MATTER Smart Blinds on a Budget! The ZemiSmart Roller Shade Motor, with Matter

ZemiSmart has slowly been getting itself ready with Matter devices, of which this is one of the first, and possibly the first Matter-enabled smart blinds on the market. The motor uses Matter over WiFi, so no Thread connectivity unfortunately, but this motor allows those on a budget to get smart blinds in their home without even having to replace their existing blinds. Sound good? Watch for more...

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Timestamps:
0:00 intro
0:11 Overview
0:43 Specifications
1:08 What's in the box?
1:36 A closer look
2:27 Adding the blinds to HomeKit
3:10 The importance of the remote control
4:11 Matter & multiple ecosystems - does it work?
5:22 Pros vs Cons
6:45 Outro

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[DescomplicandoTech]

Great video!!!

I'm using this motor as well around here and the experience was great so far (connected to HomeKit, Google Home and Home Assistant with the Matter plugin).

Regarding Alexa, even though they support Matter, it's limited to lights, switches, outlets and motions sensors. They still lack support for Hubs, Shades, TVs and other devices, that's why I think it was failing for you to work on their platform (it failed for me too).

[senthilrajanr]

Hi, I could not find the link for the more powerful motor. I have a 6.5 feet patio blind and I need more powerful motor. I searched everywhere but I couldn’t find. Please help. Thanks

[dimplamen]

How wide is the "control panel" - the bit that houses the micro usb connector? Knowing the usb port dimensions and judging form that, seems to be around 5mm, but for some reason I can't find any schematics anywhere.

[RamonBalthazar]

Thank for the video!
One question: How loud is it?

[richardmay]

Hi where did you get a blind for this I am really struggling to find a 38mm diameter roller blind in the UK?

[RandyBertrand]

Can you set up multiple shades to work in unison off the same remote? We are building a new home that will have a wall of windows too high to block the sun. I thought the ZemiSmart roller shade that includes the solar charge would work nicely.

[PedroZabala]

Can the blinds still be opened and closed manually after they are setup with the motor inside and will it know how much they have been moved up or down?

[dotruongq]

Hi, will it fit a 34 inch width blind? I see it said the length of the motor only 14 inches so im not sure how it can be mounted to fit the blind. Also do you know where to buy the blind + tube that fits it?

Thank you !

[macvideo]

How did you to add this into Smartthings? My ST Hub is not able to recognizes it (it is a v3 hub with latest firmware).

[TheEatyoChannel]

Would this wire to one of the solar panels that zemismart sell for their other motors?

[lukits]

Do you know how to change the motor direction using the remote?

The tuya versions needed the app to change the direction, can't figure out how to set the motor direction with this Matter version.

[Carliv_Sot]

Hi! Great review!, i was wondering how matter would handle the multi-platform side of things😮, do you think this motor is capable to lift a 60in wide and 83in tall zebra blind 🙈?

[AlexWillis-dq]

I live in the UK.. where do i order roller blinds to suit fit these too?

[wilsonvalderrama]

This a the most affordable blinds ill try it out. Thanks for the review, you find good products and idk why you do have more coments and vids. Keep the good work.

Edit: can it be extended ( width ) or is it just one size?

[CampfireCrucifix]

This sucks that you can't get a 12v version with zigbee of this. I have 12v prewired to all my windows and this being usb based the only work around I can see is hooking the 12v line to a 5v buck converter.

[arthur]

so wait wait... this matter box just hangs like this?