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

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.

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! :)

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!

Excellent, easy to use remote temperature gauge, enabled me to monitor the temperature in our northern home while in Florida for the Winter, over wifi/internet.

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.

works great for the price a little involved in connecting and resetting temp from C to F but with the help of AI works great and connects to Alexa with one button push i like it!

This product is really perplexing. I bought it to connect two Switchbot button pusher devices to WiFi so I could control them while is was on vacation. The Hub 2 connected to WiFi flawlessly and could communicate through the app. But it wouldn't connect to my Switchbot devices. I tried over and over again to "Enable Cloud Services" on the app (this is the term Switchbot uses to describe connecting a device to the Hub). Each time I'd get a message saying the device wasn't close enough to the hub, even though the devices were right next to the Hub. I tried updating the Hub firmware but no help. Finally after about an hour the first device suddenly connected. It was the same frustrating process with the second device. But after they were both connected I could control the Switchbot devices through the app via WiFi. The devices could flip and unflip a switch on an unmanned industrial machine that goes offline sometimes. When I was on vacation the machine went offline. I tried to activate the Switchbot button pusher devices but both had disconnected from the Hub. I couldn't get them to reconnect. I had to pay an employee to go to the location and flip the switch. I thought maybe the Switchbot batteries had run out but when I went to the location both devices worked perfectly via Bluetooth. They just wouldn't connect or stay connected to the WiFi Hub 2. It's tricky to make a device connect via Bluetooth to random phones, but these devices do that flawlessly. It's also tricky to make a device that connects to random WiFi routers but the Hub 2 does that flawlessly. The easy part should be making devices that can connect TO EACH OTHER but the Switchbot devices can't do that reliably. This makes the Hub 2 useless. What's the point of Switchbot automation if it only operates through Bluetooth? If I'm in Bluetooth range I can flip a switch myself.

【購入のきっかけ】 夏の猛暑対策として、外出先からエアコンを遠隔操作するために購入しました。 これまでは出かける前にエアコンの入タイマーをかけていましたが、帰宅が予定より早いと部屋が蒸し風呂状態、逆に遅くなると昨今の電気代高騰もあって強い罪悪感に駆られていました。昨年から気になっていたのですが、今年も早々に暑くなってきたため、ついに導入を決意しました。 ​【良かった点】 ​驚くほど簡単なセットアップ（約15分）： 初期設定から家電の登録まで、すべて合わせて15分程度で終わりました。我が家ではAmazonのEcho Dot（エコードット）と接続し、エアコンだけでなく、照明、扇風機、テレビもまとめて連携させています。 ​外出先からの操作が快適すぎる： 帰る直前にスマホからスイッチオンするだけで、帰宅時には部屋がヒエヒエになっており大満足です。タイマーを気にするストレスが一切なくなりました。 ​温湿度計付きの安心感： 本体（ディスプレイ）に温湿度計がついているため、アプリ側からも現在の室温がリアルタイムで分かります。「本当にエアコンが効いているか」が視覚的に確認できるので、外出先でも非常に安心感があります。 ​【購入を検討している方へのプチアドバイス】 ​置き場所について： 赤外線で家電を操作するため、ハブ2から各家電（テレビやエアコンなど）への見通しが良い場所に設置するのがコツです。また、この製品は「給電ケーブル」に温湿度センサーが内蔵されている仕様なので、ケーブルを市販の短いものなどに変えてしまうと温湿度計機能が使えなくなる点だけ注意が必要です（付属のケーブルを使えば全く問題ありません）。 ​【総評】 もっと早く買えばよかったと思うほど、夏のQOL（生活の質）が爆上がりしました。アレサ（Echo Dot）との相性も抜群で、声での操作も快適です。電気代を節約しつつ、快適に夏を乗り切りたい方には全力でおすすめします！

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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.