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SwitchBot Meter Pro

Compiled by SmartHomeWorkflow Research · SwitchBot · Sensors & Detectors · ~$29.99 (price at time of research (2026-08-09), read from SwitchBot's own store data — single configuration, no pack variants. A 30% promotional code was live on the page and is deliberately not recorded as the price.)

Compatibility

Protocols: BLUETOOTH^[2][3][5][7]

Needs before it works: Works standalone over Bluetooth LE: on-device display, app readings, alerts, and 68 days of local data need no hub. A SwitchBot hub is required for remote access, Alexa/Google Home/SmartThings/IFTTT, the on-screen weather forecast, and Matter; Matter specifically requires Hub 2, Hub 3, or Hub Mini Matter Enabled.^[3][4][5][7]

What it can do^[10]

Listed capabilities are what we could establish from vendor documentation. An ability missing here is unestablished — not necessarily absent.

Subscription reality

◐ Works without a subscription: Yes, but material features need a plan.

Vendor account required: Not established — we have not sourced this yet.

Local storage 68 days, in-app storage 2 years. All live functions (readings, alerts, voice, Matter) are free; the flag concerns long-term data-history retention only, and no plan pricing has ever been published. ⚠ STATUS DELIBERATELY UNCHANGED AND DELIBERATELY NOT RE-STAMPED (checked 2026-08-09): the sentence this flag rests on — 'Storage beyond 2 years requires a payment for continued use' — could not be re-found. The spec page it was read from now REDIRECTS to SwitchBot's homepage, and the live product page states the 68-day and 2-year figures with no payment clause beside them. The storage numbers are re-verified and unchanged; the payment clause is neither re-confirmed nor withdrawn, because dropping it on silence would manufacture an absence and re-asserting it would cite a dead page.

Maintenance reality^[2][4]

• Batteries: AA x2 — expect roughly 12 months per set
• 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.^[4]
• Official spec: 12-month battery life on 2x AA (included); low-battery reminder at 20%. Display and Bluetooth readings are fully local; cloud enters only via a hub for remote/voice/forecast features.
• Security updates: SwitchBot states its security-update commitment for this model as a period rather than a date: 2 years of software update support, counted from launch — SwitchBot states the period as a rule but publishes an end date for only one product, which is not this one (the document this comes from names no country, so which markets it legally covers is not stated). That is a floor measured from a starting point the manufacturer sets — a launch or a purchase — rather than a fixed end date, so it cannot be placed on a calendar here. We record the commitment as the manufacturer states it, in our words, rather than converting it into a date it did not give. This is a published commitment, not a gap in our research.^[11]

The catch

The features that make it 'smart' beyond a glanceable display — remote access, voice assistants, Matter, even the weather forecast on its own screen — all depend on buying a separate SwitchBot hub, and app history beyond two years sits behind a payment.

Who it's for

Suits households that want an accurate always-visible temperature/humidity display first and smart-home integration second, especially those already owning a SwitchBot hub or running Home Assistant with Bluetooth.

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 →

1. [1] us.switch-bot.com/products/switchbot-meter-pro.js (fetched 2026-08-09): {"sku":"810150541632","price":2999,"available":true}. Corroborated browser-rendered on us.switch-bot.com/products/switchbot-meter-pro: '$29.99', '1-Year Warranty', '30-Day Money-Back Guarantee'. — structured-page-data, verified 2026-08-09
   Backs: Price, Market availability
2. [2] us.switch-bot.com/products/switchbot-meter-pro browser-rendered 2026-08-09: '12-Month Battery Life. Uses 2 x AA batteries (included). When the battery level drops to 20% or lower, the device screen and our app will remind you to replace them.' · 'Data Storage and Export ... 68 Days (Local) / 2 Years of In-App Storage' · 'Refresh Rate: 4 sec, Data Accuracy: ±0.4°F, ±2%RH' · 'weather forecast (SwitchBot Hub Required)' · 'Pair with SwitchBot Hub 2 for Matter support'. Counterparty: www.home-assistant.io/integrations/switchbot (2026-08-09) names 'Meter Pro' and states local connection without the SwitchBot Cloud. Dead source recorded: us.switch-bot.com/pages/switchbot-meter-pro redirects to us.switch-bot.com/ in a rendered browser. — browser-rendered-vendor-page, verified 2026-08-09
   Backs: Maintenance, Service status, Research status, Home Assistant compatibility, Protocols
3. [3] us.switch-bot.com/products/switchbot-meter-pro (+ Shopify .json endpoint) — published product, single variant $29.99 — vendor-page research, verified 2026-07-16
   Backs: Price, Protocols, Required hub or bridge
4. [4] us.switch-bot.com/products/switchbot-meter-pro — Specs section extracted from rendered DOM — vendor-page research, verified 2026-07-16
   Backs: Maintenance, Required hub or bridge, Works without the internet
5. [5] support.switch-bot.com/hc/en-us/articles/13282638111127 — Meter family listed 'Available — Temperature/Humidity' — vendor-support-article research, verified 2026-07-16
   Backs: Protocols, Required hub or bridge
6. [6] us.switch-bot.com Smart Meters navigation + the Meter/Meter Plus/Meter Pro CO2/Indoor-Outdoor product pages — vendor-catalog sweep, verified 2026-07-16
   Backs: Product identity
7. [7] home-assistant.io/integrations/switchbot/ — 'Meter Pro' listed: temperature, humidity, battery; no hub required, local push — integration-doc research, verified 2026-07-16
   Backs: Required hub or bridge, Protocols
8. [8] us.switch-bot.com, Meter Pro storefront record — vendor-page research (existing citation re-read; absence recorded as absence), verified 2026-08-18
9. [9] SwitchBot US Meter Pro product page (browser-rendered read of 2026-08-09) and support article 13282638111127, both already cited on this record — evidence read against sources this record already cites (BQ-193 bridge-vs-hub audit, R-3), verified 2026-08-19
   Backs: Amazon Alexa compatibility, Google Home compatibility, SmartThings compatibility
10. [10] Home Assistant's SwitchBot integration documentation, read 2026-08-20, which lists "Meter Pro" by name with temperature, humidity and battery level. SwitchBot's own storefront copy the same day says the device monitors "temperature, humidity, time, date, comfort level, and weather forecast", with a SwitchBot Hub required for the forecast and Hub 2 required for Matter. — vendor-and-ecosystem-doc research (BQ-187 capabilities population, batch 8 — sensors + garage-access), verified 2026-08-20
    Backs: Capabilities
11. [11] SwitchBot's own Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (www.switch-bot.com/pages/switchbot-vulnerability-disclosure-policy), read in full 2026-08-20. The commitment, verbatim: "We will deliver an updated experience for you on a regular basis including updated security patches. The period of software update support is 2 years, see the table below for details." The table it points to contains exactly ONE row — "SwitchBot Floor Cleaning Robot S10 | 2023/10/16 | 2025/12/31" — under the headings "Product Name", "Launch Date" and "End date of software update support". The same policy publishes remediation targets rather than a support horizon: "critical and high-risk vulnerabilities will be fixed within three working days, high-risk vulnerabilities within 0.5 months, medium-risk vulnerabilities within one month, and low-risk vulnerabilities within four months", with reports to security@switch-bot.com. Rungs walked per method note 69: (a) no SwitchBot regulatory-declaration library (UK PSTI / EU CRA) could be located — a first-party search surfaced only per-product FCC "Safety and Compliance Information" articles, which carry no support period; (b) answered by this policy page; (c) the product's own page sits on `us.switch-bot.com`, a registered refusing host, and was not reachable this pass. — vendor policy-page research (BQ-192 security-support sweep, method note 69 rungs a–c), verified 2026-08-20
    Backs: Security-update support period
12. [12] SmartHomeWorkflow record maintenance (BQ-250 securitySupport.region backfill) — internal-review of the document this record already cites, verified 2026-08-27

Compatibility and lifecycle information reflects the last-verified date above and can change without notice (firmware updates, cloud-service changes, discontinuations). It is provided as-is, for information — verify with the manufacturer before purchasing. Spot an error? Tell us and we'll fix it. Full terms: Terms of Service.

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