How The Aqara Mini Switch OVERHAULED My HomeKit Smart Home 😳

[@AdamsTechLife]

Do you use an Aqara Mini Switch, NFC Tags, or both in your HomeKit home?

[@alex05712]

I‘m using both because i don‘t have my phone with me. Thanks for the video 🙏 keep it up;)

[@AdamsTechLife]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@alex05712]

@@AdamsTechLife i really enjoy your videos because you have an honest opinion and not like those heavily sponcored channels👍👍👍

[@AdamsTechLife]

Glad you’re enjoying the videos, appreciate your support! Thanks for watching! 😊

[@alex05712]

@@AdamsTechLife thanks for being so polite, i really enjoy homekit, but it is pretty expensive, could you review some budget homekit products? Like under 20$ or something?

[@TheBradLloyd]

Love this video Adam and agree these buttons are a must to include in your Smart Home especially to keep family and friends happy! Your videos are always so upbeat with a great pace! Keep up the great work!

[@AdamsTechLife]

Thanks Brad for your support! Glad you’re enjoying the videos, I’m enjoying yours as well. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@myHomeKithome]

Outstanding video Adam! HomeKit buttons are so overlooked. The possibilities are nearly endless

[@AdamsTechLife]

Thanks Dustin! For sure, crazy how helpful they can be. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@z4chtv]

thinking about getting this to open and close my garage as a button inside and not locked to apple home. thoughts?

[@AdamsTechLife]

as long as you can create the automations then yes!

[@Hikerhikeshikes19]

I’ve had some weird experiences with this switch for arming my “away guard”. I have a 15 second exit delay after a single press. Many times after a single press I don’t hear the first sound that indicates the countdown to arming has begun. It’s like a “Pling” sound. It’s only happening when the alarm system is armed, and the “beep” to indicate the system has been armed comes 15 seconds later. It’s completely out of sync.

[@AdamsTechLife]

i haven't experienced that before but maybe you could try restarting your aqara hub and trying again? or you could contact aqara for support

[@mrezedj]

hey, I wanted to ask you a question about the aqara smart button, the function I want to give to that smart button is that when you press it, a shortcut that I have made in the ios shortcut app is executed, since I have a shortcut made in which my roborock robot and other accessories that are NOT within the homekit or ¨tuyä app are run, I already have a zigbee smart button and it has been automatically added to the ¨tuyä app and also to homekit because I have a matters zigbee tuya gateway, but I can't get the button to execute a shortcut from the shortcut app that I had already made, does this aqara button give me the ability to do so?

[@AdamsTechLife]

shortcuts from the ios app are not able to be ran from the home app natively. you can use an app called pushcut (i made a video on this) to do it and can run automatically with an automation server.

[@mrezedj]

@@AdamsTechLife But with the Pushcut app could I manipulate an “IOS shortcut” with the Tuya Zigbee smart button?

[@Heinrichsreither]

Hey Adam, how do I do the same you did with the fan, with my curtain? If at 100% then close, what is the otherwise section? Or does it need to be a different shortcut?

[@AdamsTechLife]

the other section can be whatever you want - nothing, control a device, etc. it's up to you. maybe could be if not closed, then open.

[@karlnone8422]

Can you use the mini switch to turn on the Alert System?

[@AdamsTechLife]

the switch can be used to toggle security modes of an aqara hub in the home app and aqara app

[@timwong28]

hi i wonder if you can help me. I successfully added my mini switch via the M2 hub to the aqara app but i cannot find the mini switch apprering anywhere in my Apple Homekit app hence cannot use it to control my apple lights. Please help if you can. thank you. tim w.

[@AdamsTechLife]

find the hub in the apple home app and click on accessories and you'll see the mini switch and you can move it to a different room/set up the button presses

[@timwong28]

@@AdamsTechLife thank you sir will give it a try

[@GabrielCapo24]

Hey man.. still loving your videos it’s me.. the guy that asked about the nfc tags things (hope I’m calling them the right name) the other day.. do u have a video how to have Siri red you something just how u did at 4:13?

[@AdamsTechLife]

Hey man, thanks for your support. I showed a quick step by step in my contact sensor video of the vocolinc sensors in feb of 2021 at about the 3:25 mark. I don’t have a dedicated video on it…yet lol

[@GabrielCapo24]

@@AdamsTechLife thanks man, you’re the best 💪🏽💪🏽♥️

[@TheMishgo]

Hi Adam, well this was very useful video for me! thx@lot Could you tell if it is posible to use mini switch to turn "wake up/sleep" mode on Aqara cam g3?

[@AdamsTechLife]

Glad I could help! I don’t use the g3 camera but if I was to make an educated guess, I would say the mini switch can trigger the wake up/sleep mode but I would read out to aqara support team to confirm. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@sarabradley919]

Cute pups 🥰 great video my love

[@AdamsTechLife]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching! 😊

[@Isaac.Bischof]

Does the buttons also work just with a homepod as a hub, or do I need to have a aquara hub?

[@AdamsTechLife]

an aqara hub is required

[@Us_and_themm]

hey I keep getting no response on my g2h in HomeKit, which in turn knocks all the accessories off also any idea how to fix this please. It worked great for a few weeks.

[@AdamsTechLife]

Maybe try resetting g2h or unplugging and re plugging back in or restarting internet? Thanks for watching! 😊

[@ThiyaguShanmugam]

Will it works with hue bridge

[@AdamsTechLife]

The bridge itself no but Philips hue bulbs yes

[@Polkster13]

Thanks for the video and the ideas.I have several Aqara hubs and 5 of their cameras. Whenever my in-laws visit, they are always turning off my lamps with switch on the lamp which kills power to my smart bulbs. They don't like using SIRI so I am going to get one of these buttons and have it turn off all of the lights in the Guest bedroom. This will make like so much better for the both of us.

[@AdamsTechLife]

Glad you enjoyed the videos! It’s great to hear how you’ll be using the mini switches to keep your lights on when company is over and for daily use. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@brittanyparker-vaughan2881]

I purchased a bunch of Aqaba sensors for Prime Day - no regrets. They’ve already caught a leak under the kitchen sink, and made controlling my baby’s lights easier with a mini switch on the windowsill next to the rocking chair. I bought way more, but those are just two that have paid immediate dividends. In your automation video, could you go over using the temperature sensors with Ecobee? I have yet to find a good tutorial on it.

[@AdamsTechLife]

Brittany, thanks for your comment. That’s great to hear Aqara is working well for your smart home! Unfortunately I don’t have the temperature sensors to automate. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@usi773]

Does it not work with the aqara E1 usb hub ?

[@AdamsTechLife]

It does, that product was not out at the time of recording. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@obilong6389]

Finally a guy who makes video for aqara products, i use all the xiaomi products and only the lights works with homekit and i want to trasfer my security items to aqara items. Question can aqara hub rings from apple homepod for security alarm instead of hubs speaker?

[@AdamsTechLife]

no, an aqara hub can't play the alarm on a homepod instead of the built in speaker, that'd be cool though.

[@aeonjoey3d]

I did the same thing with a hue hub and hue dimmer remotes, the hub was $50 for the hub, two bulbs, and the remotes were $16 and $20 each used.

[@AdamsTechLife]

That’s great! Thanks for watching! 😊

[@hughfr4nc15]

How did you set the Siri voice message?

[@AdamsTechLife]

Siri shortcut, speak message action, rip the audio and upload to my Apple Music and choose the song. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@hughfr4nc15]

@@AdamsTechLife Thanks!

[@blackbeard1984]

The status query does not have to be in the automation, it can also be done without.

[@AdamsTechLife]

Thanks for the tip!

[@dakdur1126]

But my lights are KASA. Will this work with that?

[@AdamsTechLife]

If they work in HomeKit, it’ll work. This only works with devices that are in the home app. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@dakdur1126]

@@AdamsTechLife so if the items are in the Home app on another platform but connected by HOOBS it would work?

[@AdamsTechLife]

Hoobs will work, as long as you can see the devices in the home app you’re good!

[@nickpanzeca7640]

Hey Adam, great video. I recently bought some mini switches and installed the first one in the Aqara app but can’t get it to go over to home kit. Am I missing something?

[@AdamsTechLife]

Awesome! So it’s supposed to automatically sync to HomeKit in the same room as in the aqara app once the aqara hub is in the home app. If not, you can to your hubs in HomeKit and if you see the aqara hub, tap on it and it should show the device there. I’ve seen it sometimes take a couple minutes to auto sync to HomeKit. Hope that helps. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@nickpanzeca7640]

@@AdamsTechLife it’s all good now! Thanks so much. I love them

[@domenkos]

Hi Adam, I’ve got the same problem as the viewer above. I have an Aqara Camera Hub G2H Pro and a few Mini Switches around the house. All works great in the Aqara app but I can’t see the switches in the Home app. Any ideas why? Thanks.

[@lovewenwin]

Does it work wyze?

[@AdamsTechLife]

no

[@chrisperrywv]

How did you get Siri to tell you goodnight?

[@AdamsTechLife]

I think I used the speak text action or recorded her voice with a speak text action and added it to my Apple Music library to play as a song

[@chrisperrywv]

@@AdamsTechLife thanks. I’m familiar. What a pain 🤣 hopefully they remedy that soon.

[@AdamsTechLife]

Haha true true

[@TheOneManGamingCrew]

Hey adam! Great vid, keep it up 👍

[@AdamsTechLife]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching! 😊

[@leogaming83]

Was going to buy one but dint know it need it a bridge and i look and the bridge is $50 😢

[@AdamsTechLife]

The bridge has its own useful features as well. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@leogaming83]

@@AdamsTechLife went ahead and bought both the bridge and the switch since they are on sale

[@strangee4]

I bought 4 of them, unfortunately they don’t work with tuya powered hub. I though any zigbee 3.0 hub can pair with them. I like other hub brands they can pair alex, google home, homekit and zigbee all in one device unlike aqara😢

[@AdamsTechLife]

Oh man that stinks.

[@Frank-Y]

@@AdamsTechLife Does is work with the Aqara hub E1 (that’s the usb hub)

[@Maxie_Mack]

AH PERFECT! A physically togglable remote to do what i want! Why has no one thought of this?!

[@AdamsTechLife]

Hahaha it’s awesome! Thanks for watching! 😊

[@mavirek]

Wait, we add Homekit products to avoid physically lifting a finger, and then they sell us back the very finger-lifting process in a newfangled device in case we miss lifting a finger?

[@AdamsTechLife]

Sometimes a finger press is easier than voice. In the video I explain the use cases :)

[@Tylerbb8122]

Flic is this same product, but so much smaller and better looking

[@AdamsTechLife]

Tyler, thanks for your comment. Yes, Flic does this and more. Aqara is the budget option 🤣 Thanks for watching! 😊

[@oliversamala4215]

Another great review!

[@AdamsTechLife]

Glad you enjoyed the review, Oliver. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@walex19]

Yeap, got about 6 these. So useful

[@AdamsTechLife]

That’s great! Thanks for watching! 😊

[@sarabradley1317]

This button is amazing

[@AdamsTechLife]

It's certainly very useful. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@drdrew3]

Just say “NO” to more hubs. HomeKit manufacturers need to stop doing this.

[@AdamsTechLife]

Thanks for watching! 😊

[@walex19]

But at the moment, devices with hubs are still the most reliable. I’ve even seen people complaining about thread. Reliability is the most important thing.