot in this category.
Connection documentation: [2] [18] [20] [25] [34]
Device documentation: [7] [19] [28] [37]
on.dcl.csa-iot.org · checked 2026-08-21
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-10-06
us.switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-06
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
Google Home · Works
This device supports start/stop.
Setup: a hub for Google Home (a Nest speaker or display, Nest Wifi Pro, the Google TV Streamer, or a compatible TV)
a hub for Google Home (a Nest speaker or display, Nest Wifi Pro, the Google TV Streamer, or a compatible TV). Google Home — Matter path · checked 2026-09-11
Same Matter route and the same sentence as the Apple and Alexa cells. SwitchBot separately notes the robot can be controlled from an Apple Watch or Android Watch, or paired with its Universal Remote — those are SwitchBot-app paths rather than Google ones.
Connection documentation: [2] [18] [20] [25] [34]
Device documentation: [7] [19] [28] [37]
on.dcl.csa-iot.org · checked 2026-08-21
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-10-06
us.switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-06
Google Home — Matter path · checked 2026-10-03
Google Home · Works
This device supports return to dock.
Setup: a hub for Google Home (a Nest speaker or display, Nest Wifi Pro, the Google TV Streamer, or a compatible TV)
a hub for Google Home (a Nest speaker or display, Nest Wifi Pro, the Google TV Streamer, or a compatible TV). Google Home — Matter path · checked 2026-09-11
Same Matter route and the same sentence as the Apple and Alexa cells. SwitchBot separately notes the robot can be controlled from an Apple Watch or Android Watch, or paired with its Universal Remote — those are SwitchBot-app paths rather than Google ones.
Connection documentation: [2] [18] [20] [25] [34]
Device documentation: [7] [19] [28] [37]
on.dcl.csa-iot.org · checked 2026-08-21
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-10-06
us.switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-06
Google Home — Matter path · checked 2026-10-03
Alexa · Partial
This device supports start/stop.
Setup: a Matter-capable Amazon Echo or eero device
a Matter-capable Amazon Echo or eero device. Alexa — Matter path · checked 2026-09-11
Named by SwitchBot in the same Matter sentence as Apple Home and Google Home, with no hub required. Depth is unstated beyond 'seamless native control', and Alexa's own robot-vacuum support is limited to run-mode commands, so start/stop is what a buyer should expect. The app keeps the maps.
Connection documentation: [2] [18] [20] [25] [34]
Device documentation: [7] [19] [28] [37]
on.dcl.csa-iot.org · checked 2026-08-21
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-10-06
us.switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-06
Alexa — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
Alexa · Partial
This device supports return to dock.
Setup: a Matter-capable Amazon Echo or eero device
a Matter-capable Amazon Echo or eero device. Alexa — Matter path · checked 2026-09-11
Named by SwitchBot in the same Matter sentence as Apple Home and Google Home, with no hub required. Depth is unstated beyond 'seamless native control', and Alexa's own robot-vacuum support is limited to run-mode commands, so start/stop is what a buyer should expect. The app keeps the maps.
Connection documentation: [2] [18] [20] [25] [34]
Device documentation: [7] [19] [28] [37]
on.dcl.csa-iot.org · checked 2026-08-21
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-10-06
us.switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-06
Alexa — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
SmartThings · Inconclusive
This device supports start/stop.
Setup: See the equipment information above.
SwitchBot's compatibility line for this vacuum is a Matter sentence: it says the K11+ supports Matter and then names Apple Home, Alexa and Google Home as the places you can control it. SmartThings is a Matter controller as well, so a sentence resting on Matter does not rule it out by leaving it off the end. What nobody publishes is the part that would settle it — neither SwitchBot nor Samsung says anything about this model in SmartThings, and a Matter certificate describes what a device speaks rather than which apps have finished the work of speaking to it. Ask before you buy on the strength of it.
Connection documentation: [3] [15] [22] [27] [36]
Device documentation: [7] [19] [28] [37]
on.dcl.csa-iot.org · checked 2026-08-21
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-10-06
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-08-09
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-06
Home Assistant · Works
This device supports start/stop.
Setup: See the equipment information above.
Home Assistant names this exact model and talks to the robot over Bluetooth, with no SwitchBot hub and no SwitchBot cloud in the path. It starts a clean, sends the robot back to its base, and reads the battery and the cleaning state; choosing rooms, suction levels or no-go zones stays in the SwitchBot app. This is Home Assistant's Bluetooth route, not the robot's Matter one.
Connection documentation: [3] [19] [28] [33] [37]
Device documentation: [7] [19] [28] [37]
on.dcl.csa-iot.org · checked 2026-08-21
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-10-06
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-08-09
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][18][20][25][34] | Google HomeWorks[2][18][20][25][34] | AlexaPartial[2][18][20][25][34] | SmartThingsInconclusive[3][15][22][27][36] | Home AssistantWorks[3][19][28][33][37] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start/stopDevice control | Control Supported for this Matter device type Automation — Apple Home lists the capabilities its automations can use over Matter, and Start/stop is not on it. | Control Supported for this Matter device type Automation ✓ routines can use it | Control Supported for this Matter device type Automation ? not stated | Control Inconclusive Automation — | Control Not stated Automation — |
| Return to dockDevice control | Control Supported for this Matter device type Automation — Apple Home lists the capabilities its automations can use over Matter, and Return to dock is not on it. | Control Supported for this Matter device type Automation ✓ routines can use it | Control Supported for this Matter device type Automation ? not stated | Control Inconclusive Automation — | 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.
The only robot in this build set that reaches the Home app at all: SwitchBot states native Apple Home control over Matter with no hub. The Home app starts and stops it and sends it back to its dock. Mapping, no-go zones and room-by-room instructions stay in the SwitchBot app, as they do on every robot in this category.[2][18][20][25][34]
Start/stop automation: Apple Home lists the capabilities its automations can use over Matter, and Start/stop is not on it.
Return to dock automation: Apple Home lists the capabilities its automations can use over Matter, and Return to dock is not on it.
Same Matter route and the same sentence as the Apple and Alexa cells. SwitchBot separately notes the robot can be controlled from an Apple Watch or Android Watch, or paired with its Universal Remote — those are SwitchBot-app paths rather than Google ones.[2][18][20][25][34]
Named by SwitchBot in the same Matter sentence as Apple Home and Google Home, with no hub required. Depth is unstated beyond 'seamless native control', and Alexa's own robot-vacuum support is limited to run-mode commands, so start/stop is what a buyer should expect. The app keeps the maps.[2][18][20][25][34]
SwitchBot's compatibility line for this vacuum is a Matter sentence: it says the K11+ supports Matter and then names Apple Home, Alexa and Google Home as the places you can control it. SmartThings is a Matter controller as well, so a sentence resting on Matter does not rule it out by leaving it off the end. What nobody publishes is the part that would settle it — neither SwitchBot nor Samsung says anything about this model in SmartThings, and a Matter certificate describes what a device speaks rather than which apps have finished the work of speaking to it. Ask before you buy on the strength of it.[3][15][22][27][36]
Home Assistant names this exact model and talks to the robot over Bluetooth, with no SwitchBot hub and no SwitchBot cloud in the path. It starts a clean, sends the robot back to its base, and reads the battery and the cleaning state; choosing rooms, suction levels or no-go zones stays in the SwitchBot app. This is Home Assistant's Bluetooth route, not the robot's Matter one.[3][19][28][33][37]
Platform documentation:
us.switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-06
Apple Home — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
Google Home — Matter path · checked 2026-10-03
Alexa — Matter path · checked 2026-09-04
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-08-09
switch-bot.com · checked 2026-10-06
home-assistant.io · checked 2026-10-06
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][18][20][25][34] | The only robot in this build set that reaches the Home app at all: SwitchBot states native Apple Home control over Matter with no hub. The Home app starts and stops it and sends it back to its dock. Mapping, no-go zones and room-by-room instructions stay in the SwitchBot app, as they do on every robot in this category. |
| Amazon Alexa | PartialPartial support — see the catch[2][18][20][25][34] | Named by SwitchBot in the same Matter sentence as Apple Home and Google Home, with no hub required. Depth is unstated beyond 'seamless native control', and Alexa's own robot-vacuum support is limited to run-mode commands, so start/stop is what a buyer should expect. The app keeps the maps.In Amazon Alexa you also need: a Matter-capable Amazon Echo or eero device — Alexa’s rule for every Matter accessory. Source (read 2026-09-11) |
| Google Home | WorksWorks with this ecosystem[2][18][20][25][34] | Same Matter route and the same sentence as the Apple and Alexa cells. SwitchBot separately notes the robot can be controlled from an Apple Watch or Android Watch, or paired with its Universal Remote — those are SwitchBot-app paths rather than Google ones.In Google Home you also need: a hub for Google Home (a Nest speaker or display, Nest Wifi Pro, the Google TV Streamer, or a compatible TV) — Google Home’s rule for every Matter accessory. Source (read 2026-09-11) |
| SmartThings | InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why[3][15][22][27][36] | SwitchBot's compatibility line for this vacuum is a Matter sentence: it says the K11+ supports Matter and then names Apple Home, Alexa and Google Home as the places you can control it. SmartThings is a Matter controller as well, so a sentence resting on Matter does not rule it out by leaving it off the end. What nobody publishes is the part that would settle it — neither SwitchBot nor Samsung says anything about this model in SmartThings, and a Matter certificate describes what a device speaks rather than which apps have finished the work of speaking to it. Ask before you buy on the strength of it. |
| Home Assistant | WorksWorks with this ecosystem[3][19][28][33][37] | Home Assistant names this exact model and talks to the robot over Bluetooth, with no SwitchBot hub and no SwitchBot cloud in the path. It starts a clean, sends the robot back to its base, and reads the battery and the cleaning state; choosing rooms, suction levels or no-go zones stays in the SwitchBot app. This is Home Assistant's Bluetooth route, not the robot's Matter one. |
? Inconclusive means we researched that ecosystem and the evidence doesn’t settle it — the catch says why, and the sources are listed below. It is a statement about the available evidence, never a verdict on the product. A Setup Check researches your exact setup where the official sources don’t answer.
✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.
Vendor account required: Not established — we have not sourced this yet.
No plan, membership or recurring fee appears on the product page, and no advertised feature is gated behind one. The running cost is consumables rather than software: SwitchBot sells a K11+ replacement kit at $59.99 for a year's use.
It is a vacuum only — no mopping, and the dock empties but washes nothing, which is what separates it from robots costing twice as much. The 90-day dust bag and 6,000Pa suction are real, but so is the ceiling: this is a small robot for small spaces, climbing a 1.7cm threshold and nothing taller.
🔴 For an Apple household, this is the only robot of the six built under this spec where Matter is both certified AND actually shipped, so it appears in the Home app with no hub to buy. Add a small footprint, a station that hides under furniture and a 90-day bag, and it suits apartments and multi-storey homes where a big dock has nowhere to live. Skip it if you want mopping, if your thresholds are taller than 1.7cm, or if you need room-by-room voice targeting rather than start and stop.
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