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Aqara’s at IFA in Berlin where it just announced a slew of new smart home products, highlighted by a new wired doorbell camera, a video recording hub for Aqara cameras, and the company’s first battery-powered camera for outdoor use.
The new Doorbell Camera G400 is only available for wired installations, and works with Apple’s HomeKit Secure Video for secure cloud-based recordings and facial recognition. The 2k sensor promises “head-to-toe” video capture, alongside motion, package, vehicle, animal, and person detection. It can be powered by a PoE cable or traditional low voltage power supply.
The Camera G510 is Aqara’s first battery-powered outdoor camera. It includes a built-in solar panel to keep its battery topped up, and a 2.5k resolution to help with on-device person, vehicle, and package detection.
The Home Station M410 is a multi-functional security hub that creates a central point of access for Aqara’s cameras, while also helping to extend their operating range. It supports 24/7 recording to a local hard disk, SSD, or microSD card, while doubling as a Matter hub.
Aqara’s also got a new multi-protocol Hub M200 that can serve as a Matter controller, Thread border router, Matter bridge for Aqara’s Zigbee devices, and a 360-degree IR blaster. Rounding things out are a Radiator Thermostat W600 with support for both Thread and Zigbee connectivity, and a handful for H2-series power management smart plugs and outlets for the EU and UK markets.
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