Useless for top down/ bottom up shades.
I bought the Yoolax Zigbee top-down/bottom-up shade and also paid extra for the Yoolax hub for app control. The app is basically useless for my shade.
It only moves the bottom rail and has no option to control the second/top rail. The physical remote controls both rails, so the shade itself works, but the app/hub cannot properly operate the product I purchased it for.
Yoolax support confirmed the app does not currently support the second rail. This is a major missing function and should have been clearly disclosed before selling the hub/app as a smart-control option for top-down/bottom-up shades. Very disappointing.
It only moves the bottom rail and has no option to control the second/top rail. The physical remote controls both rails, so the shade itself works, but the app/hub cannot properly operate the product I purchased it for.
Yoolax support confirmed the app does not currently support the second rail. This is a major missing function and should have been clearly disclosed before selling the hub/app as a smart-control option for top-down/bottom-up shades. Very disappointing.
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Great features but has bugs
Open or close blinds depending on temperature, wind speed or weather preconditions! This is smarter than what Amazon Echo or Google Home are capable of at the time of this review. Unfortunately there are bugs but the app does log all scheduled activities in message notifications so you can at least debug the issues.
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Poor control of sheer vertical blinds: no curtain position %
We bought some of their new sheer vertical blinds in late 2025. Overall pretty good and the price was much better than the big name competitors although still not what I would say cheap.
There’s a big problem though with this product: you cannot control the degree of openness. You can control the angle of the vanes, but there is no setting for how open the curtains are.
To illustrate, here is an example of how you would program an automation:
1. Set vanes to 90 degrees.
2. Open curtain
3. Wait 3 seconds.
4. Stop curtains.
If the curtains were closed, this would get you approximated half opened curtains.
If the curtains were already open, it would do nothing. You’d half to make a second automation that would close the curtains and wait 3 seconds.
Yoolax: please allow us to control the position of the curtains along the track!
There’s a big problem though with this product: you cannot control the degree of openness. You can control the angle of the vanes, but there is no setting for how open the curtains are.
To illustrate, here is an example of how you would program an automation:
1. Set vanes to 90 degrees.
2. Open curtain
3. Wait 3 seconds.
4. Stop curtains.
If the curtains were closed, this would get you approximated half opened curtains.
If the curtains were already open, it would do nothing. You’d half to make a second automation that would close the curtains and wait 3 seconds.
Yoolax: please allow us to control the position of the curtains along the track!
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Does not work whatsoever
Does not work whatsoever
Needs More Weather Options
Overall, this app works well with the outdoor shades. However, I have a request!
For weather options, PLEASE:
1) ADD Wind Gust in addition to Wind Speed. In Texas, we can have low to moderate wind speed, but have up to 25+ mph wind gusts.
2) ADD more options for Weather Conditions. It would help to have “Partly Cloudy”, “Mostly Sunny”, “Mostly Clear”, etc. All of the possible conditions the app shows for weather conditions. You offer basics like “Sunny”, “Cloudy”, “Rainy”, “Snowy”, and “Hazy.” My automation don’t activate unless the weather in the app perfectly matches “Sunny”, for example. But even when the app reports “Partly Cloudy”, “Mostly Clear”, etc. - it’s sunny on our patio!
Give us the levers we need for the automation.
For weather options, PLEASE:
1) ADD Wind Gust in addition to Wind Speed. In Texas, we can have low to moderate wind speed, but have up to 25+ mph wind gusts.
2) ADD more options for Weather Conditions. It would help to have “Partly Cloudy”, “Mostly Sunny”, “Mostly Clear”, etc. All of the possible conditions the app shows for weather conditions. You offer basics like “Sunny”, “Cloudy”, “Rainy”, “Snowy”, and “Hazy.” My automation don’t activate unless the weather in the app perfectly matches “Sunny”, for example. But even when the app reports “Partly Cloudy”, “Mostly Clear”, etc. - it’s sunny on our patio!
Give us the levers we need for the automation.
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Absolute garbage, nonfunctional
I spent 6 hours following their exact instructions - and cannot pair my blinds with this app
Yoolax blinds
These blinds work great for me. I’m confined to bed so I couldn’t get up and open & close my blinds before but with these motorized blinds, they work excellent!
Haven’t had a problem yet
Works great, had to update once to get left blinds working otherwise no problems.
Piece of Junk
I typically don’t write a review, but couldn’t help on this one. This app is nowhere ready for customer use. The blinds look great and I wish it also worked as seamlessly. I got a matter motor and they recommended me to buy a gateway box. I couldn’t connect the blinds through the gateway. Blinds connected directly with Alexa. Works when it does. However they are frequently disconnected from Alexa. This app is a joke. Barely any features work. If connected through Alexa, blinds can no longer be controlled through the app. When only connected through the app, blinds frequently go offline to the point I cannot control the blinds through app or Alexa. Remote is the only option. Not sure if there is any point having the automation features in this app if any of them barely work. Yoolax- please fix your app. I paid quite a bit to install my entire house with your blinds just to find out I can barely control automatically. The blinds look great though.
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Failed
All smart roller blinds stopped working after two years. Yoolax app no longer recognizes them, which means Alexa no longer recognizes them. Appears no interest in further support.
Zero Scheduling like advertised
No scheduling still even after firmware update!!!! Going to return
WILL NOT CONNECT to app.
This is frustrating. The app will not discover anything of my blinds. Very disappointed.
Unable to pair
I just have to use the remote. I’ve tried now for months and months. First time I’ve ever been unsuccessful in pairing a simple Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Follow the instructions to a T and it still doesn’t pair in the app
Schedule not working
The app mentions you can create schedule and scenes. However it is not working. It was the whole point of buying smart blinds. Not recommended.
Lost Bluetooth pairing with update
After update, all Bluetooth settings were lost and had to be paired all over again. Kind of a pain but finally got it working.
Latest update cleared all settings
Previous version was fine. Registration not required. Could control blinds with Bluetooth no problem. Updated last week. New app version deleted all settings on my phone. Useless app now. No more Bluetooth option. My blinds are Bluetooth only.
Latest update cleared all settings
Previous version was fine. Registration not required. Could control blinds with Bluetooth no problem. Updated last week. New app version deleted all settings on my phone. Useless app now.
Trash
Blinds only work randomly, this app is terrible simple functions don’t work at all. You can hook up Yoolax blinds to Alexa and even then it will work for about a day and a half and stop working. Batteries die so fast on the blinds you have to plug them into charge at least twice a month. Without the cheap crappy remote the blinds come with, it would literally be impossible to open or close my blinds. And I paid a premium for these blinds since they’re not cheap.
Stay away from Yoolax and be worry of a company name change from them.
Stay away from Yoolax and be worry of a company name change from them.
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App will not connect
This experience has been frustrating to say the least. I’ve contacted customer support for help and all I get is a link to a instruction video. My phones Bluetooth never sees the device and app consistently fails to connect.
Works, good customer service
I was loving this app. Had no trouble setting it up, even got it working with Alexa thanks to another reviewer's tip about how to do that (have to add the shade as a sub device to the BLE Gateway Pro).
Then all of a sudden the Yoolax app stopped working for me and would not allow me to log in, giving me an error message that said "network is unavailable" even though my internet is working just fine. I tried deleting and reinstalling the app and after I did that it would no longer work with Alexa and the only way I could operate the blind was with the physical remote.
Update: I emailed customer support and within one two days they emailed me back to tell me my problem was caused by a bug that they found and fixed. Sure enough, I was able to log back in and use everything as before.
4 stars because getting everything set up is a hassle, and because the network connection is iffy even though we have fast fiber internet, the shade is not far from the router, and we are using a wired connection for our gateway device.
Then all of a sudden the Yoolax app stopped working for me and would not allow me to log in, giving me an error message that said "network is unavailable" even though my internet is working just fine. I tried deleting and reinstalling the app and after I did that it would no longer work with Alexa and the only way I could operate the blind was with the physical remote.
Update: I emailed customer support and within one two days they emailed me back to tell me my problem was caused by a bug that they found and fixed. Sure enough, I was able to log back in and use everything as before.
4 stars because getting everything set up is a hassle, and because the network connection is iffy even though we have fast fiber internet, the shade is not far from the router, and we are using a wired connection for our gateway device.
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