The Aqara P1 Motion Sensor is a very solid upgrade from the original Aqara offering, but is it the BEST HomeKit motion sensor to date?
A HomeKit water leak sensor is one of those devices that you never want to know is there, but are really glad when you do. There aren’t a ton of choices on the market currently, but the Eve Water Guard is one that definitely stands out from the competition, but is it right for everyone.?
The problem with HomeKit air quality sensors is that they are not exactly affordable. Well, at least most of them anyway. The TVOC Air Quality Monitor from Aqara is the exception coming in at more than half the price of other HomeKit air quality sensors currently out there. But do you get what you pay for?
In theory, a smart outdoor weather station is the perfect application for Thread, but do Eve Weather & Thread in HomeKit hold up over time?
Of course you want a smoke detector to alert you when you are home, but what about when you’re not? Smart smoke detectors are less common than one might think in the connected home space. As is often the case, there are even fewer options for HomeKit smoke detectors. In my opinion, a connected smoke detector is a prime example of a pragmatic use of smart home technology. In this post, we’ll look at the most affordable option for a HomeKit smoke detector, the Mijia-Honeywell Smart Smoke Detector.
The Aqara G2H is an affordable HomeKit Secure Video camera with a HomeKit-compatible Zigbee hub, but is it right for you?
As the popularity of the smart home balloons, more and more companies want a piece of the pie and understandably so. In HomeKit, we’ve been witnessing a surge in vendors bring their products to the platform with many offering unique perspectives and accessories with a growing number coming out of China. One such manufacturer is Terncy, otherwise known as Xiaoyan. This Zigbee-based home automation solution provides some affordable smart home standards as well as some one-of-a-kind devices that really make this system stand out. This article will serve as an introduction to the HomeKit-enabled Terncy Home Center and its lineup of accessories with more in-depth analyses of some individual devices to come.
HomeKit has had solutions for water leak sensors for some time and we even reviewed the first to come to the platform last year, but one of it’s downsides was the price. Aqara is seemingly aiming to significantly undercut its competition by offering a comparable product at nearly 1/3 of the price, but is it worth it?
Contact sensors are an essential part of any smart home this Zigbee-enabled door and window sensor from Aqara is a blazingly fast one.
HomeKit security systems are few and far between and the Onvis CS1 is the only all-in-one solution.