The SwitchBot bridge with a temperature display and Matter, so devices reach Apple Home.
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The Hub 2 is the SwitchBot bridge to buy if you use Apple Home, because it adds Matter bridging that the Hub Mini does not have. That single feature puts SwitchBot curtain motors, locks and bots into Apple Home, Alexa and Google as proper devices rather than leaving them stranded in one app. It also carries a temperature and humidity sensor behind a small display, which is more useful in a UAE home than it sounds: an accurate indoor reading is what lets an AC automation trigger on actual room conditions rather than a guessed clock time. Infrared is still here, so it learns split AC and TV remotes the way the Mini does, and two physical buttons on the front run scenes without a phone. It mounts flat on a wall with the supplied plate, which is the sensible position for both the sensor reading and the infrared line of sight. It remains a bridge rather than a full local controller: SwitchBot's automation logic depends on their cloud, so a long internet outage takes remote features with it. For a household on Apple Home wanting SwitchBot hardware to behave like everything else, this is the right model.
Puts SwitchBot curtains and locks into Apple Home through Matter
Shows real room temperature and humidity on the wall
Replaces AC and TV remotes with schedules and scenesTwo buttons run scenes without touching a phoneModel Hub 2
| Role | Bridges SwitchBot Bluetooth devices, Matter bridge to other platforms |
| Protocols | Wi-Fi 2.4GHz, Bluetooth, infrared, Matter |
| Display | Temperature and humidity readout on the front |
| Infrared | Learns split AC, TV and AV remotes |
| Automation | Schedules and remote access via the SwitchBot cloud |
| Physical control | Two scene buttons on the face |
| Power | USB-C, mains adapter |
| Works with | Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, Matter, SwitchBot app |
SwitchBot Hub 2USB-C cablePower adapterWall mounting plateThe temperature sensor is the part worth planning around in Dubai. Mount it on an internal wall away from a direct AC draught and away from west-facing glass, otherwise the reading swings and any automation built on it swings with it. Mounted correctly, it gives you a genuine room temperature to trigger AC schedules from, which beats running the unit on a fixed timer through a summer where outdoor conditions change the load hour by hour. Infrared still needs line of sight to the AC, so plan the mounting position around the indoor unit. Remote access and schedules depend on the SwitchBot cloud, so a household that wants automations running through an outage should keep its lighting and curtains on a local Zigbee hub.
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