Go Smart Bridge Home Automation Hub for Motorized Blinds Compatible with Alexa, Google Home, IFTTT, Control4, Siri; Remote, App & Voice Control

Setup was super easy, and didn’t have any issues connecting this to WiFi. Took less than 10 minutes to pair 8 motorized blinds.

I'm using this to control several Somfy shades, and it seems to be working well. Initially during setup, it kept dropping wifi, but after a few attempts, it worked and hasn't dropped since.One significant drawback of Alexa and Google control is that there is no stop option to stop the shades part way down and no way to use the memory preset position. The App does allow these things, but it doesn't carry to Alexa.

At a previous residence I used an earlier version of this device to control motorized shear shades. It worked flawlessly for 5 years. The old shades and controller remained with the house. I bought the same type of shades for the new house and, given my past experience, bought this device again. It has excellent range. I tucked it away in my WiFi closet and have no trouble controlling the shades which are disbursed throughout the house. The Neo Smart Blinds app is a breeze to use. The setup instructions are excellent. Scheduling automated events is simple and intuitive.Note: I bought my blinds from Select Blinds. They sell a controller called the SelectConnect Bridge. I ended up returning that device due to limited control range and an App that failed to provide the scheduled automation I needed.

I've been looking for a way to convert my blindster.com "dumb" motorized blinds to smart blinds for a while now to no avail. I've tried the broadlink (doesn't work, don't waste your time), and explored a few other options without success (bond bridge, etc).The Go Smart Bridge arrived yesterday and I couldn't wait to give it a shot. I plugged it in, connected to wifi, went through the setup in the neo smart blinds app to add one of my blindster blinds and it worked!I then added all 8 of the motorized cellular blindster.com blinds around my house, and quite to my surprise the Go Smart Bridge is able to control all of them from one central location in my house, for blinds on all 3 levels of the house!Now I can finally live that dream I've had since I was a kid, "hey Google, let's watch a movie." *Turns off lights, turns on projector, closes blinds*This device is a bit spendy, but it's FAR cheaper to get blindster blinds and pair them with this hub than getting true smart blinds. If you have blindster motorized blinds you will love being able to control them from your phone, or on a schedule (I've always wanted my shades to open as an alarm clock in the morning!), or using your favorite voice assistant. Woohoo!

This product performance is superior than Smith and Noble’s Controller. First off if you have Smith and Noble blind and want to automate them. Do not by Smith and Noble’s controller. With Smith and Nobles controller some blinds will open and some will not the same thing when you have the blinds set to close say at night. Some blind will close some will not. Smith and Noble was saying it is the signal in my house. Maybe true maybe not.Well this Neo’s controller is so far flawless and its performance has been outstanding. Opening and closing at the scheduled times it also has sunrise and sunset, which Smith and Noble does not have. You would have to program it through Alex in order to get that functionality. I had Neo once before, but upgraded my blinds and at the time Neo did not support Bidirectional signals and now they do!Neo made my year with their upgraded controller.

This is one of those reviews I just hate doing. To start things off, this is no cheap toy. For the price of this smart controller, I would really expect it to be as close to plug and play as possible. Unfortunately it is a far cry from that in my case. Having recently purchased several smart blinds, with their own ability to link to other controllers and be used via Alexa, I thought this controller would be perfect for creating scenes and having more control over the devices. After setting up the controller, I followed the directions on linking a new blind with no results. Tried numerous times, with the same results. As my whole career field revolves around IoT and how they operate, I don't feel completely ignorant when dealing with them, so reluctantly I reached out to the support team to find a solution. Informing them of the model of the blinds as well as the controller I purchased. I was returned an email a few days later asking several troubleshooting steps, is the controller near the device? When and where I bought my blinds? Try different remote models in the app (similar models) to try and pair. We eventually reached the point of asking me if I knew where they shipped from. I'm no the expert here, but the questions honestly didn't seem that focused. Every step felt like another shot in the dark, as opposed to troubleshooting down a solution. At the end of the day I was told that it's assumed to be a protocol issue, in which case, I should've just saved myself $150 off the cost, and bought the specific manufacturers controller/hub.In terms of the app use and integration, it for the most part works. However, if your blinds fail to pair, it will give the option to re-send the signal but never does, the button doesn't activate. I'll assume that Alexa integration would work, but I can't speak to this as I never made it that far.My overall review of this product would be, buy with caution. If you know without a doubt that your blinds will pair, you should be good. Otherwise, seek a more specific (stick to your same brand) and likely cheaper paring option. 1 out of 5. Very saddened by this one being labeled as offering "vast" compatibility.