AUTOMATE SHADES

2.5
142 reviews
10K+
Downloads
Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

The Automate hub and App has been re-designed to embrace the architecture of a home and provide effortless control of Automate motorized shades. Easily operate or Personalize the daily routine of shades; organising them by room, grouping them by scenes and automating them with timers. Unlock the convenience of smart shade operation, with the Automate app.

The new Automate App not only allows you to activate, adjust and automatically position your shades but does so through One Tap on the Shade Tiles. One Tap to close, One Tap to open and One Tap to activate and stop scenes. A double tap stops a shade’s operation, and a single long press opens a dedicated shade control screen giving you access to more customized settings. White tiles indicate the shade is open or partially open and a grey tile indicates the shade is closed.
Quickly view the Health Status of all your shades. A summary screen displays the battery levels of all your shades along with signal strength indicators, prompting necessary action to either charge your motors or troubleshoot connections.

Automate App lets you create an automation routine, and once setup, autonomously raises and lowers your smart shades at the optimal time, so your home’s climate is always at its best.

The Automate app has been designed to make controlling your shades easier than ever with a long list of features and control options!

MOTOR TYPES
The Hub supports a variety of shade types including: Roller Shades, Romans, Awnings, Drapery, Venetians, Cellular, Skylights, Large Outdoor Shades.

LIVE FEEDBACK VIA ARC
ARC technology enables live communication between your Hub and Automate shades, so you always know what position your shades are in, as well as the battery percentage of your motor. Quickly check shade information within the app or ask Siri to check for you!

SUNRISE AND SUNSET DETECTION
Utilizing your home’s time zone and location, the Hub can automatically raise or lower your Automate shades according to the position of the sun. Set a ‘Morning’ scene and watch all your shades promptly rise when you start your day, or create an “Evening” scene that will dynamically alter based on the sunset in your location.

SCENES
Personalize shade control and organise how your shades operate by specific daily events or scenes automatically at the optimal time. Creating a scene for your entire home can be completed effortlessly with a Scene capture button.

SHADE HEALTH
Check the health of your motorized shades at a glance with Battery level and Signal strength icons on your device tiles.

COMPLETE CONTROL HOME AND AWAY
If you have multiple locations like a home, office, or vacation home, simply switch between them for independent control. Always be in charge of your privacy and security! Enjoy your time away from home without having to stress about your shades, the Automate app allows you to remotely access your shades, know their position and operate them as you would if you were home.

SMART INTEGRATIONS
We’re all about convenience, so we’ve partnered with all the latest smart home assistants to deliver the most convenient shade control options. Intuitively operate your Automate shades with simple voice commands through Amazon Alexa, IFTTT, SmartThings, and Google Assistant.
Updated on
Sep 15, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
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This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info, and App activity
Data is encrypted in transit
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Ratings and reviews

2.4
136 reviews
Michael Matthews
June 7, 2020
Once I realized my pixel 3 couldn't set up the pulse 2, switched to my pixel 2 and it worked. It is working fine on all phones, with rf remotes, and with schedules. Sunset is calculated incorrectly, but an offset in minutes fixes that (yet to see if daylight savings works). Using with Google assistant works reliably, but commands aren't obvious. Pairing with a remote after pairing with the pulse erases the pulse connection, but reverse works. No way to adjust motor speed with this app
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RolleaseAcmeda
September 18, 2022
Hi Michael- Can you please reach out to us to ensure you are not having any further issues? Pairing to remote should not delete anything from the app and we want to understand what may be happening. Thank you. e: UStechsupport@rolleaseacmeda.com p: 203-590-5318
Adam Smith
April 13, 2024
What a piece of junk. First off it doesn't use USB-C for it's power supply, which was the first red flag. To top it off, it only runs off of 2.4 GHz networks.. who doesn't create tech that can connect to 5 GHz connections nowadays?!? We solely bought smart blinds to put a schedule on it and now we can't even use it after spending a lot of money on the blinds. What 🗑️ this is. If I have to call a service rep to fix my issue, then your product is already a failure. Stay away from Automate Pulse!!
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RolleaseAcmeda
April 22, 2024
Hi Adam, 2.4GHz is still commonly used in home systems as the coverage is further and reliable. If your blinds are not operating on schedule, this may be a setting that was set incorrectly within your app. We’d like to understand more to assist you in remedying your scenes & timers. Email: ustechsupport@rolleaseacmeda.com Phone: 203-590-5318
Daniel
January 15, 2021
I did believe this was the worst app and hub device. Nothing was working. Even with the help of tech support, we still got nowhere. However, after a period of latency I was able to get fhe hub to work (so far - 2 months in - it is still working). There are issues with this hub as it appears I'm not the only one who has had problems pairing. But, the technical support staff is there and ready, and willing to help, and they are quite sedulous. The developers should take notes from them.
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RolleaseAcmeda
April 21, 2021
Hi Daniel- We have made quite a few improvements since your updated review and was hoping to ensure your system is working as expected. If not, can you please reach out to us so we can provide support in getting it working? 203-590-5318 ustechsupport@rolleaseacmeda.com

What’s new

- Updated to Target SDK 35 (compileSDK and buildTools upgraded as well) for compliance with the latest Android requirements.
- Fixed an issue where a curtain device could display an error state incorrectly.
- Fixed a bug where a device timer set to 100% did not behave as expected.