Smart Shades

This isn’t a good app. There’s no precision control — even if you drag to a specific percent open, it will go to some nearby number but not what you asked. Matter support, which has been advertised for 6 months now, has no ETA. Support is slow and unhelpful. Instructions in the app are inaccurate. You have to fully reset your blinds to change the start and end points. The list goes on. This app does the bare minimum, but nothing else. I regret my purchase.

Easy to set up. Using my own Pi 4 as a Connect and that had no issues. I don’t use the app for scheduling (as I use HomeKit) but I have no complaints.

There are no words to express my frustration with this product. Nothing works right. I’ve spent hours fiddling and following instructions on their website. I work in the home automation field and can’t get things to work, I really don’t see a non technical individual using this product. What a shame

I also love the fact that there is a percentage now to indicate how open are the shades. Much easier to setup.

Easy to set up. Scheduling works really well. With my vertical blind system it gets out of alignment and needs recalibration. It would be nice to have just a simply open and close blind feature that isn’t on a photo but like a continuous open/close. Also a recalibration setting would be nice too rather than having delete all settings to recalibrate.

I have the Soma controllers on ten high windows in three groups. It is working well.

I’m lucky if it lasts 2 days without losing losing its link with Soma Connect

New units work great with Homekit. Automations and scenes work great! I see a lot of bad reviews 2 and 3 years ago, I guess all that was improved! Would recommend!!

The app opens and immediately crashes. Please fix.

Two years ago I ordered 12 devices “Soma Smart Shades” and I motorized all binds in my home. I was able to move the blinds individually up and down via smartphone or using voice commands via Siri. I created in “Homekit” automated patterns and different schedules for every room to make our life even more convenient. Everything worked perfectly as advertised until 2 weeks ago when 1 device was unresponsive. So I contacted the company and they went above and beyond in their efforts to help repair and replace it. They were fast responsive and quick to provide solutions. If I find a need for additional shades, I will always go to “Wazombi”. I got the devices, I install them and everything is working perfectly. Thanks again! I wrote a good review as a sign of my appreciation.