Aqara’s New Seven-inch Home Control Tablet Can Replace A Light Switch

I’m a ample instrumentality of different ways to powerfulness your smart location extracurricular of utilizing your telephone aliases relying connected voice, truthful I was very excited to spot that Aqara is launching 3 touchscreen controllers astatine nan CES tech show successful Las Vegas this week — and 1 has a wheel!

The caller Panel Hub S1 Plus, Touchscreen Dial V1, and Touchscreen Switch S100 tin beryllium installed successful spot of a regular ray switch. They tin powerfulness nan existing circuit and wirelessly negociate devices connected to nan expanse done nan Aqara smart location app. This lets you — and anyone successful your location — usage touch to group lights, thermostats, blinds, and overmuch without needing a telephone aliases knowing nan correct sound command. The Panel and nan Switch tin too powerfulness Matter devices, exposing six wireless buttons to Matter.

Aqara is too launching caller non-touchscreen smart switches that tin nexus complete Thread aliases Zigbee. The Aqara Light Switch H2 and Dimmer Switch H2 recreation successful respective move configurations and don’t require a neutral wire. The Light Switch H2 tin too powerfulness Aqara’s wired smart lighting products, specified arsenic its T1M ceiling light, giving you an action for beingness powerfulness that doesn’t trim disconnected nan device’s smart features. They’re slated for merchandise successful Q1 2025.

I first saw respective of these products showcased astatine nan IFA tech show successful Berlin, Germany, past year, and now Aqara is debuting US versions. The Panel Hub useful complete dual-band Wi-Fi, has a 6.9-inch touchscreen pinch a 1440 × 720 resolution, and tin beryllium installed successful a regular ray move outlet. It tin nexus to 2 lights connected a wired circuit to automate them, including Aqara smart lights specified arsenic nan T1M ceiling light.

The customizable show tin show respective widgets to powerfulness devices connected to an Aqara smart home, specified arsenic lights, locks, thermostats, and curtains, arsenic bully arsenic trigger scenes and routines. It tin too enactment arsenic a show for viewing unrecorded camera feeds from an Aqara camera and arsenic a video intercom for an Aqara doorbell — specified arsenic nan caller G410 Aqara Doorbell that’s too launching astatine CES.

A proximity sensor tin move disconnected nan aboveground erstwhile it’s not successful use, and you tin upload photos and civilization wallpapers. The Panel Hub too doubles arsenic a Zigbee hub for connecting nan company’s Zigbee accessories for illustration sensors and locks and tin span those devices into Matter.

The Touchscreen Dial V1 is simply a compact tactile rotary dial that looks and feels a spot for illustration a mini Nest thermostat pinch a 1.32-inch touchscreen inside. I sewage to play pinch nan European type astatine IFA, and it was easy to swipe done nan touchscreen to return a instrumentality to powerfulness and past move nan dial for fine-tuned adjustments, specified arsenic dimming lights, adjusting a thermostat, aliases opening aliases closing curtains aliases shades. Unlike nan Panel and Touchscreen Switch, nan Dial is not Matter-compatible.

The Dial V1 tin beryllium wired to an existing ray fixture. It has a somesthesia and humidity sensor and a beingness sensor for aboveground activation. The Dial V1 and nan Panel Hub will motorboat successful Europe later this play and successful nan US later this year.

Finally, the Touchscreen Switch S100 US combines nan beingness and integer successful 1 device. A smart move pinch 2 beingness buttons and a 1.3-inch touchscreen, nan S100 tin powerfulness an existing ray fixture and wirelessly powerfulness smart devices and scenes.

Like nan touchscreen connected nan Dial V1, you tin usage nan touchscreen to dim lights aliases group a thermostat. Unlike nan different 2 touchscreen devices, nan S100 includes Thread arsenic bully arsenic Wi-Fi and tin activity arsenic a Thread separator router and done Matter complete Wi-Fi. Aqara hasn’t provided a motorboat time for nan Switch.

If switches aren’t your thing, Aqara is launching a caller smart sensor that tin powerfulness your lights automatically. The battery-operated Presence Multi-Sensor FP300 packs 5 sensors: PRI, mmWave, light, temperature, and humidity.

A follow-up to Aqara’s wired mmWave-powered beingness sensors, nan FP2 and FP1E, nan FP300’s mmWave sensing tin observe beingness successful a room pinch precision down to someone’s thorax rising and falling erstwhile they breathe. This should guarantee your lights ne'er move disconnected erstwhile you’re softly moving connected your laptop aliases reference a book.

One of nan first wireless mmWave sensors, nan FP300 tin tally connected 2 CR2450 batteries for up to 2 years complete Thread and 3 years utilizing Zigbee and a narration to an Aqara hub, according to nan company. (You tin premier your protocol.)

The institution too announced an updated ambiance sensor. The Climate Sensor W100 has nan action of Thread aliases Zigbee and features an integrated show that tin show room temperature, humidity, and more. Three wireless buttons tin beryllium programmed to powerfulness immoderate connected smart device, including a thermostat.

Finally, Aqara is adding a caller entry-level smart location hub, the Hub M100. The mini instrumentality includes Wi-Fi, Thread, and Zigbee to alteration connections for each of Aqara’s smart devices arsenic bully arsenic third-party Matter devices. It tin enactment arsenic a Thread separator router and a Matter span for Aqara Zigbee devices.