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Will SwitchBot Keep Working?

Alive

Made by OneRobotics · button pushers, curtain motors, locks, hubs and robot vacuums

88%
Odds it works through 2029

Last checked: October 13, 2026.

SwitchBot started with a small robot that presses your existing light switches and buttons. It now sells curtain and blind motors, locks, sensors, hubs and robot vacuums, and its hubs add Matter support to most of them.

CompanyOneRobotics (formerly SwitchBot), founded 2015 in Shenzhen, China, and listed in Hong Kong since December 2025
Sister brandNanoleaf, which OneRobotics agreed to buy in 2026
Matter supportYes, through the SwitchBot Hub 2 and Hub 3
Needs the cloud?Partly. Most devices talk Bluetooth to your phone or a hub. Remote control and voice assistants go through SwitchBot’s cloud
Subscription for basics?No
FinancesProfitable in the first half of 2025, after a loss the year before
How long devices get supportWe have not found a SwitchBot device that was switched off. SwitchBot does not publish end-of-support dates.

Why 88%

  • Starting point86%An established mid-size company, listed in Hong Kong and profitable.
  • Track record0No history of shutting down SwitchBot devices.
  • Works without the cloud+2Bluetooth control works without the internet, and a hub can share most devices over Matter.
  • Our estimate88%

The good news: SwitchBot is profitable, raised about $206 million when it listed in Hong Kong at the end of 2025, and keeps growing. Its Bluetooth devices work straight from your phone, and a Hub 2 or Hub 3 can pass most of them to Apple Home, Google Home or Home Assistant through Matter.

The bad news: Remote control and voice assistants still run through SwitchBot’s cloud. In March 2026 its app disappeared from Apple’s App Store in Germany for about three weeks without explanation, which showed how much depends on one app. The company is also betting heavily on home robots, a riskier business than switches and sensors.

If you own SwitchBot

  • Get a SwitchBot hub with Matter and add your devices to Apple Home, Google Home or Home Assistant, so you are not tied to one app.
  • Control through Matter runs on your home network, so a SwitchBot cloud outage only affects the SwitchBot app and voice assistants.

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