Bond has launched Mate Pro, the first-ever universal smart remote designed specifically for outdoor motorized pergolas, awnings, shutters, and screens. This 15-channel handheld device eliminates the hassle of juggling multiple remotes from different brands by consolidating everything into one easy-to-use controller. With Bluetooth setup via the Bond App, Mate Pro offers quick triggers, schedules, group control, and favorite positions all with a guided DIY process that makes it simple for users to get started.
Built for both style and performance, Mate Pro comes with a sleek LED display, 200-feet transmission range, and water-resistant design, making it ideal for outdoor living spaces. It works directly with top motor brands like Somfy, Rollease Acmeda, and Nice without needing a bridge, but can integrate with Bond Bridge Pro for advanced scene automation. By extending its expertise in RF-to-WiFi smart control from indoors to outdoors, Bond is giving customers a smarter, more seamless way to enjoy their spaces.
Bond today announced the launch of Mate Pro, a universal 15-channel hand-held smart remote control for multiple motorized pergola, awning, shutter, and screen brands. An industry-first that leverages Bond’s mastery in RF-to-WiFi and direct-RF shade control, Mate Pro is a 2025 CEDIA Best New Hardware Product Award Finalist. Mate Pro is available for sale beginning September at www.bondhome.io. MSRP is set at $289.
Outdoor residential and commercial living spaces often include some variety of pergolas, shutters, awnings, and screens – each from a different brand with different motors and remotes that use different proprietary RF control protocol, making consolidated or even smart control of all these devices impossible. Mate Pro solves this.
With Mate Pro devices can be operated individually or in groups. Users can set quick-action triggers, schedules, positions (favorites), and assign custom channel names. And getting started is easy. After connecting the smartphone or tablet to Mate Pro via Bluetooth, a guided DIY setup within the Bond App takes the user through configuration. Once complete, the remote is now smart, aware of time, and able to set adaptive schedules.
Mate Pro is attractive, solidly built, and powerful. Ergonomically designed, it fits nicely in the hand, exuding a quality, weighty feel. Featured is a 169-dot matrix LED display that makes for comfortable viewing day and night. The remote boasts an impressive 200-feet transmission range (contingent on the property), communicating with devices via radio frequency (RF). And because Mate Pro is water resistant it can be left outdoors without worry.
Mate Pro works with leading shade motor brands including Somfy, Rollease Acmeda, Gaposa, Nice, MagnaTrack, Azenco, Forest Drapery, Dooya, AMP and others. The remote does not require a bridge – once setup is complete via the App, it manages operation of all the connected devices directly.
If integrated with the Bond Bridge Pro RF-to-WiFi hub, Mate Pro can communicate state feedback and trigger scenes. This allows for control of different devices at once, for example raising blackouts and lowering insect screens with just one button press.
“Mate Pro delivers on what the market wants,” says Bond CEO Zohar Shinar. “We surveyed thousands of customers, and they are fed-up with having to use multiple remotes outdoors and hide them in a drawer or indoors. On top of this, for outdoor control, RF is still relied upon for its long-range capabilities.”
Mate Pro Leverages Bond’s Vast RF-to-WiFi and Direct-RF Shade Control Expertise Bond has built a leadership position in bringing consolidated smart control to indoor ceiling fans, shades and screens, gas fireplaces and more by way of the award-winning Bond Bridge Pro RF-to-WiFi hub and accompanying Bond Home App. Bond has also demonstrated technical prowess in direct RF (radio frequency) shade control with its Sidekick for Shades 5-channel battery-powered on-wall keypad.
Bond’s Expansion from Indoors to Outdoors In 2024, Bond took their expertise to the outdoors with creative solutions like the industry-first Breeze Pro ultrasonic wind/rain/sunlight sensor. The brand has also put in play integration/sales partnerships with Azenco and Equinox (pergolas), and Sol-Lux (awnings). This summer Bond brings smart control to leading outdoor heating system company Infratech.
Mate Pro is the latest Bond-branded solution to make outdoor living even more enjoyable. According to Shinar, “No other remote offers such advanced control for the outdoors. Users will love Mate Pro so much that they will want to use it with their indoor shades and fans too.”
Mate Pro color options: Silver/Black or Silver/White Measurements: 6.2” x 1.87” x .67” (L/W/D) Included Accessories: Magnetic wall-mount and two AAA batteries.
