Aqara Smart Hub, Wireless Smart Home Bridge for Alarm System, Home Automation, Remote Monitor and Control, Works with Apple HomeKit, Google Assistant, IFTTT, and Compatible with Alexa

This item only makes sense if you are planning to buy all sensors from Aqara. This Hub exposes only Alarm arming/disarming and the night light. There no way that you can actually trigger the alam through Homekit, e.g. existing sensors from other manufacturers. Basically its a $50 mini night lamp. Access to other homekit settings through more sophisticated Apps like Eve or Home+ Is also not possible. You will need to create an account that is linked to a Chinese web address. After trying to find a solution online I found out that multiple people were describing their observation that this hub is excessively calling back home to a web server in China. After reading that, i returned it back to Amazon.If you are concerned about security, I wouldn’t recommend this useless device. There are cheaper night lights out there

Update 2/10/21I messaged Aqara customer service to address the issues I had with door chimeOptions. I got a very professional and compassionate response from customer service letting me know that I wasn’t the only one to comment on this and that they agree, there really isn’t a great door chime option. They also said they would send it on the the developers and that I may be a while before they can do something about it. But the fact that they acknowledged it at all and that there may be a solution coming has me upgrading my review from 2 to 3 stars. As a work around I am currently using Alexa set up to announce when my door is opened on our echo dot I got for free years ago. I’d still like to see a chime option come in but this will do for now.On a side note I flush mounted mine into the wall. I found a flush mount self contained receptacle on amazon by sillites (Photos included). It was about $20 and allowed me to put it into place without using a double receptacle, which is not realistic because it looks kind of silly and covers up both outlets leaving the other useless. I also wanted to mount it up high so the kids, or no one else for that matter, can easily unplug it. It was an easy install and just requires me to run a wire from our attic down the wall a smidgen to the new receptacle. It’s now mounted above our fridge in the soffit and resembles a fire alarm. Additionally leaving it visible from two of the most used doors in the house which is great because I set up an automation to turn the light red when armed and white when disarmed (so I don’t try to let the dog out while the alarm is still armed one morning.Original review.I really like this system a lot. It is reliable with notifications and HomeKit. It is affordable yet has many options for alarm noises and settings.One area where it falls very short is that it doesn’t have any proper door chime setting. The whole reason I wanted this was to know when my doors were opened. I have small children and live on a busy street. I want to make sure no one is trying to come in. Or out. When I’m not standing by the door. The way they want you to put a door chime in place is through an automation. OK that’s fine, it took me a minute to figure it out, but I got to it. The problem is they don’t have any proper noises. Your options are rather silly. You can have a dog bark every time you open your door? Or how about a car alarm arming sound? They also let you choose a doorbell? And a bunch of other not realistic because they are either annoying or too long sounds. My security system in my prior house just played a nice little peaceful tritone chime or something like that. My in-laws security system just place a simple little beep beep. It’s short, loud enough, not annoying. I feel like it wouldn’t be hardly anything for the company to just toss in some nice little chimes for your door.So I guess in a way I’m asking the developers, can you please add some proper Doors chime noises? At this point I’m not even sure I can use this for what I wanted it for. I’ll see if I can make one of these not realistic noises work for me. If aqara decides to add some proper door chime noises I will be happy to update my review to five stars. I like it besides this huge issue.

I've been trying different HomeKit devices for the last few years and I finally decided to try the Aqara system. Unlike other standalone HomeKit devices I already have, this is my second hub-based system (the first is a Philips Hue lightbulb and switch) - and right from the second I plugged the hub into the wall, getting the Aqara system integrated into my HomeKit ecosystem was probably the fastest I've ever experienced! I'll say it only took about 20 seconds from the moment I opened the Aqara app to having the Aqara hub included in my HomeKit.The Aqara app is fairly easy to use, but completely not required if you want to use the Apple Home app as the primary control. So far everything seems to be working as intended, and I like the fact that if ever my Internet connection disconnects, I can still control all of my Aqara devices through LAN and the hub.I also bought several Aqara add-on devices (contact sensors, vibration sensors, and some smart outlets) and adding each device was just as quick. So far, this has been a good smart home system and I am looking forward to building it out more with more accessories (replacing all of my Wyze devices that are such a pain to deal with). At just $49 for the hub/bridge and around $18 per accessory, I think the Aqara system has a pretty good bang-for-the-buck ratio.

I bought the Aqara Smart Hub and a bunch of sensors (temperature/humidity, water leak, door) to monitor our house while we're in another state taking care of an elderly relative. Since the house is unoccupied, I wanted to be alerted if the AC failed, or a door opened, or there was a water leak in the basement. Installation was pretty straightforward. Setting alerts wasn't particularly intuitive, with no easy way to test. The BIG problem came two weeks after installation. The whole system just went offline. Since everything went offline at the same time, I'm guessing the problem is the Hub rather than individual sensors. If I were home, I could probably solve the problem by unplugging the hub and plugging it back in. But if I were home, I wouldn't need to have spent a couple hundred dollars on this sensor system. So now I have a big, beautiful, offline sensor system, and I have absolutely no visibility to whether the house is OK. For me, this system is worthless for remote monitoring. A remote monitoring system has to stay online to do its job.

This product is fairly easy to set up, and pairs well with HomeKit. I am struggling with some of the commands, and wish that there were options for different types of alerts, such as single chirp, as opposed to prolonged alarm. It would be nice to use the system for low level alerts as opposed to full security. The functionality may be there, it’s possible that I haven’t seen it.

Device support mentioned both Apple and Android support, as well as Alexa integration. Android support almost non-existent, after trying to pair for 3 days back and forth with the Chinese support, determined wouldn't work with Android so returned for refund.

The main reason I bought the Aqara Hub is to use it with my Alexa Echo Dot. I have several Aqara Vibration sensors which are setup in Smatthings. I want to move it over to Aqara. The problem with Aqara is not all of their devices works with Alexa. The Aqara Door sensors works with Alexa but not the vibration sensors. My main purpose is to integrate my smart devices in Alexa to do automations.

A horrible tenant destroyed my old Xiaomi Aqara home hub and smashed it into pieces so I bought this as a replacement. This device can be install on all power outlet and is using Zigbee as the protocol to communicate with other sensors. I use it to monitor the sliding door connecting the living room and patio - in case the tenant forgot to close the door during winter time. It does the job very well and the app is easy to use. However, due to the size of the power intake, it will be difficult to install it in a compact space.

Large quantity of different sensors that are controlled in the Aqara app or HomeKit. Works very well.

Bought this hub 7 months ago. It no longer works. Won’t turn on. Can’t do a hard or soft reset. Product support window is closed. $85 worth of garbage, plus my accessories.

Great product. Warning this hub speaks. At max volume. So only install where you won’t wake up your babies.