Smart Shades 4+

Currently, app does “100% Closed” or “100% Open” and in between. That would be fine if actually was accurate, which it is not. The slippage adjustment simply doesn’t work. Would be happy if I could just manually open and close by simply pressing and holding up or down buttons like during calibration. Instead, I need to delete the module and go through calibration and setup each time I need to open or close my blinds.

I purchased 7 smart shades and was excited to use them with HomeKit. The setup with the app was a nightmare. Only 5 out of 7 of the blinds the next button wouldn’t appear during calibration. I tried with 3 devices (iOS air 2, iPhone 7 and iPhone Xs) all on iOS 12.1 and had the same problem. Next issue is the app does not allow you to recalibrate devices without deleting the device and re adding it. This is frustrating because one of my smart shades refuses to keep the calibration that I set and it unrolls the shades much further than I need which is causing them to bend. My third issue is only and issue if you intend to use their app and not homekit, if you add two devices to the same group there is no obvious way to control each independently. This wouldn’t be a big deal if we could move devices to their own groups without deleting them and re adding. I’ve never reviewed an app before but this experience was beyond frustrating especially after sinking so much money into the product. This has been out for over a year and still has so many glaring flaws. I will be using my smart shades solely with HomeKit and pray that I don’t run into any issues that require me to use the smart shades app.

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.