Automate motorised blinds with Home Assistant — sunrise opening, sunset closing, half-open at sunrise. Real YAML examples + a turnkey alternative.

Automating your smart blinds with Home Assistant

Originally posted 2025-06-28. Refreshed 2026-04-26.

Smart blinds dramatically improve comfort, energy efficiency, and aesthetics. Most clients don't actually want to write YAML to control them — they want a system that just works. This post is for the readers who DO want to write the automations themselves. If you'd rather we install and configure the lot, book a consultation instead.

Why automate blinds?

Reduce summer heat by closing blinds before peak sun.
Wake up naturally with morning light.
Enhance privacy automatically at sunset.
Save energy by reducing AC load.

What you need

Smart blinds or motors — Zigbee, Matter, or Wi-Fi. We commonly install Aqara, Soma, Zemismart, and Somfy.
A compatible hub — Akubela (turnkey) or Home Assistant (DIY).
Optional sensors — temperature, light, occupancy, sunrise/sunset triggers.

Home Assistant integration

Most Zigbee or Wi-Fi blind motors can integrate with Home Assistant where the selected motor, bridge or controller is supported. Once paired, and where the motor/controller supports position control, you can:

Create schedules
Use sunrise / sunset triggers
Add voice control via Apple Home, Google Home, or Alexa
Combine with temperature sensors for thermal automation

Example automations

1. Close blinds after sunset

alias: Close blinds after sunset
trigger:
  - platform: sun
    event: sunset
action:
  - service: cover.close_cover
    target:
      entity_id: cover.living_room_blinds
mode: single

2. Open blinds at 7:00 AM

alias: Open blinds in the morning
trigger:
  - platform: time
    at: "07:00:00"
action:
  - service: cover.open_cover
    target:
      entity_id: cover.bedroom_blinds
mode: single

3. Open blinds halfway at sunrise, where supported

alias: Open blinds halfway at sunrise
trigger:
  - platform: sun
    event: sunrise
action:
  - service: cover.set_cover_position
    target:
      entity_id: cover.kitchen_blinds
    data:
      position: 50
mode: single

4. Close blinds when room hits 26°C (Sydney summer)

alias: Auto-close blinds when room is hot
trigger:
  - platform: numeric_state
    entity_id: sensor.lounge_temperature
    above: 26
condition:
  - condition: sun
    after: sunrise
    before: sunset
action:
  - service: cover.close_cover
    target:
      entity_id: cover.lounge_blinds
mode: single

Or — let us install it

If you'd rather skip the YAML and have it just work, we install motorised blinds and program the scenes for you, on Akubela or Home Assistant or Loxone — your choice. See Smart Lighting for what's involved.

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Automating Smart Blinds with Home Assistant