Did Aqara just make the home sensor I've always wanted?

Thanks for confirming my recent FP2 "buggy days" experience

I just wished it uses battery for there may be no outlet where you want to place. I will still go with P1 just because of ease of placement.

Did you murder someone in your laundry room? Looks like there is a lot of blood splatter on the wall haha

Great video..!! As usual. I happen to be very interested in this sensor ever since I heard of it. Eric, is there a line of smart products that work with my Mesh network even if the internet is down? And may be mix some brands? Any thoughts? (beacouse if pricing I've tried to stay away from apple HomeKit so thing like TP-Link attract me)

You can set automations with motion sensors using timers to stop lights turning off when you're in a room

I have Philips Hue bulbs with a Hue hub and Hue motion sensors. I don't see Hue offering any presence sensor to update their motion sensors. But sometimes the lights go out when I am still. Can I use this device and their hub with Hue bulbs, ditching the Hue motion sensors and Hue Hub?

thanks! gonna get this for the very same use you used as an example. I Put in a generic motion wall switch in my laundry thinking it would be enough. But the light goes out on us all the time. Was particularly an issue when I was tiling a wall and the washer/dryer was between me and the sensor. It constantly went out while installing and I had to get up and move around to turn it back on. This will be much better. Don't like the idea of a hub though. Why not spend the extra $20 and not spend the hub cost if I don't have other devices that use a hub anyway? And I've noticed your dry hands and cuticles before too and never said anything. Seems it was too much for some this time. LOL

Great review, thanks again. Any idea what the price might be?

I hate ecosystems - if it needs a hub I don't want it. The review is amazing! The stuff that you said is less expensive, because of a hub needed is because they make money on the hub, or there is a tech reason?

Does it work with amazon alexa?

Not sure I would be buying m2 hub, knowing it won’t act as matter controller… eg aqara u200 won’t work with it

You are mistaken. The FP2 does not require Aqara hubs to work with Matter any more. It was true when they first came out, but updates fixed that. I have two that I have installed in Home Assistant without the Aqara app. And I've sheared them with HomeKit with a simple button push and a QR code scan. And just recently Matter allows third parties to update devices wihtout using native Apps. And HomeKit should be able to do the firmware updates directly in the near future. The FP2 isn't perfect, but it does the job nicely, and it has a light sensor, which the FP1s do not.

I am a little sad because these presence sensors only detect presence (which is great, but only if you want that). I wish they were combined with other sensor types (e.g., temperature, humidity, lux, and so on) like traditional motion sensors are at this stage. It would make it a lot more versatile. It looks like a great product IF you have an Aqara hub AND and you only need one type of sensor for the room. Outside of that, it would be unusable.

hope fp1e is reasonably cheaper than fp2

Ugh... just threw down $200 on some FP2s and the experience has been massively underwhelming

Gotta moisturise your hands bro lol

guys... you do know that there is an Aqara FP1 out for two years now eh? what is the difference with this one!? the Aqara FP2 is WAY better than this. so why did Aqara release it?

Thanks for the insight on this. Your videos are fantastic. Don’t mean this disrespectfully, but you might want to look into using lotion on your hands. Trust me. I’m a black person who knows about skin hydration. Dry hands will cause you problems later.