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Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

The promise of the smart home largely hinges on accurate, speedy presence detection. That's to say, our home needs to know when there are people in it and where they are, as quickly as possible, so ...

This all-purpose presence sensor is a master at monitoring indoor activity and linking it to smart home features you already use. Tyler has worked on, lived with and tested all types of smart home and ...

The FP1E’s millimeter wave technology provides for a much more nuanced look at whether a room is occupied or not, but you’ll need one of Aqara’s Zigbee or Matter smart home hubs to use it. Whatever ...

Meross has announced the launch of its new 3-in-1 smart sensor, the MS605. It uses triple detection technology, combining radar, infrared and light sensing, to reduce false alerts and deliver more ...

Aqara today launched its latest sensor, debuting the Presence Multi-Sensor FP300. Aqara’s sensor is able to determine when someone is in the room, providing a useful way to control HomeKit-connected ...

I would recommend starting with the Aqara app as it’ll walk you through the setup process which included pairing it to HomeKit as well. Overall, it’s a pretty smooth process. The HomeKit QR code is on ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

Smart homes are becoming more and more intelligent by the day, but there’s nothing quite as smart as a home that can detect where you are in order to automatically trigger a wide variety of different ...

TOKYO, Nov. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- SwitchBot, a leading provider of AI-enabled embodied home robotics systems, today officially launched its brand-new battery-powered Presence Sensor, equipped with ...

Aqara this week released the Presence Sensor FP2 – a brand new millimeter wave sensor that goes far beyond the capabilities of more conventional motion sensors to facilitate powerful automations, with ...