But getting your smart home off the ground can be expensive. Here’s why Black Friday is the perfect time to start building your new smart home with Aqara.
What Do You Need for a New Smart Home?
Every smart home needs a central hub.
It’s the nerve center of the operation, managing the connected sensors and gizmos like smart lights and locks, thermostats, and cameras.
A smart home hub typically supports multiple protocols (communication methods used by electrical devices) as well as wired and wireless networking. With a hub installed, you can then begin picking and choosing your preferred smart home devices.
Motion detectors, smart plugs, and much more are available. Once set up and synced with your hub, these devices will make your smart home dreams come alive.
Meet the Aqara E1 Hub
Smart home hubs come in all shapes and sizes, but few are as modest and unobtrusive as the Aqara E1.
Basically a USB stick with wireless connectivity, the Aqara E1 is just 4.25 x 1.18 x 0.3 inches and weighs 58 grams. It is designed to plug into a USB-A port on a power bank, power strip, outlet, or even a PC or router. The Aqara E1 also features a 210-degree hinge, further increasing its flexibility.
The tiny Aqara E1 hub also supports most current smart home ecosystems and voice assistants. You can use it with HomeKit, Alexa, Google, IFTTT, Alice, and Marusya. Aqara’s E1 Hub uses the fastest and most energy-efficient smart home protocol, Zigbee 3.0.
Consequently, you can connect up to 128 devices to your network, including new and classic Aqara devices. Furthermore, the E1 Hub also acts as a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi repeater, enhancing coverage for other hubs and devices on your smart home network. For Black Friday, you can get an Aqara E1 Hub for just $23.99, a 20% discount on the RRP[1] . This makes it the ideal time to start building your smart home network But what devices will you add to it?
Complement Your Smart Home Hub With Sensors
The E1 Hub isn’t the only bargain you can grab from Aqara this Black Friday.
If you wanted to future-proof your smart home with a more robust hub, Aqara is offering a deal on the M2 Hub. With a built in speaker, Ethernet port, and 360-degree infrared control, this versatile smart control center is just $47.99 on Black Friday, 20% off the usual price.
With a motion sensor set up in your home, you can create a wireless security system, with the hub configured to raise the alarm or send a notification to your phone. The Aqara Motion Sensor has a 170-degree detection and can be mounted on a wall or ceiling. With 20% off this Black Friday, you’ll spend just $16.39.[2]
Concerned about conditions in your home? Aqara offers a range of sensors, such as the Temperature and Humidity Sensor. Wire-free and with a two-year battery life, this device provides real-time detection of temperature, humidity, and atmospheric pressure. Abnormal conditions will set off an alert on your phone. This Aqara Temperature and Humidity Sensor is 20% off for Black Friday, costing just $15.99.
Meanwhile, if you’re concerned about water leaks – either from the residence above, your bathroom, or just from your washing machine – Aqara’s Water Leak Sensor is a smart addition to your fledgling smart home network. With IP67 waterproofing and dust proof too, the Water Leak Sensor can be placed in leak-prone locations to let you know when water ingress occurs. This Black Friday, the Water Leak Sensor from Aqara is 16% off, available for just $15.99.
You might also add a Wireless Mini Switch to your Aqara smart home. This is basically a button with a two-year battery life than can be used to control other smart devices on your network. The button recognizes 3 actions, single press, double press and long press, and you can trigger different scenes or automation with a different action, for example to arm the security system with single press, and to disarm it with a double press. At 20% off this Black Friday, the compact Aqara Wireless Mini Switch is $14.39.
Guard Your Home with an AI Security Camera
To keep an eye on your sweet home, what’s the better option than a home camera. When you’re away it protects your home against intruders, and it doesn’t stop there. Aqara’s AI-enabled G3 camera hub also allows you to keep track of people and even pets in your house.
It recognizes faces and could push you a notification when your kids arrive home from school. Some moms choose to place the camera in the nursery and receive an alarm when any abnormal sound (for example baby cry) is detected. The pet-tracking function of this camera allows pet owners to check out their pets easily when they’re out of town.
It even recognizes hand gestures, and you will be able to activate a customized home scene or automation with just a hand gesture, not needing to find your phone or speak to your voice assistant.
The G3 Camera Hub from Aqara brings 2K resolution, 360-degree viewing angle (enabled by a pan-and-tilt more), and IR night vision to your home. This can act as a replacement or in tandem with the E1 or M2 Hubs, connecting up to 128 Aqara accessories such as the aforementioned sensors and wireless mini switches. The G3 supports video streaming to Alexa, Google, and HomeKit. The Aqara G3 Camera Hub is 20% off this Black Friday, for just $87.99.
Aqara Is What You Need for a New Smart Home
Building a smart home isn’t as expensive as you think. With Aqara you can set up a basic smart home plus sensors for under $100 this Black Friday.
Meanwhile, Aqara’s range of smart home hubs, sensors, and more can sit seamlessly alongside your other connected hardware. With support for the latest Zigbee protocol and integration with HomeKit, Alexa, Google, IFTTT, now is the time to build your smart home with Aqara.
Thanks to Black Friday 2021, you can enjoy discounts of around 20% off key smart home components from Aqara. Don’t miss this opportunity to build a capable new smart home without breaking the bank.
