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), Compatible with Alexa&Google Assistant

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There are a great many reasons why you may want to have a SwitchBot hub, mine are simplistic, but I researched enough of what the device can and cannot do before buying it to use in my home automation. First, although I gave it 5 out of 5, it does lack something important making it really a 4/5. The device is only capable of controlling IR (infrared remote controlled) devices. It cannot use RF (radio frequency) remote signals at all. This means the majority of older ceiling fan and LED lighting fixtures are not going to be something you could connect to the hub and use your voice assistant to control, turning them on, off, changing speed or brightness, etc. On the other hand, it connects very easily to the SwitchBot indoor/outdoor temperature and humidity sensors, which is primarily why I bought the hub so as to know either by asking my voice assistant or looking at the SwitchBot App on my phone to see the current real time temperatures of where the sensors are located inside and outside of my home. By assigning different names to each sensor (based on its location) I could easily ask: “Alexa (or Hey Google as I tried it on both systems) what is the temperature of The Outside?” And it would give me a reply of the temperature. The hub also once set up with a SwitchBot account can keep your temperature and humidity readings in their cloud based storage if you wish to maintain some form of record over time as how the temperatures change. The hub itself shows you (when the display is on) the current temperature and humidity it is sensing. You can choose metric or imperial notation and I found that the range was excellent from where the hub is located in the center of the main floor to all of the sensors: upstairs, basement, deck and outside our front door. The furthest sensor is approximately 25 feet from the hub but every sensor sends their data in real time to the phone when the app comes up and I wish to see the readings. One thing you may wish to know is when attempting to upload the saved data from the sensors to your phone, they use bluetooth to send the signals to your phone, They do not appear to send them to the hub then to your phone and thus I found that if I was too from from a sensor, I could not download its data to see a graph of the values over time. Moving my phone closer (within 12-15 feet) solved this issue. Even though the hub was beside me within a few feet, it was the phone ‘talking’ directly with the sensor that was the issue. The hub is what you connect to your existing wifi network. Another example of seamless operation is that I have 3 wifi networks in my home, and after setting up the SwitchBot hub 2 on one, and linking it to my Alexa account, it was un-linked from Alexa, and reconfigured to another network then linked to a Google Home account in a minute. After assigning the sensors to the Google home rooms, it was as if it was always there, ask the same voice command “Hey Google what is the temperature of The Outside” and it answers immediately. This is an extremely versatile device and robust in its design and functionality. I would recommend it for the situation I had to anyone interested in using it for their own home automation system. Just remember that it does not support RF controlled devices, but SwitchBot has numerous devices that connect to it for use in your home and for home automation applications.

Funciona muy bien. En apple HomeKit hace lo básico, pero se batalla para agregarlo y se desconecta con frecuencia.

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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.