Aqara simply introduced a swath of latest sensible residence merchandise at CES 2026, all Matter-compatible, geared up with superior presence sensing, and broadly suitable throughout a number of completely different wi-fi requirements. Amongst them is the Aqara Thermostat Hub W200, a tool that’s method, far more than only a sensible residence thermostat.
To begin, the Hub W200 incorporates a 4-inch touchscreen that permits you to management sensible residence gadgets, each first- and- third-party (through Matter). It may well additionally present you who’s at your door and allow you to lock or unlock it (offered you’re utilizing an Aqara video doorbell and sensible lock.) It additionally comes with millimeter sensing, which is wi-fi sensing tech that permits issues like automation triggers primarily based on not simply movement, however the place somebody is in a room. The Hub W200 connects to your community through Wi-Fi (2.4GHz or 5GHz).
The system additionally has particular compatibility with Apple Dwelling’s new options, Adaptive Temperature and Clear Power Steerage. The primary lets the thermostat use your iPhone’s location to predict whenever you’re residence, on your method residence, away, or very distant (on a visit, as an example), to regulate your heating and cooling. Clear Power Steerage lets the thermostat regulate its operation to choose instances when power is cleaner and cheaper. It additionally works with utility corporations’ time-of-use charges.
In individual at a press briefing, the W200 bears a hanging resemblance to an Ecobee thermostat, with the similar sq., rounded sq. lined in shiny black plastic. Which, positive. I’m not saying the look of thermostats is a completely solved downside, however I’ve no quarrel with the Ecobee look.
Certainly one of the Sensible Locks that the Hub W200 will work with is the Sensible Lock U400, which the firm additionally introduced. The U400 will function Aliro, a brand new sensible lock protocol from the Connectivity Requirements Alliance (the similar group behind Matter) that may be unlocked by each iPhones and Android telephones utilizing NFC and UWB.
Aqara says the U400 can inform, utilizing UWB capabilities on your cellphone or smartwatch, whenever you seem to be approaching the door to open it, otherwise you’re simply strolling close to or previous it—like for those who’re not prepared to go in however heading to, say, your porch swing. To take a seat and drink, I don’t know, mint juleps on a scorching summer season day.
Throughout the press briefing, I watched as a field with an iPhone in it—at the second, it makes use of simply Apple Dwelling Key’s UWB implementation—slid towards and away from the lock, repeatedly locking and unlocking it simply because it obtained shut. It didn’t accomplish that fairly as reliably, although, when others tried with a separate demo unit, strolling towards and away from the lock.
Previous couple of issues: the U400 options auto-locking, fingerprint unlock, passcodes, and unlocking through voice command together with your most popular sensible residence platform. It makes use of Matter-over-Thread, that means it’s suitable with all main sensible residence platforms, as long as you’ve gotten a Thread Border Router, like a HomePod mini, on your community.
The U400 is out there right now for $269, whereas the Hub W200 will come later.
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