Eve Blinds Collection and Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit with Matter Arrive in the U.S.

Top-of-the-line Shading Solutions Combine Advanced Materials with Thread and Matter Powered Eve MotionBlinds Motors

Munich, June 04, 2024 - Eve, a prominent pioneer in the smart home industry worldwide and part of ABB, today announced the availability of the Eve Blinds Collection in the U.S. This curated collection of made-to-measure smart shades powered by Eve MotionBlinds motors can be configured and ordered from Eve's website. The company also announced worldwide availability of the Matter-compatible Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds, which allows existing roller shades to be easily motorized and added to the user's preferred platform. Prices for shades from the Eve Blinds Collection start at approx. $330. Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit with Matter is available at a price of $199.95.

"By automatically managing the natural light, the Eve Blinds Collection and Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit are the perfect additions to our portfolio because they maximize comfort and energy efficiency in the home," says Jerome Gackel, CEO of Eve. "Whether you already have roller shades installed and just want to motorize them or are looking for a new and complete solution, Eve is the best place to start."

Shades from the Eve Blinds Collection and roller shades retrofitted with Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit can be controlled using an iPhone, an Android device or voice assistants such as Alexa, Siri and Google Assistant. A pull cord still enables manual operation. The Eve app makes it easy to create schedules that automate the blinds to suit one's daily routine. Because Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit and the Eve Blinds Collection are based on the future-proof Matter standard with state-of-the-art Thread network technology, they can be set up in just a few steps via the mobile app or the voice assistant of your preferred platform.

Eve Blinds Collection: Contemporary Colors & Fabrics

Eve offers a range of three fabrics that provides excellent functional properties and seamlessly integrates with any decor or style thanks to their subtle textures. The semi-transparent Mombassa Collection filters out daylight to create a cozy atmosphere, while the blackout Mombassa Collection ensures maximum privacy with a white backside. The Solar Collection with its metalized backing saves energy thanks to its optimal thermal properties. 

Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds: Increased Comfort & Energy Efficiency

Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds is an award-winning, retrofit motor that enhances basic blinds everywhere with Thread and Matter technology. The kit can be easily installed without any wiring or technical know-how. Included are mounting brackets, covers and a set of adapters that make the motors fit into a wide range of roller blind tubes.

Adaptive Shading: Smart Indoor Climate, Effortless

For users on the Apple Home platform, Matter-enabled roller blind motors with Eve MotionBlinds technology offer Adaptive Shading. The Eve app for iPhone and iPad takes over hyperlocal programming of the Eve MotionBlinds motor, based on the location and orientation of the window. This allows it to open or close the blind dynamically depending on the position of the sun, helping to reduce heat loss and save energy costs in winter. Adaptive Shading has just been awarded an Innovation Prize at the world's leading trade fair for shading, R+T in Stuttgart, Germany. 

Pricing & Availability

Tailor-made shades from the Eve Blinds Collection are now available in the United States from Eve (www.evehome.com/eve-blinds-collection) at prices starting at approx. $330 (US). Eve will send fabric samples free of charge on request. Eve MotionBlinds Upgrade Kit for Roller Blinds is available now from www.evehome.com for $199.95 (US).

About Thread

Thread technology is specifically developed for smart home applications to improve connectivity between devices. Thread creates a mesh network, within which lights, thermostats, outlets, sensors, and more can also talk to each other free of the constraint of having to go through a bridge. If a single device fails, the data packets are simply relayed to the next in the mesh. In short: the network becomes more robust with every additional Thread device.

Mains-powered Thread devices that are always on, such as Eve Energy, can act as router nodes within the Thread network and relay data packets. So, the more of these Full Thread Devices are present in the network, the more stable and greater its reach becomes. Learn more.

About Matter

Jointly developed by Amazon, Apple, Google, Samsung, Eve, and many other manufacturers, Matter eliminates incompatibilities in the smart home once and for all. Matter-enabled devices are a breeze to integrate into the smart home, enabling everybody in the home to seamlessly access and control devices across smartphones and voice assistants of all major platforms. Learn more 

Adding Matter-enabled Eve devices to the smart home is fast and easy – the only other thing that is required is the right hub. Which hub is right depends on which smart home platform(s) the user would like to control their home with. For an overview, visit: www.evehome.com/hub.

Privacy At its Core

Eve products are designed to work entirely locally without a cloud, and so is Matter. All Eve devices protect the user's privacy with no Eve cloud, no registration, no tracking and fully local connectivity.

About Eve

Eve Systems builds beautiful connected home devices that set superior standards of comfort, safety, and energy efficiency. Engineered in-house to combine seamless software with elegant hardware, Eve devices integrate into the home seamlessly and securely, ensuring interoperability across smart home platforms. Because privacy is paramount, what happens at home, must stay at home. By leveraging Thread and Matter technologies, Eve devices are the pillars of a future-proof, functional and valuable smart home. First established in 1999 as Elgato, Eve has grown a market-leading reputation for the user experience and quality of its devices for the Apple ecosystem, while guaranteeing 100% privacy. Eve Systems is part of ABB and headquartered in Munich, Germany.

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