Slide is a motorised add-on for existing curtain tracks, made by the Dutch startup Innovation in Motion B.V. of Amsterdam. It is controlled from the Slide by IIM app over Wi-Fi, and the company was reported bankrupt in May 2024, so the ecosystem has changed since launch.
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Slide connects directly over Wi-Fi with no hub. By default the device talks to the manufacturer's cloud, and it can be switched to a local API mode instead, with only one mode active at a time. The local mode is what Home Assistant, Node-RED and similar tools use.
That suits people who want to retrofit motors to a straight curtain track and who are comfortable with local control through Home Assistant or Homey. It is weaker for anyone relying on cloud voice control: Slide's own help pages describe Google Assistant and IFTTT links that depend on the cloud server, and a May 2024 news report says the server was being shut down.
Source: Slide on Homey
The official app from Innovation in Motion B.V. It sets up devices with automatic calibration, groups them into zones, and handles routines (time, alarm, sunrise and sunset). The listing requires Slide hardware, Wi-Fi and an internet connection for some features and mentions no voice assistant or smart home integrations. The App Store version shown was 1.43.35.
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| Platform | Status | What it means | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connection | |||
| Wi-Fi | Yes | The Slide Pro connects over Wi-Fi with no gateway, and the App Store listing lists Wi-Fi as a requirement. The device uses the cloud API by default and can be switched to a local API; a double press of the reset button toggles the mode, and only one is active at a time. | Slide Local (Home Assistant) vd Brink Home Automations Slide by IIM (App Store) |
| Bluetooth, Zigbee, Z-Wave, Thread | Not mentioned | None of these are mentioned on the Slide pages we opened. | Slide integrations help page |
| Matter | Not found | Slide's integrations help page does not mention Matter, and we found no Matter announcement or listing for Slide when we searched. | Slide integrations help page |
| Voice assistants and ecosystems | |||
| Google Home | Unconfirmed | Slide's help page lists a Google Assistant integration covering voice control and routines. A Dutch news report from 15 May 2024 on the company's bankruptcy says Google Home and IFTTT would stop working because they depend on the server. We could not confirm the current state. | Slide integrations help page Bright.nl |
| Amazon Alexa | Not found | Slide's help page says there is no direct Alexa support. It was planned but development was paused, with no return date, and IFTTT is suggested as a workaround. The page is undated. | Slide Alexa help page |
| Apple Home | Community | Slide's help page says there is no native HomeKit integration and points to two community Homebridge options. The 2024 bankruptcy report says Apple HomeKit remains supported without explaining how, and the Slide Local integration in Home Assistant is the other route we found. | Slide integrations help page Bright.nl Apple Home accessories list |
| Samsung SmartThings | Not found | No SmartThings integration from Slide found. Slide's help page names SmartThings only as something Home Assistant can bridge to. | Slide integrations help page |
| Open platforms and developer access | |||
| Home Assistant | Yes | Slide Local is a built-in integration that talks to the device over its local API (local polling, refreshed every 15 seconds). It supports Slide API versions 1 and 2, exposes a cover entity, a calibration button and a TouchGo switch, and has a Gold quality rating. It is maintained by a Home Assistant contributor named on the page, and we found nothing showing that Slide maintains it. It was introduced in Home Assistant 2025.1. The device must first be put in local API mode. | Slide Local |
| Homey | Official | The Slide app is published as Innovation in Motion Official. It lists Homey Cloud, Pro, Pro mini and Self-Hosted Server, but both its supported device types (Slide, cloud-based, and Slide local API, LAN-based) say Homey Bridge is required. Setup happens in the Slide app first, then you log in with a Slide account in Homey. | Slide on Homey |
| openHAB | Not found | No binding found. We searched for Slide with openHAB and found nothing. | Searched, no source |
| Node-RED | Community | node-red-contrib-slide by an independent author (version 0.9.4) controls Slide through the local API with nodes for open, close, stop, position and Wi-Fi update. The package page showed it as last updated about six years ago and says the local API was not officially published when it was written. | node-red-contrib-slide |
| Hubitat | Not found | No driver found when we searched. | Searched, no source |
| Domoticz | Unconfirmed | Slide's help page lists Domoticz and links to open and local API documentation. We did not open a Domoticz plugin page, so the status of the integration is unconfirmed. | Slide integrations help page |
| Control4 | Not found | No integration found. Slide's help page does not list Control4. | Slide integrations help page |
| IFTTT | Unconfirmed | Slide's help page says Slide works with IFTTT. The 2024 bankruptcy report says IFTTT would stop working because it needs the server, and we could not confirm the current state. | Slide IFTTT help page Bright.nl |
| Philips Hue | Not found | No integration found. Slide's help page names Hue only as something Home Assistant can connect to. | Searched, no source |
| Other platforms | Not mentioned | Slide's help page also lists FIBARO Home Center 3 (instructions linked), a community FIBARO Home Center 2 integration, Pimatic and HomeSeer, with the last two described as community-built. | Slide integrations help page |
| Slide local and cloud API | Unconfirmed | Slide's help page lists an Open Cloud API, but the cloud server was reported shut down in 2024. A local API is used by the Home Assistant and Node-RED integrations, and a community write-up documents endpoints such as Slide.SetPos and Slide.GetInfo with Digest authentication. We found no official developer portal. | vd Brink Home Automations Slide Local |
Checked 11 November 2026 against the brand's own pages, app store listings and each project's own page. “Not found” means we searched and found nothing, not that it is impossible. Compatibility changes often. Spot an error? Tell us and we will fix it.
Not that we could find. Slide's integrations help page does not mention Matter, and we found no Matter announcement or listing for Slide when we searched.
Not that we could find. Slide's help page says there is no direct Alexa support. It was planned but development was paused, with no return date, and IFTTT is suggested as a workaround. The page is undated.
Unconfirmed. Slide's help page lists a Google Assistant integration covering voice control and routines. A Dutch news report from 15 May 2024 on the company's bankruptcy says Google Home and IFTTT would stop working because they depend on the server. We could not confirm the current state.
Yes, through a community-built integration. Slide's help page says there is no native HomeKit integration and points to two community Homebridge options. The 2024 bankruptcy report says Apple HomeKit remains supported without explaining how, and the Slide Local integration in Home Assistant is the other route we found.
Yes. Slide Local is a built-in integration that talks to the device over its local API (local polling, refreshed every 15 seconds). It supports Slide API versions 1 and 2, exposes a cover entity, a calibration button and a TouchGo switch, and has a Gold quality rating. It is maintained by a Home Assistant contributor named on the page, and we found nothing showing that Slide maintains it. It was introduced in Home Assistant 2025.1. The device must first be put in local API mode.
Not that we could find. No SmartThings integration from Slide found. Slide's help page names SmartThings only as something Home Assistant can bridge to.
Yes, officially. The Slide app is published as Innovation in Motion Official. It lists Homey Cloud, Pro, Pro mini and Self-Hosted Server, but both its supported device types (Slide, cloud-based, and Slide local API, LAN-based) say Homey Bridge is required. Setup happens in the Slide app first, then you log in with a Slide account in Homey.
Not that we could find. No driver found when we searched.
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