Nice is showcasing the next evolution of its integrated ecosystem at ISE 2026, highlighting how ELAN OS 9 and Yubii OS work together to deliver scalable, installer-driven smart living experiences across global markets with a focused, strategic path forward for North America.
This year marks a pivotal shift: “Smart Living” becomes the core of Nice’s offering and identity. More than automation, Smart Living is a vision: a way to create seamless, intuitive experiences that adapt to how people live, work, and connect every day.
At ISE 2026, Nice is demonstrating how its two operating systems — ELAN OS and Yubii OS — interoperate to support different installation environments, customer needs, and levels of system complexity. Together, they reflect Nice’s Smart Living vision of a unified ecosystem.
Two Operating Systems. One Ecosystem. One Brand.
By showcasing ELAN OS 9 and Yubii OS together, Nice reinforces its commitment to a modular, interoperable architecture that allows integrators to design systems that allow growth as needs change rather than locking customers into a single path.
In European markets, Yubii Home, part of the Yubii OS platform, is already established as a standalone smart home controller, supporting a wide range of Z-Wave and Nice-branded devices for lighting, climate, access, and sun-shading. Designed for retrofit-friendly installations and modular expansion, it enables wireless control across thousands of compatible devices and plays a central role in Nice’s broader Smart Living ecosystem globally.
With Yubii Home as a dedicated controller, the system can benefit from native support for Z-Wave protocol, seamless integration of battery-powered devices, smart modules, and Nice automation solutions — including shading, gate, and door control — directly within the Nice ecosystem. The initial focus will be on motorized shading’s integration, offering a streamlined, bridge-free experience with enhanced responsiveness and design consistency.
Through this integration:
- ELAN OS communicates over the network to Yubii OS
- Yubii Home manages Z-Wave and proprietary Nice protocols
- Commands are delivered wirelessly with improved robustness and device capacity
This architecture replaces legacy bridge-based approaches and enables Yubii Home to act as a dedicated gateway within ELAN OS-controlled systems. Because Yubii OS is native to Nice, designed to work seamlessly with Nice motors, gateways, and control logic, it delivers a level of integration that is difficult to replicate with third-party solutions.
Flexible Paths for End Users
Yubii Home’s architecture also enables flexibility for homeowners. It can be deployed as:
- A standalone controller for Nice motorized shades with app-based control
- A gateway integrated with ELAN OS, expanding system scale without starting from scratch
- A foundation that allows customers to begin with shading and elevate to a more premium Smart Living experience later as needs evolve
This flexibility opens new opportunities for dealers to serve customers who may not initially invest in full custom integration, while preserving a clear upgrade path within the Nice ecosystem.
Unlike traditional control systems that rely on a single controller to manage every device type, Nice’s dual-OS approach allows each component to do what it does best. The ecosystem combines a premium, deeply customizable control experience, with a scalable wireless backbone, creating an architecture that is both powerful and adaptable.
In the United States, Nice premium Smart Living solutions powered by ELAN OS are available today through authorized Nice dealers and the Nice Store. Yubii Home’s initial North American introduction will begin in a limited, shading-focused configuration, with broader functionality and distribution plans to be announced.
Visit Nice at booth 2H300 at ISE from February 3 – 6.
For more information, visit niceforyou.com.
