Somfy
Selected products from this vendor are presented on this page, with my assessments where I have personal experiences to share. The links are primarily directed to the vendor’s own pages, in English; for local pages/prices you will have to conduct your own search.
About the vendor and its products
Somfy (opens in a new window) is a large French company delivering a wide range of products for professional buildings and private homes. This also includes products for the smart home, spread across a number of different categories, of which some important ones are:
- TaHoma base station, which represents the brain a Somfy smart home
- Products for sun protection and control of these, split into interior blinds, curtains, roller shutters, external blinds, external screens, and awnings
- Products for controlling garage doors and other types of doors/gates
- Products for lighting, covering various switches and remotes
- Products for security and surveillance, including various sensors, cameras, and alarm components, as well as a smart door lock
- Products for climate control, covering sensors and integration with other products
There is a dedicated TaHoma app (opens in a new window) to control the various Somfy products.
The TaHoma base station supports several protocols, Z-Wave, RTS, RTD, and Honeywell, and in addition there is support for Amazon Alexa, IFTTT, and Google Assistant via IFTTT, and from December 2020 Apple Home support.
Our experiences
I have no personal experiences with Somfy products, partly because I got tired of waiting for the indicated Apple Home support (which has been long in the making) and thus found another solution.