To start, the Hub W200 has a 4-inch touchscreen that lets you control both first- and third-party (via Miter) smart home devices. It can also show you who’s at your door and let you lock or unlock it (provided you’re using the Aqara Video Doorbell and Smart Lock.) It also comes with Millimeter Sensing, which is wireless sensing technology that enables things like triggering automations based not only on motion, but where someone is in the room. The Hub W200 connects to your network via Wi-Fi (2.4GHz or 5GHz).
The device also has special compatibility with Apple Home’s new features, adaptive temperature and clean energy guidance. The first allows the thermostat to use your iPhone’s location to predict when you’re home, on your way home, away, or far away (for example, on a trip), so that your heating and cooling can be adjusted. Clean energy guidance lets the thermostat adjust its operation for times when energy is clean and affordable. It also works with utility companies’ time-of-use rates.
In person at a press briefing, the W200 looks very similar to an Ecobee thermostat, covered in glossy black plastic with the same square, rounded sections. Which is fine. I’m not saying the look of the thermostats is a completely solved problem, but I have no quarrel with the Ecobee look.
One of the smart locks that the Hub W200 will work with is the Smart Lock U400, which the company has also announced. The U400 will feature Aliero, a new smart lock protocol from the Connectivity Standards Alliance (the same group behind Matter) that can be unlocked by both iPhones and Android phones using NFC and UWB.
Aqara says the U400 can use the UWB capabilities on your phone or smartwatch to tell whether you’re approaching the door to open it, or you’re simply passing by or near it — as if you’re not ready to go inside, but headed for your porch swing. To sit around on a hot summer day and drink, I don’t know, mint juleps.
During the press briefing, I watched a box containing an iPhone — at the moment, it only uses the UWB implementation of the Apple Home Key — sliding toward and away from the lock, repeatedly locking and unlocking as it got closer. However, this did not happen as reliably when other people tried walking closer and further away from the lock with a different demo unit.
Last few things: The U400 features auto-locking, fingerprint unlock, passcode, and unlocking via voice command with your favorite smart home platform. It uses Mater-over-Thread, which means it’s compatible with all major smart home platforms, as long as you have a thread border router like the HomePod Mini on your network.
The U400 is available today for $269, while the Hub W200 will arrive later.
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