Who wouldn't push that button at the end?! Sorry if this video is a mess. Filming at CES isn't easy but I want to highlight companies that are adding features for a more stable smart home. Which I think is extremely important!

@fdelacou

5 ай бұрын

One interesting question to address: is it worth to upgrade from M2 when M3 is released? :-)

@veryboringname.

5 ай бұрын

I didn't think it was a mess at all! I find Aqara's home automation products to be nicely-designed and well-priced so it was good to see. Nice Pocket 3 too! Do you like it?

I love how the Homey Pro staff is sitting down at the Aqara booth 00:13

@kinnseyhoi

5 ай бұрын

We had a long chat😂

The "pick up to activate" microphone leads us right back to the ideal solution; the communicator from Star Trek- Tap to speak!

@reedssmarthome

5 ай бұрын

Haha yes! That's what we need!

@xXDeadJesterXx

5 ай бұрын

If you have a 3d printer it wouldn't be hard to incorporate it into a printed version. You could also probably use a ESP32 chip to add the "chirp" sound effect when you open it.

Honestly, Home Assistant needs to implement built-in easy clustering, just to make sure you have high availability on the automation. Good for Aquara for realizing that you don't want your hub going down on you.

Great to see you at CES! If the AI rule builder on the M3 hub works the way they say it will, it will be an absolute game changer and force all the other hubs in that direction. Very excited to see how that plays out.

@reedssmarthome

5 ай бұрын

It was great seeing you at CES too! I agree about the AI rule builder and can't wait to see it in action.

Incredibly excited for the keypad concept. Could open up some seriously powerful automations!!!

Thank you for sharing Reed. I am excited for the M3. I have many Aqara devices in my home and think they are one of the best for smart home users for ease of setup and cost. I also like the thought of picking up the button to control speech devices- would absolutely need a locator on it as it it seems very small

Happy New Year🎉

Binding is a good feature. YoLink has that feature and nice to know certain emergency monitors will still work on their own.

Backup is an awesome feature! If it works well I’ll drop my hue hubs.

Thanks Reed.

I don't want another hub to run my automations...would this hub integrate into home assistant in some way? I currently use the AQARA sensors with HA directly.

Like Disney World for tech junkies. Great CES video, by the way!

Hey, when I talked to the rep he mentioned that Aqara have been in conversations with Home Assistant and are trying to find a way how to make the hub integrate with HA. Did you happen to get any more info on that?

Another question, there at the end, was that the T1M light you saw briefly? The one with the RGB ring around it? If so any idea when that's going to be available for purchase?

Can you set up the hub without internet? I need to go from box to use without internet.

Does m3 hub support controlling hue lights?

IR Blasters are such underrated smart home devices

The binding sounds like Z-Wave Associations.

Do you know if aqara planning on releasing the smart plugs in a UK version

Did they say when the P1 Motion Sensors will be back in stock? I've been monitoring them on Amazon since before Christmas. In early Jan, they told me they were working on getting them back in stock, but nothing yet. I am in need of a few more.

i was waiting for your video on ces. as always a great video!

I need to know more about the U200! Is it Thread, Wifi or Zigbee?

@kinnseyhoi

5 ай бұрын

Bluetooth and Thread

The AI could be interesting if it actually works the way they claim it will. The new door locks also look nice

All the automations are on the hub

How often does an Aqara hub go down? Never heard of that before. This makes me think twice about buying one.

@veryboringname.

5 ай бұрын

Computer hard disks don't fail often, but RAID is a big thing. Same concept here.

@xXDeadJesterXx

5 ай бұрын

My hub goes offline at least once a week. Then again, that's due to my wife unplugging it in order to plug something else in. As soon as I find another spot for it, I'm moving it out of her reach.

@chris_schenkel

5 ай бұрын

It's a marketing gimmick to sell more units. The chinese aren't stupid but they are dangerous.

Does the that hub make their previous devices matter compatible? I don't think all their current lineup is compatoble with samsung smartthings

@AndrewDee

5 ай бұрын

Of course, it's also a matter bridge for the previous Zigbee devices

Can't wait to get my hands on the M3 Hub!

@summerbee80

5 ай бұрын

I know you!! I watch your channel

@SlackerLabs

5 ай бұрын

@@summerbee80 woohoo! I love that!

So I have the M2 hub already, would I replace it with the new M3 when it comes out or is there any benefit to using both? Or can you even use both hubs together? Or would my M2 just be useless at that point?

@AndrewDee

5 ай бұрын

Yess they say it can be a leader of other aqara hubs and make the setup more local

@stain0269

5 ай бұрын

@@AndrewDee awesome, good to hear. Guess I'll be picking one up when they come out

Looking good, not trusting any aqara/xiaomi device connected to my wifi/lan network though. Not sure about remote connectivity, but would block all traffic in firewall

@AndrewDee

5 ай бұрын

Why confusing aqara with Xiaomi They are different and aqara works more locally and has dedicated servers in the US for remote control and stuff

@SneakieGargamel

5 ай бұрын

@@AndrewDeeIm not confusing the companies. Aqara is a daughter company of Xiaomi and Im grouping them because I personally trust neither. Im from europe, and local server would probably be good for quick response time, but its not opensource so no clue what that they are doing with my camera feed for example. Perfectly fine if you dont care, but I do. That why I run Home Assistant with Aqara zigbee devices and they work great. I have nothing against there product, as long as there is no network connection needed

@SneakieGargamel

5 ай бұрын

@@AndrewDee ps, running locally doesnt mean it isn’t sharing your data somewhere

The need to use more LoRA.

What’s that mirrored round thing?

@reedssmarthome

5 ай бұрын

Voice assistant microphone concept.

@ctlspl

5 ай бұрын

@@reedssmarthome No, I mean the one with the display on the wall.

Wait why did you breeze over local voice control?

@joshieporritt

5 ай бұрын

Sorry I spoke too soon

Send the lock to lock picking lawyer and see how long he takes

@KimmoJaskari

5 ай бұрын

It's probably a trash lock, let's be real. I don't trust any of the smart locks further than I can throw them tbh.

@drew---

5 ай бұрын

What home invasion is stopped by locks? They're there for a first line of defence. How secure is that glass window beside your lock?if someone wants to break in, they will. No one's sitting there trying to bypass your smart lock.

But will the @lockpickinglawyer 2:49 approve this? 🤔 I bet not.

CES 2024

I don't want something thay i Have to pick to be able to give instructions. I want a local controlled device so I don't need to worry about privacy and that is listening all the time.

I think i recognise that booth babe at 0:04 :)

I am looking forward to the M3 hub as well but backup only to another M3 hub? Come on man. I mean it is better than SmartThings but that is a low bar.

@reedssmarthome

5 ай бұрын

Well if you had two M3 hubs for multiple Thread border routers then it makes sense.

@USRMBMN1

5 ай бұрын

Any comments from Aqara on interoperability with M2 hubs? The M2 is advertised as “future-proof”. Curious if it be getting some of the software features such as backup / redundancy…

@jeremygmail

5 ай бұрын

agreed. and I am glad that is an option but I would prefer the ability to download the configuration in XML or JSON or whatever it is so I can properly back it up in my 3-2-1 setup. I want to make sure one of the most critical things to my house is saved also not IN the house.@@reedssmarthome

@AndrewDee

5 ай бұрын

​@@USRMBMN1I believe m2 is from about 4 years ago and it got matter update last year compared to some other cash grabs when the manufacturers force you to get a new hub to expose the devices to matter