New Way’s Aqara Roller Shades work with Apple Home, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and Matter, controlled through an Aqara hub (the M3, M2, or E1). As of 2026, there is one honest caveat: Apple Home and Siri run through the Aqara hub as a bridge, not natively, and our team sets that bridge up and confirms it during installation. Google Home and Matter run natively where the motor supports them. New Way’s own motorized line is the affordable entry point and pairs with a general smart-home app, alongside a remote and wall switch. For a whole-home setup, Lutron systems integrate lighting and shading at a higher tier. Before you buy, we tell you exactly which scenes are native and which are bridged, so nothing surprises you after the install.

For the cleanest result, motorized shading should be specified before the ceiling and carpentry are closed up. Concealed power and the curtain-box dimensions need to be set at that stage, so there are no exposed cables, no bracket compromises, and no re-cutting a finished ceiling later. You can still motorize after a renovation, but it becomes a retrofit, and the cost and disruption rise. New Way plans this at the consultation: we confirm the power runs, the box depth, and the install window against your renovation timeline. If you are mid-renovation, this is the moment to lock it in before the trades move on.

A marketplace kit is about half the project, and that gap is what a New Way price covers. The kit gives you the motor and not much else. A New Way home includes the motor, the track, concealed wiring, professional measurement, custom fabric, installation, a named after-sales contact, and warranty. Every product New Way fabricates carries a 5-year warranty, confirmed at quotation. The marketplace saving usually disappears at the first 11pm pairing call, when there is no one to answer. You are paying for the home being finished and supported, not just for a motor in a box.

New Way quotes motorized shading per home rather than publishing a fixed price, because the cost depends on the number of windows, the tier you choose (Aqara, New Way motorized, or Lutron), the fabric, and the install conditions. As of 2026, the way to get an accurate number is a consultation or a showroom visit, where we measure, confirm the tier that fits your home, and give you a clear, itemized quote. That quote separates the hardware, the fabric, the fabrication, and the installation, so you can see what each part costs rather than one bundled figure.

Yes, New Way fabricates the shading in house, so matching your design is the standard way we work, not a special request. We offer a custom fabric range, concealed tracks, and valance integration, so the shading suits the room rather than clashing with it, and we can fabricate with a fabric you or your designer supply when the brief calls for it. As of 2026, our fabric carries Grade 8 color fastness, the highest rating, plus GREENGUARD Gold and OEKO-TEX certification, so the finish holds its color and keeps the room’s air clean. Bring your samples or your designer’s to the showroom and we will match the fabric, the fold, and the hardware against them.

Yes, New Way handles both indoor and outdoor shading with the same team, so you can finish the inside now and add the balcony later under one supplier. Indoors, that means motorized roller shades, drapery, and smart shading. Outdoors, the range runs from cable-guided outdoor blinds up to the Renson Fixscreen, a sealed, wind-rated, app-controlled zip system. As of 2026, the Fixscreen is tested to EN 13561 Class 3 and rated to around 130 km/h closed at standard sizes, with sealed zip-track edges that shed the bulk of a tropical shower. New Way is the authorized Renson Fixscreen fabricator in Malaysia, so the outdoor work is made and supported here too.