Aqara Home

I bought my first smart home devices about 2 years ago, not expecting much. So I gave Aqara a shot, buying a few switches and sensors. I just couldn't believe how well everything worked. I have 55 Aqara accessories in my house. The app ties all of this together so well and allows for so much control & functionality. Aqara support is extremely responsive & they fix issues quickly. I highly recommend their products to anyone!

The G5 Pro outdoor cameras (PoE, not WiFi) have exceeded expectations! Love them. And the live video integration with the Home app has been excellent. The U100 door lock works great too. Lights, Thermostat, sensors — the Aqara products have been working great. Only issue is the G410 doorbell sync with Apple Home isn't always consistent.

Despite some UI complaints — controls becoming tiny after an update, missing 24-hour time format, and no dark mode — I still give it four stars. Overall the app does its job pretty well. I wish they'd add webhooks to the automation actions, but the core smart home functionality is solid.

This app has worked great with my new G3 camera. The interface is very easy to use, and has plenty of features. Setting the camera up with HomeKit Secure Video worked flawlessly. One of my favorite features is the IR control for mini-splits and other appliances. My suggestion is to add Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion for the IR temperature control.

App is generally fine to work with. I'm able to navigate through it without much issue, and have several temperature sensors running in various locations. Overall I don't have many issues with the app except for the 24 hour time format. I'd update the review to 5 stars if they deployed a 12-hour time format option.

I use this for temperature/humidity sensors. They work great, but it's very difficult to see trends over time. The graphs auto-adjust scale is too jumpy. The full scale is too extreme. There needs to be a third option to set the scale so you can see data trends without the graph jumping around.

I don't like having to create a cloud account to access a local device. Hopefully I can work around that and use the G410 doorbell camera fully locally. IMHO, cloud services should always be an optional add-on that enhances the device's capabilities, but should only be required in extremely limited cases.

The hub is pretty limited and expensive, and because it depends on the cloud, is pretty much always offline at times. I mostly use the IR commands, but can't map them to a main screen widget so have to fumble through sub menus. The hub also has a speaker but it can't be used as a routine target.