Aqara smoke detector for Homekit

We have tried the new Aqara smoke detector, compatible with Homekit and other home automation platforms, An accessory that should be compulsory in all houses Because you can save your life and yours.

We generally associate home automation with lighting accessories or which allow us to facilitate the automation that facilitates us, but today, we are talking about the one who will not facilitate anything, can simply save our lives, for us and our whole family. Having a smoke detector at home can make the difference between fear and misfortune, and this new Aqara detector has advantages that make it different from conventional detectors thanks to their integration with our home automation platform, both, both Apple Homekit Como Alexa y Google Home.

For your configuration, you need an aqara hub that is CONCompatible Con Zigbee 3.0does not have a Bluetooth or WiFi connection, the connection is direct to HUB and will be automatically integrated into the domestic platform that we have configured with said HUB. The box includes the smoke detector, a battery which is not rechargeable but which offers us up to 10 years of autonomy, an authentic barbarism. When it runs out, another CR17450 battery can be acquired and replace it. We also have an adhesive to repair it on the roof or wall, or if we prefer, we can screw it. The design of the smoke detector is identical to that of any other conventional detector. It is smaller than others that I have been able to try, like Meross, and has only one button before we use to link it or silence it when it seems, or if we have to reset it. The button is surrounded by an LED that lights up with the alarm or when we are in the configuration process.

Its configuration process cannot be more direct: from the AQARA application for iPhone (or Android) You can easily add it by following the instructions on the screenIn Spanish and totally detailed, there will therefore be no problem. In a few seconds, the detector will be added to the Aqara and Homekit application (in our case) and ready to install it when you consider appropriate. It is important to choose a good place to install the sensor to avoid false alarms or that the alarm jumps too late. For example, if you place it in the kitchen, a room subject to smoking, do not do it near where it is cooked. The best is generally placed on doors or in room access rooms.

The alarm has a siren of 85 dB so that you have no doubt that you listen to it if it is activated. In addition If we install several sensors at home, they have the possibility of binding them between themSo that if you are activated, everyone would start to ring. This is one of the great advantages compared to other conventional detectors. And the other is that we can receive the notification that the alarm has been activated on our phone where we are, provided that we have an internet connection. We can silence the alarm by pressing the detector button or from our device. In addition, the alarm notification can be configured as a critical notification, so that we have the device in silence or with the non -disturbing mode, it will always warn us. And we can create automation from the Aqara application or the Casa application so that if the alarm is activated, the lights are felt in red (for example) a very interesting option if there are people with hearing aid deficit.

Publisher's opinion

A smoke detector is as simple and necessary. And qThe EU is integrated into our national ecosystem presents certain advantagesAs being able to link it to the Enlightenment so that there is not only sound but also visual alerts, or to be able to receive notifications if the alarm is activated even if we are not at home. This new Aqara sensor meets all of this and also has a very simple configuration process. With an autonomy of up to 10 years, the best thing that can happen to us is that we install it and we never have to remember that we have it. You have it (link).

Contras

• Need ZigBee 3.0 HUB