| Developers: | Aqara |
| Last Release Date: | 2025/12/25 |
| Technology: | Internet of Things (IoT) |
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2025: Aqara Hub M200
Aqara.ru presented on the Russian market the Aqara Hub M200 smart home center - a universal device for controlling a smart home. The hub combines Aqara devices and third-party technology into a single ecosystem, providing stable automation, high compatibility and manageability.
The Aqara Hub M200 is designed to connect and control smart devices using the Zigbee and Thread protocols. The device also supports the Matter standard, which allows you to integrate devices into third-party ecosystems, including the Yandex Smart Home, Apple Home, Google Home and others. The hub acts as a central smart home controller and provides stable communication between devices and scenarios.
One of the key features of the Hub M200 is its built-in 360 ° infrared transmitter. It allows you to add household appliances with an IR remote control to a smart home - televisions, air conditioners, projectors and extenders - and use it in scenarios and automation. For example, air conditioning can be turned into a full-fledged climate control element by linking it to Aqara temperature sensors.
For the full operation of the device, the Aqara ecosystem and the Aqara Home application are required.
Key features and capabilities of the device:
- Support for Zigbee, Thread and Matter: Hub M200 works as a Zigbee hub, Thread border router, and a bridge and Matter controller, providing compatibility with modern and future smart home devices.
- Infrared control of appliances: the built-in IR transmitter allows you to control ordinary household appliances and include it in scenarios, schedules and automation.
- Autonomous operation: most automation continues to work locally even in the absence of an Internet connection, providing a quick response and reliability of the system.
- Flexible connection options: the hub supports power and data transfer via PoE, as well as connection via dual-band Wi-Fi.
- Audible alerts: Built-in speaker up to 90dB is used for notifications of leaks, alarms, movement and door opening
Comfortable microclimate. When the Aqara temperature sensor detects an excess of the specified value, the Hub M200 automatically turns on the air conditioner and adjusts its operation, maintaining a comfortable temperature in the room.
Leakage protection. When water is detected by the leak sensor, the hub instantly beeps, sends a notification to the smartphone and turns off the electrical appliances through the Aqara smart outlet.
The Aqara Hub M200 integrates state-of-the-art protocols, infrared controls and standalone scenarios, becoming a universal foundation for building a reliable, flexible and scalable smart home.
2021: The ability to manage virtual assistants "Salyut"
Sber opened the ability to manage devices smart home from third-party manufacturers using. virtual assistants of the Salut family Now you can control smart lighting solutions, Philips Hue as well as light bulbs and Aqara sockets EKF ELARI , and you can use by voice it through smartphones Sberbank mobile application Salyut. More. here
2019: Start of sales in Russia of devices for smart home Aqara Hub
The manufacturer of devices for smart home Aqara announced on November 7, 2019, the start of official sales in. Russia
For the launch in Russia, Aqara has prepared several updates useful for the Russian user:
- Smart home learned to work with; voice assistant Yandex
- The Aqara application received a Russian-language interface;
- For the first time, Russian Aqara users will be able to count on warranty service.
These services became available thanks to cooperation with the first official distributor of Aqara in Russia - SoftMaster (part of the Intro Group of Companies, founded in 1997).
 | The Aqara brand is very interesting to consumers in Russia and the CIS, which we see from the large number of cross-border sales of Chinese versions of devices. Thanks to fruitful work with the manufacturer, we managed to qualitatively prepare Aqara products for full-fledged work in Russia. We are very grateful to the Yandex team for their assistance and support in implementing Alice's skills for Aqara. We are glad that by joint efforts retail prices have been made so attractive. Dmitry Kozhevnikov, CEO of SoftMaster |  |
In July 2019, Aqara entered the European market with a special version of the smart home center - Aqara Hub. An important feature of the European version of the Aqara Hub is the Euro plug. It saved the user from the need to use cheap adapters for European sockets, from which the stability and safety of the smart home suffered.
Now Aqara Hub with a euro plug is also available in Russia along with the main devices of the Aqara smart home. The following will go on sale:
- smart lamps (1490 p.),
- motion sensors (1490 p.),
- temperature sensors (990 p.),
- leakage sensors (1490 p.),
- vibration sensors (990 p.),
- door and window opening sensors (990 p.)
- wire switches with one or two keys (2490 p.)
- wireless switches with one or two keys (1490 p.)
- wireless mini-buttons (990 ₽)
- wireless switches in the form of a cube (990 p.).
With these smart devices, any user can make their home more convenient and secure.
Smart bulbs can turn on the timer and gradually gain brightness - waking up in the morning will be more pleasant. In the evening, you don't need to get out of bed to extinguish the light - you can leave a wireless switch by the bed or control the light through your smartphone. Thanks to motion sensors, the light will light up when the user enters the room, and in an empty room the light will turn off itself.
It is important that Aqara wall switches allow you to get intelligent light control without changing all light bulbs to smart ones - they are mounted in place of ordinary switches. At the same time, however, you will have to replace the box standard for Russia for a switch with a round one with a square one. The contacts are opened and closed using a relay, so there is no difference between physically pressing the button and controlling the switch from the smartphone. A zero line is not required for the operation of the circuit breaker, and the circuit breaker itself is protected from voltage surges.
Aqara devices will also serve to create a security system. In alarm mode, the motion sensor will notice penetration into the house, send a message to the smartphone and turn on the sound siren. A cheaper sensor for opening doors and windows is also suitable for this. The vibration sensor will warn if a window is broken in the house or a desk box with valuable documents is opened. The leak sensor will help you know in time about a broken pipe or a crowded bath.
All Aqara smart devices are made of special plastic: they do not burn, do not wear out and do not turn yellow over time. The sensors run on conventional batteries for up to 2 years. Another benefit of Aqara's products is its lightweight setup - sticky stickers come with the kit and are suitable for different surfaces.
Soon we can expect the appearance of a smart Aqara outlet with a euro plug. Then the smart home will be able to control heaters, air conditioners - depending on the indicators of the temperature sensor.
Aqara knew how to work with Apple HomeKit, now she knows how to work with Yandex
Aqara is in demand as an affordable solution for Apple's HomeKit smart home. For control, you can use the Siri voice assistant, the Aqara app for your Apple smartphone and the Home app for macOS and iOS.
In Russia, Aqara learned to work Yandex Smart Home with his voice assistant Alice. Alice knows how to control bulbs, wall switches, a smart outlet and the Aqara Hub smart home center. Now voice control will become available not only to users of Apple technology - Alice also works on smartphones with, in Android browser Yandex for Windows and on smart speakers and can change the brightness of the smart light bulb and control a regular chandelier if it is connected to the network via the Aqara switch.
The simultaneous operation of the Aqara smart home with Yandex and Apple ecosystems will allow the user to solve the problem of "vendor lock-in" - dependence on one manufacturer of smart devices.
According to Yandex.Market, so far there has been only one smart outlet and one light bulb on the Russian market with support for both ecosystems.
| | It is very important for us that with the help of Alice it is possible to communicate not only with Yandex services. That is why in May we announced support for smart home devices, and now Alice is a full-fledged voice interface for managing an apartment. We are pleased to welcome the Aqara brand to the Russian market and are especially pleased that the Yandex smart home is initially supported in their products. Maxim Astashev, head of marketing at Smart home | |
One-year warranty
Certified Aqara devices can be purchased on the Svyaznoy network, ordered from Online Trade and on the official Aqara website in Russia - Aqara.ru. Certified devices are covered by a one-year warranty.
Also for Aqara users there are more than a hundred service centers in different regions of Russia. Online user support is also carried out - on the Aqara.ru website you can get a free consultation on setting up devices, and on the official blog you can read about all the intricacies of installing an Aqara smart home.
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