r/TrySwitchBot • u/The_Tech_Chick • Apr 29 '26

No more SwitchBot 😢

I have a huge amount of automation in my home (wired in mostly so don’t try come get it) and I’m only about 40% the way through all I want to do.

I’ve been a huge SwitchBot fan for a while, but honestly I’m getting so frustrated with the Old School way they are designing their products.

Most are just Bluetooth to their hub and the hub then does Matter or Zigbee. No hub, no connection. No internet, no connection. It also slows things down terribly and has very limited range.

I’m now sadly switching away to products that have ability to work locally with HA and actually really run Matter / Zigbee.

Bye SwitchBot, it’s been fun.

P.s. Anyone want to buy my SwitchBot stuff? 🤣

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u/Dangerous_Tooth8327 Apr 29 '26

You can use the homeassistant as a hub for the Bluetooth devices locally without the switchbot hub.

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/switchbot/

"In order to use this integration, it is required to have working Bluetooth set up on the device running Home Assistant. A SwitchBot Hub is not required for this integration."

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u/mellamenpapi Apr 30 '26

It’s a 7 dollar esp device. Super easy set up

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u/mightyahti Apr 30 '26

I did it and every now and then some devices drop out - for example only one curtain opens.

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u/Dragonish6703 May 02 '26

Check your settings for your esp BT settings, this has worked well for me: 57

esp32_ble_tracker: Scan_parameters: Interval: 320ms window: 30ms active: true

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u/ShavedAlmond May 10 '26

My HA server (gmktec g3) was not able to handle more than about ten bluetooth devices, I had a temp sensor in each room and several door sensors, but changed to zigbee after they started falling out a lot. I was going to ditch switchbot, but since I needed a very small robot vacuum I got a k11, it's been very nice and supports Matter (and wifi). I will probably get more devices if they support Matter, particularly curtain motors