Bali Smart Shades
Bali Smart Shades let you use your phone as a remote to lift and lower your shades inside your home. Add a Bali Gateway to control your shades from outside your home and to integrate your shades with a smart home system, such as Amazon Alexa or Google Home. Use the Bali App to create automatic routines that lift and lower your shades at set times. Plus, they’re easy to install—use your phone to pair your shades in minutes.
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Considerations for Motorized Blinds and Shades
Available Products
Motorization is available on all our most popular shades:
- App & Gateway: All Bali shades
- Bluetooth and Z-Wave: All Bali shades
- Motorized Wand: Cellular, pleated, solar, and roller shades
Control Options
Bali offers three ways to control your motorized blinds or shades:
- App & Gateway: A whole home solution with mobile app or voice control.
- Bluetooth: Control your shades with the Bali Motorization App from inside your room
- Motorized Wand: Intuitive, 3-button wand that comes attached to the shade.
Power Options
Choose from three convenient ways to power your shades:
- Plug-in transformer
- Reloadable Battery Pack: Use lithium batteries to power your shades.
- Rechargeable battery pack: Charges completely in five hours. Lasts for about a year.
Motorization Features and Benefits
Easy step-by-step instructions, setup and control of shades, devices, and gateway is easy.
Enhance home security and look like you're at home (even when you're away) with shades that raise and lower automatically at set times of the day.
Control a single—or whole house full—of shades from your phone or tablet.
Connect with Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant for convenient voice control. *Gateway required
Motorization makes it easier to close your blinds and shades so you can benefit from their insulating properties.
Create routines and time-based schedules.
With today's extreme focus on health and cleanliness, not having to touch cords or other lift devices can help curb the spread of germs.
Set shades to open and close while away from home for increased home security.
Control from your phone or with your voice from anywhere.
Connect Bali motorized shades with your gateway device or the Bali motorization app to control your shades on your phone or with your voice.
- Convenient mobile app for shade control with iOS or Android devices
- Controls any—and all—Bali Z-Wave Shades
- Intuitive and user-friendly
- Simple integration—no need for a third-party hub
- Connects with Z-Wave technology for broader in-home range
- Uses gateway device that connects the app to shades and devices like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant
Quieter than ever! Available with most Bali shades.
We've upgraded the Z-Wave motor on our most popular shades.
- Available with sheer, layered, solar, roller, cellular, pleated, natural, and soft roman shades
- Quieter operation
- Long-lasting performance
- Can be operated with 3 remotes as well as the Bali App. Learn more about battery safety.
- Low voltage motorization
- Push button control on shade end cap
- Powered with plug-in transformer, rechargeable battery pack, or non-rechargeable batteries. No costly electrical hardwiring required
The Motorized Wand is the simplest way to motorize a shade. This electric cordless solution is easy, reliable, and quiet—in fact, it's our quietest motor yet.
An intuitive, 3-button wand attached to the shade for the simplest way to motorize.
- Attached to the shade so you won't accidentally misplace your remotes
- Available with cellular, pleated, solar, and roller shades
- Two color options: white and black
- Variety of lengths for small to large windows: 24", 36", 48", 84"
- Powered with plug-in transformer, rechargeable battery pack, or non-rechargeable packs
Holds 20% more battery charge than other motors.*
The rechargeable battery pack offers a simple, convenient way to power your shades—no hassles, no maintenance, no disposable batteries.
- Only needs to be charged once a year—Powerful, 12-volt lithium batteries charge completely in five hours and last about a year*
- Holds up to 20% more battery charge than other motors**
- Compatible with ALL Bali Z-Wave Shades and Motorized Wand Shades
- Retrofit capable—mounting clips remain the same as the existing battery pack
*Based on 3100 mAh compared to 2600 mAh in the competition.
**Estimated 12-month battery life based on average 48" x 60" shade operated once per day.
Compatible Smart Home Devices
Motorized Blinds and Shades Inspiration
Use a remote to raise your shades from the coziness of your own couch–especially on cold, overcast, winter days, when daylight is at a premium.
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Light up your entertainment room for a relaxing board game or create an instant movie theater atmosphere–all with the touch of a button.
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Cellular shades can help keep rooms cooler by trapping hot air coming in through your windows. Set a routine to automatically lower your shades all summer long for superior energy savings.
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Motorized shades create a clean, modern look, eliminating the clutter of lift cords.
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With cord-free operation, Bali motorized shades are ideal for homes with children and pets.
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With Bluetooth and Z-Wave technology, our shades can be easily operated within the room using our Bali Motorization app for your phone or tablet. Paired with our gateway device, these shades can be seamlessly integrated into smart home systems and be operated via voice control technology, for ultimate convenience.
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Look like you’re home (even when you’re not) by setting routines to raise and lower shades in common, everyday rooms at set times of the day.
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Compare Control Options
Scroll the table left or right to see other options.
App & Gateway |
Remote |
Motorized Wand |
|---|---|---|
| Available with all Bali Shades | Available with all Bali Shades | Available with cellular, pleated, solar, and roller shades |
| Whole home solution | Whole home or single shade | Single shade |
| Android and iOS. Works with voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. | A range of remote options for operating anywhere from 1-24 shades. | Available in four lengths, as well as in black or white. |
Frequently Asked Questions
To pair a new shade with your remote, first, reset the remote by pressing and holding the button for 15 seconds. Once the LED stops flashing, release. The LED will flash green, amber, and red before turning off. Then on the new shade, press and hold the program button for 7 seconds. When the shade jogs, release. On the remote, quickly press and release the program button twice until the LED flashes amber and green. Then press and hold the program button on the shade for 3 seconds. When the LED flashes green, release. The shade will jog once and all LEDs will then turn off. The shade is now paired with the remote.
To pair your shade with a 12-channel or premium remote, first, press and hold the program button on your shade for 7 seconds. When the shade jogs, release. Then press and hold the MENU/RIGHT button for 2 seconds on the remote. Select ZWAVE > INCLUDE. On the shade you want to pair, press and hold the program button for 3 seconds. When the LED flashes green, release. Repeat as necessary for each shade you want to pair.
