SwitchBot Hub 2 (2nd Gen), Work as a WiFi Thermometer Hygrometer, IR Remote Control, Smart Remote and Light Sensor, Link SwitchBot to Wi-Fi (Support 2.4GHz), Alexa, Google Home, Apple Home Compatible

Working well with my switchbot "finger" to control my "dumb" AC. I also bought the Pro Thermostat that comes with an outdoor thermostat. I use this as a hub only and have the Pro mounted on the wall in my bedroom. Now I can control my central AC to turn on/off based on the temperature in my bedroom which has really helped me sleep more comfortably at night. The "outdoor" thermostat sits on top of my central AC control unit so I can monitor the reading from the central AC right from my bedroom. I originally set it up to read from the Hub 2 which is mounted in the living room during the day and from the Pro thermometer in my bedroom at night which sometimes caused issues when it switched between them. But the routine itself worked. We are renters and did not have the option to simply install a smart thermostat like the Google Nest. This isn't the cheapest thing to set up, but it solved a huge problem for us and deserves 5 stars. We have a 1 bedroom apartment, so in hindsight, we probably could have just bought the Hub 2 and the switch bot and saved some money, but I am satisfied with our purchases and feel like the Pro smart thermostat and outdoor weather sensor were very good value. It also looks great on our wall without the wires the Hub 2 needs. Software wise, I have a separate 2.4 GHz network set up in my home so it was very easy to get the Hub up and running. This is essential FYI! For best results, keep your phone on the 2.4 GHz wifi network during set up. After set up is complete, it doesn't matter which wifi network your phone is on. The scheduling works well and I can easily enable and disable my routines in the Switchbot app. It was also very easy to share access with my partner using a QR code (if I remember correctly). She was able to make her own account so we don't need to share passwords. It is also compatible with Google home which was easy to get working with it as well. I tried creating routines in Google home, and while they work, I felt the switch bot app allowed for more fine tuning and it can read the temperature up to a tenth of a degree which Google home cannot do. In Google home, you are limited to whole degrees. I was waiting to own it for a while before writing a review, and the Hub 2 has worked flawlessly since day 1 with no down time. Just make sure to update the firmware immediately.

Been using the SwitchBot Hub2 for a few weeks now, and overall, it’s honestly pretty great. i’ve got it linked with my smart curtains and blinds, so yeah, my mornings are kind of bougie now. the curtains open, and boom, sunshine while I wake up. love how easy it was to set up, but l wish it had ethernet support. Wi-Fi’s fine most of the time, but when the connection gets wobbly, the hub gets cranky.

Installed Jan 6, 2024 - I bought this Switchbot Hub 2 primary as an IR blaster to control an electric fireplace and an older Samsung TV in my bedroom to use my iPhone as the remote. Short story - works well, good app. Bonus: There are 2 physical buttons on the front you can use to trigger devices/scenes. Longer story for enthusiasts: Based on reviews of competing products, I am happy I chose this one, easily worth the extra money. Using the native hub automation you can use the built in temp sensor and set a threshold and corresponding action. Ultimately I plan to do automation via HomeKit but assumed it would take some time before matter functionality worked. So for the short term, using Switchbot hub2 as the automation engine is simple and intuitive. Also the app works with Apple shortcuts on IOS. Widget sort of works, only scenes (switchbot scenes) show up so far, not devices. These are native switchbot devices/scenes, not to be confused with Apple home. Apple HomeKit and Matter- I have done no research on matter, I keep hearing it is coming. I don’t care to promote or consult on it, I’ll use it when it’s ready. That said, I am pretty impressed so far: Upon pairing with HomeKit (read the included directions, they are far better than average) the temp and humidity icons show up immediately in the IOS Home app. Matter seems to be working. It takes a very long time for IR devices to show up in the IOS Home app. Several hours. I have fairly old Apple TV series 4, this could be why it takes a while? Again, it’s worth reading the instructions. Far superior than typical instructions from other device manufacturers. I am pleasantly surprised by this device. I never heard of them before yesterday!

Update: Company was quick to reach out and send a replacement unit. So far everything has worked flawlessly and connection issues seem to have been resolved. The downside to a mini split is that a normal "smart" thermostat does not work with it, and there is no real scheduling options. Not only does this device allow control of the AC from your home automation system (Alexa, Google Home), but it also allows you to set up profiles and themes to control it to warm up before you climb out of bed, drop temperatures when you leave for the day, and again cool or heat your house prior to arriving home again. It has been running flawlessly now for about 2 months, was easy to set up, and perfect for remote operation or monitoring. UPDATE: After running for several months now, this unit seems to have issues maintaining a wifi connection (and disconnected "remote" no longer works). Wifi disconnects a minimum of 2 times per day, often throwing off the heat schedule (ie: it is cold when we get home from work), rebooting often results in bot being able to connect to ANY wifi network. My desire to recommend this is quickly waining!

I bought the hub with 4 sensors. Setup was pretty straight forward. Hub integrated easily onto my Wifi network and Alexa environment. I have one sensor in my pump house with an alarm when the temperature drops near freezing. A second is inside a freezer watching for temperatures above 10 degrees. This sensor does not update very often, I think the Bluetooth signal has a hard time getting out. However all I need to do is open it and I have the history of it's performance. The third sensor is inside my small wood drying kiln I use for bowl blank. Here the humidity sensor is very useful. The 4th is inside my workshop so I know what issues I will face with glues and finishes. There are issues with the speed of the updates, probably caused by the distance from the hub, but the data is updated eventually. However the fact that each sensor records readings about every 2 seconds and stores those results helps remediate the slow updates. The data is there. Like I said it fulfills my needs. The app is well designed, robust, and provides a good set of tools to review this recorded data. All in all I would recommend this to anyone who doesn't need instantaneous temperature reading and alarms.

1 Star shared between Switch-Bot and Amazon for the kludge this device represents when you consider "smart devices" of today's standard. First off, SHAME on Amazon for stating it "works with Alexa" and linking the devices necessary - in my case, I wanted SwitchBot Curtain 3 Rod as it was advertised to work with Alexa. Amazon provided a purchase together option would work with my Echo devices.... the Curtain 3 Rod and this Hub 2. I get them both and immediately plug them in to their charger (one; not two for two devices as you'd expect, which extended charging time). So, while that's happening, I'm following along with the directions and download their app, create the app account and sync it with a separate sign-in with Switch-Bot.com. Meanwhile, Alexa saw the device and starts an install process syncing with Matter - which I hadn't had on my phone, before. No sweat, but okay. But, Alexa wants me to put the Hub in a pairing mode for her Echo devices to find this Hub - "follow the manufacturer's instructions on how to put the hub into pairing mode." There in lies, a problem... Meanwhile in the hub install and configuration process, to get it to work with Alexa: On top of the SwitchBot app, I'm told I need Matter and a GOOGLE NEST HUB!?!?!?!?! Uhm.... Amazon, Switch-Bot, Anybody? To get Alexa to work with the Hub that I need to control the Curtain 3 Rod, I need to setup an entirely different home automation system - and a competitor of Alexa+'s to which there was NO mention in reviews, sales brochure stuff or in the linked equipment to make the claim "it works with Alexa" true????? Ergo, my "kludge" comment from the very beginning. Look Amazon, for something to truly "work with Alexa", two apps should be the max and just the devices' platform and the Alexa platform - if that is not the case, at lease sell me the additional platform's equipment so I truly see the total cost and complication of getting what should be a straight forward process, like all the other numerous Alexa compliant devices. Not pleased, at all.

There's was a lot of buzz last year about the HomeKit compatible infrared blaster the Nature Remo Nano. It looks like a great product but unfortunately it is only for the Japanese market. The Switchbot Hub 2, however, beat it to the American market! And I have to say it's great! The update to change the IR blaster over to Matter was seamless and easy. The blaster works like a charm too! If there is anything to nit-pick about, I'd say that the Switchbot's phone app simply doesn't have very many pre-programmed templates to control various devices. Not that they are necessary. The Switchbot's ability to learn IR codes and button from current remote controls is fantastic and easy. As long as you have the remote, Switchbot can learn it! For all the devices I wanted to control, I ended up just creating my own templates using the "Others" category under "IR Appliances". Works great! A note note Apple TV users. Although Switchbot support will tell you it's impossible to control an Apple TV with Switchbot, that's just not true. It controls it fine. ALL Apple TVs can be controlled using IR signals from IR remote controls. You don't even have to mess with settings in the Apple TV. It just works out of the box. The hurdle to overcome, however, is to get a IR remote control for the Apple TV. Only a bluetooth remote comes with the Apple TV 4 and later, not an IR remote. Apple TVs gen 1-3 had IR remotes. You can still buy these older model remotes and Switchbot can learn them just fine, but the gen 4 and later Apple TVs added a new Home button which is not on the older remotes. The new Home button is how you put the Apple TV 4s and later to sleep. Luckily, there are many cheap ($10) 3rd party IR remote controls for the Apple TV 4 and later that have the new Home button. Just buy one of those, and you can use it to teach Switchbot how to control your Apple TV. Switchbot uses Siri Shortcuts to allow Siri to control an Apple TV. Would be nice if it had built in support for Siri, but using Siri Shortcuts works fine. Amazon's Alexa voice assistant can also control the Apple TV with Switchbot. So best of both worlds! I highly recommend Switchbot if you want to use it with Apple's HomeKit. It's not like we have much of a choice in any case. As far as I could tell, Switchbot is currently the ONLY smart home IR blaster in the American market that is compatible with HomeKit. But at least you know it works, and works well! :)

I got the hub specifically to control a mini split with geofencing. The hub was simple to install I have several different kinds of products that have geofencing options, but they are hit-and-miss at best. The geofencing with the SwitchBot Hub 2 has never failed. I will switch other products that are compatible away from other hubs to the SwitchBot. Highly recommend.

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Dopo aver costruito un piccolo ecosistema SwitchBot in casa, il passo successivo era inevitabile: aggiungere il SwitchBot Hub 2. E devo dire che questo dispositivo ha superato ogni aspettativa. È davvero il “centro di controllo” ideale per chi vuole una casa smart semplice da gestire, affidabile e ricca di automazioni intelligenti. La prima cosa che colpisce è il design: moderno, pulito, elegante. Non è il classico hub da nascondere dietro un mobile. Anzi, grazie al display integrato che mostra temperatura e umidità, diventa un oggetto utile e gradevole da tenere in vista. I materiali sono solidi e ben rifiniti, come da tradizione SwitchBot. Il termometro e igrometro WiFi sono sorprendentemente precisi. Ho confrontato i valori con altri strumenti che possiedo e la lettura è sempre coerente. È comodissimo avere tutto sotto controllo anche da remoto, soprattutto quando si vuole monitorare la casa mentre si è fuori o si desidera automatizzare climatizzatori, deumidificatori o riscaldamento. Uno dei punti forti è il telecomando IR integrato. In pochi minuti ho aggiunto TV, condizionatore e altri dispositivi tradizionali, trasformandoli di fatto in apparecchi smart controllabili da app, Alexa o Google Assistant. È incredibile quanto sia comodo poter accendere il climatizzatore mentre sto rientrando a casa o spegnere la TV senza cercare il telecomando. La configurazione è stata semplicissima. Collegamento alla rete Wi-Fi 2,4 GHz immediato, riconoscimento dei dispositivi SwitchBot istantaneo e integrazione perfetta con gli assistenti vocali. Tutto funziona al primo colpo, senza intoppi o procedure complicate. Dal punto di vista dell’affidabilità, nulla da dire: stabile, reattivo e sempre connesso. Le automazioni partono puntuali, le notifiche arrivano senza ritardi e il controllo remoto è impeccabile. È evidente che SwitchBot ha lavorato molto sulla stabilità del sistema. In definitiva, il SwitchBot Hub 2 è un dispositivo che fa davvero la differenza. Non è solo un hub: è un termometro preciso, un igrometro affidabile, un telecomando universale smart e un ponte fondamentale per rendere tutta la casa più intelligente. Dopo averlo provato, non posso che consigliarlo. È diventato il centro nevralgico della mia smart home e, onestamente, non potrei più farne a meno.

Warum habe ich den SwitchBot Hub 2 gekauft? Ich habe den SwitchBot Hub 2 gekauft, um die Hygrometer über Matter in mein SmartHome zu integrieren. Dies funktionierte ausgezeichnet. Sowohl der Hub 2 als auch die Hygrometer lassen sich über die App manuell in die Apple Home App über Matter einbinden. Integration und Kompatibilität Die Integration war einfach und unkompliziert, was besonders angenehm war. Es gibt jedoch eine Einschränkung, die man beachten sollte: Die Anzahl der Geräte, die man über Matter in die Home App einbinden kann, ist begrenzt. Das bedeutet, dass obwohl das Thermometer und das Hygrometer physisch ein Gerät sind, sie jeweils als separates Gerät zählen. Wenn du also viele dieser Geräte für verschiedene Anwendungen, wie das Messen der Feuchtigkeit in mehreren Gläsern, verwenden möchtest, stößt du schnell an die Grenzen der möglichen Verbindungen. Integrierte IR-Fernbedienung Ein weiteres Highlight des SwitchBot Hub 2 ist die integrierte IR-Fernbedienung. Diese ermöglicht es, IR-Geräte wie Fernseher und Receiver über die App zu steuern. Es ist sogar möglich, Routinen zu erstellen, was diese Funktion noch praktischer macht. Die Nutzung der IR-Fernbedienung hat meinen Alltag wirklich erleichtert und ist eine feine Ergänzung zu meinem SmartHome. Zusätzliche Hygro- und Thermometer-Funktion Der Hub 2 verfügt zudem über ein eingebautes Hygrometer und Thermometer, was eine nette Zusatzfunktion ist. Diese zählen allerdings auch als separate Geräte, wenn sie mit Matter verbunden werden. Das sollte man bei der Planung und Einbindung seiner SmartHome-Geräte im Hinterkopf behalten. Fazit Der SwitchBot Hub 2 ist ein vielseitiges und funktionales Gerät, das die Integration von Hygrometern in ein SmartHome-System ermöglicht. Die einfache Einbindung über Matter und die praktische IR-Fernbedienung machen ihn zu einer wertvollen Ergänzung für jedes SmartHome. Die begrenzte Anzahl an möglichen Gerätverbindungen ist der einzige Minuspunkt, den man bei der Nutzung beachten sollte. Ansonsten überzeugt der Hub 2 durch seine Vielseitigkeit und praktischen Funktionen. Im Übrigen kann man die Entwicklung von Temperatur und Luftfeuchtigkeit über nützliche Diagramme auswerten. Hier ist ein Highlight die Angabe des VPD-Wertes, der für viele seit dem 1.4.2024 eine nützliche Funktion darstellt. ;-) Ich hoffe du findest meine persönlichen Impressionen nützlich.