Aqara Reveal Smart Rotary Dimmer Switch

Aug 12, 2023

Aqara today revealed their latest product designed for the smart home, namely the H1 Rotary Dimmer Switch. This new device, which is designed to be wired into the wall, like any regular switch, comes with an 86 style square plate and requires a neutral wire to operate. There’s also a possible battery-operated version, although we’ve seen no evidence of this so far. As with virtually all of Aqara products, the H1 uses Zigbee, and in this case, it’s using Zigbee 3.0. This means that it will only work with the company’s newer hubs, which includes either the Aqara M1S or M2 hubs, the G2H camera hub, or the P3 AC Companion. All of these use Zigbee 3.0 as standard.

We’ve been told these switches are already on sale in a few stores in Mainland China, selling for RMB499 (roughly equivalent to US$75), although whether they’ll make it onto international reseller stores, we don’t know.

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