2020 Switchbot Review ( robot button pusher), integration through IFTTT or SmartThings app

You need the switchbot hub for any Switchbot third party integration, including IFTTT or SmartThings. It can be either the cloud shaped hub or the mini hub.

As @Automated_House said, you don’t need a smartthings hub because this is a cloud to cloud integration. But the SwitchBots themselves need their own hub in order to reach their own cloud. :sunglasses: