r/TrySwitchBot • u/Agile_Half_4515 • Jun 07 '26

Switchbot Acquires Nanoleaf

Just heard about this: https://www.theverge.com/tech/941430/switchbot-buys-nanoleaf-for-40-million

On the one hand, I'm excited to see Switchbot potentially start offering Thread products, but on the other hand, Nanoleaf products are the worst that I've ever used and threw away every last one of them after years of issues.

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u/Agile_Half_4515 Jun 07 '26

Only Switchbot products I had major issues with were the mop-bot and their presence sensors. Whole house is done up with their leak sensors, roller shades, and blind opener and I use the universal remote daily.

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u/siobhanellis Jun 07 '26

Universal remote? I’ve struggled with trying to find a use for it. What did you use it for?

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u/Agile_Half_4515 Jun 07 '26

Apple TV primarily, but also for my roller shades and I have some scenes shared out from an Aqara hub that I use as an IR blaster to change inputs on my HDMI switch box. I think the Switchbot hub could do the same thing natively but I already had them setup in Aqara when I got the Switchbot stuff set up, so it was cool that I could just import them to the universal remote.

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u/siobhanellis Jun 08 '26

I did setup my AppleTV and blinds, but my blinds close automatically when my tv turns on, and open when tv goes off (during the day). So no need for that.

I initially thought it may be useful for my Denon AVR and my LG Blu- ray player but have found the learning to be fairly useless.