Connect PowerView® Gen 3 to Smart Home Devices – Hunter Douglas

Summary:
Learn how to connect your PowerView® Gen 3 shades to smart home systems like Amazon Alexa, Google Home, Apple® Home, and others. This article explains each option and helps you choose the right setup for your home.

Applies To:
PowerView® Gen 3, PowerView® App, PowerView® Gateway, Amazon Alexa, Apple® HomeKit™, Google Assistant, Matter, Apple Watch, iPhone, Brilliant, Control4®, Crestron®, Elan®, Josh.ai, RTI, URC®, Savant®

Smart Home Compatibility

Any product with PowerView® Gen 3 Automation and a PowerView Gen 3 Gateway is compatible with numerous smart-home devices and systems. The PowerView Gateway integrates with many of the most popular systems on the market.

Compatible systems include Amazon Alexa, Apple® Home via Matter, Google Home (using native integration or Matter), Brilliant, Control4®, Crestron®, Elan®, Josh.ai, RTI, URC®, and Savant®. Learn more about each integration below or check out the integration compatibility details.

Connect to Amazon Alexa

Amazon Alexa lets you play music, listen to the news, and check the weather. Now, you can also control your Hunter Douglas window treatments. Learn more about PowerView Automation with Amazon Alexa. Enable this feature directly in the PowerView App.

Activate PowerView Shades or Scenes with a simple voice command. Try saying, “Alexa, open Bedroom Left,” “Alexa, close Living Room,” or “Alexa, turn on ‘Good Morning.’” A PowerView Gateway is required to integrate with Amazon Alexa.

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Connect to Apple® Home

PowerView Gen 3 Automation now works with Apple Home using Matter integration. Open and close your PowerView shades using the Apple Home app and Siri. Use your voice to control PowerView shades and other HomeKit-enabled accessories with Siri.

Try saying, "Hey Siri, open Living Room shades," or "Hey Siri, set Living Room Left shade to 50%."

Please note: A PowerView Gateway and Apple Home Hub (Apple TV or HomePod) are required to integrate with Apple Home.

Learn more about Integrating PowerView Automation with Apple Home

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Connect to Google Home

Integrating with Google Home makes it easy to control your PowerView shades using voice commands. You can enable this feature in two ways:

Native integration through the PowerView App
Matter integration, available through the PowerView App, followed by setup in the Google Home app

The native integration is more feature-rich. It automatically imports your existing Scenes from the PowerView App and is ideal if you mainly want to trigger preset Scenes. The Matter integration is best for controlling individual shades—especially if you use multifunctional styles like Top-Down Bottom-Up, Duolite®, or Aura™. Scenes may be created in Google Home using Automations.

You can set up either option depending on the level of control you need.

Google Home can also recognize different voices in your household, giving each person a personalized experience.

Try saying:

“OK Google, tilt Sun Room to 25 percent”
“OK Google, open Bedroom Left”
“Hey Google, close the shades”

Note: To use Google Home with PowerView, you'll need a PowerView Gateway and a Google Assistant–enabled device linked to your Google account.

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About Matter Integration

Matter is a new universal standard designed to connect smart devices from different brands and platforms. It improves compatibility and simplifies setup, allowing your smart home products to work together more reliably—both now and in the future.

PowerView® Gen 3 supports Matter for two compatible systems:

Apple® Home – Matter is the primary integration path
Google Home – Matter is an optional path for expanded shade control

If you're deciding between connection methods, Matter is especially useful if you want to control individual shades rather than just activate Scenes.

Note: While other Matter-enabled services and controllers are available on the market, only Apple Home and Google Home have been fully tested with PowerView. Samsung SmartThings has been lightly tested and may offer partial compatibility.

Other Compatible Systems - Custom Integration

PowerView Gen 3 also integrates with the following custom integration systems through their respective drivers or apps. These are typically installed by professional integrators:

Brilliant – Brilliant is an in-wall lighting and control system that makes it easy for homeowners, families, guests to control lighting, doorbells, locks, cameras, music, climate, intercom, scenes, and more. Instructions for adding PowerView to a Brilliant system can be found on the Brilliant Website.
Control4® – Control4, a leading provider of professionally installed automation solutions, lets you control most devices in a home or business automatically. Control4 integrators can download the PowerView Gen 3 driver for the proprietary Composer software.
Crestron® – Crestron® engineers, manufactures, and delivers advanced control and automation technology. Their solutions are fully integrated with the PowerView Motorization system. Crestron integrators can find the Crestron SIMPL drivers in the Crestron Application Market and the Crestron Home drivers in the Crestron Home app.
Elan® – ELAN® Home Systems, one of the largest companies in custom home and commercial systems, lets you control PowerView Motorization through a simple, intuitive interface on any smart device or PC from your home, as well as anywhere in the world. Elan dealers can access the PowerView driver via the Elan Marketplace.
Josh.ai – Josh.ai offers a beautifully designed, user-friendly smart home platform accessible with app, remote, and voice interfaces. Hunter Douglas PowerView Gen 3 Gateways will automatically populate the Josh.ai web portal to expedite the deployment process for professional installers.
RTI – Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI) is a leading control systems manufacturer offering innovative, user-friendly devices for professionally installed systems and is compatible with PowerView Gen 3 Automation. RTI integrators can find the PowerView module in the RTI module store or in the Integration Designer software.
URC® – Universal Remote Control (URC) provides complete control and automation systems to residential and commercial clients. PowerView is compatible with URC's Total Control System. URC integrators can find the PowerView Gen 3 driver in the URC Portal.
Savant® – Savant Systems manufactures a complete suite of professionally installed integrated solutions. Savant's Apple-based platform smoothly integrates with PowerView Automation. Savant integrators can find the PowerView Gen 3 driver for the Savant experience in the Blueprint software database.

Scene or Room Control Using iPhone Widgets

iOS users PowerView Gen 3 homes can add small, medium, and large widgets to their smart phone or tablet, allowing for convenient Scene or Room control.
The Scenes widget allows for interactive Scenes to be pulled directly from your Dashboard. Scenes will appear in the order listed on the dashboard. Simply tap to activate a Scene without opening the app. Available with iOS 17.0 or higher.
The Rooms widget allows you to quickly access Rooms without extra taps. The Rooms shown and the Room order are customizable, so that the rooms you use most can be at your fingertips. Available with iOS 14.0 or higher.
A lock screen widget is available for quick app access. Tap the icon to open the app to the Dashboard view. Available with iOS 17.0 or higher.

Apple Watch

Given the enhanced integration of PowerView Gen 3 with Matter, and general iOS system improvements, we no longer support a native integration with Apple Watch from the PowerView App. We encourage users looking to operate their PowerView Gen 3 system using their Apple Watch to do so through Apple Home, via our Matter integration, which provides a superior experience:

Allows the operation of individual shades, a room of shades, or a home of shades.
Allows the operation of shades within an Apple Home group, or through a Scene or Automation created in Apple Home.
Allows Siri voice control through your Apple Watch or smartphone.

Instructions for integrating PowerView with Apple Home via Matter are available here. A PowerView Gen 3 Gateway is required.

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