AUTOMATE SHADES

RolleaseAcmeda

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.

Ratings and reviews

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

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.

EDIT: So my hub was recalled for a fix, and when it came back, nothing was better. After an update last year, I am having issues with Timers and Scenes not really deleting/changing when you delete or change them. I reached out to customer service who basically told me I had to factory reset my device, which I did, but now it is worse. Customer service has basically abandoned me at this point, and it looks like I'm not the only one who hates this terrible app.

What’s new

- Hub transfer now available with notifications sent to both parties on acceptance or decline
- Location selector added to Shades, Rooms, Scenes, and Timers dashboards
- Improved stability and performance
- Notification inbox added
- Minor cosmetic updates to text input modals
- Loading indicator added when enabling or disabling timers
- Reverse awnings option added in device settings