Aqara came to CES with something to prove

Aqara comes to Vegas with a number of first smart home products in its rapidly growing portfolio. It showcases an impressive smart lock that unlocks upon approach, a thermostat with support for adaptive temperature and Apple’s Clean Energy Directives, a substance-enabled camera, and a pair of sensors for tracking human occupants and objects.

The Camera Hub G350 and Thermostat Hub W200 serve as Matter controllers, with dual-band Wi-Fi, Thread, and Zigbee. It also supports Aqara’s pursuit of “spatial intelligence” that allows hubs to act as a central point to connect and manage both Aqara devices and Matter-compatible products. It’s all part of the company’s long-term effort to bring ambient intelligence into the home with some help from artificial intelligence.

The G350 dual-lens indoor camera is the first Aqara camera to support the feature It was recently announced with Matter 1.5 specifications. The pan/tilt motor provides 360-degree coverage captured through the 4K wide-angle lens and 9x zoom lens. It can lock, identify and track pets or people during the day and night and alert owners to broken glass, coughing or crying. The camera supports up to 512GB of local microSD storage and can be used as a Zigbee hub, Matter controller, and Matter bridge for older Aqara devices.

The W200 thermostat has a 4-inch touchscreen and supports Apple’s Adaptive Temperature and Clean Energy Directives features in iOS 26. That means it will automatically adjust the temperature based on your activity status in the Apple Home app — Home, Sleep, Away, or Extended — and try to heat and cool a space when the grid is “cleanest” and electricity rates are lower. Its screen can also be used to see visitors and open the door when synced with the Aqara doorbell and lock. Aqara did not provide any prices before launching the thermostat next month.

Aqara Smart Lock U400 — Check out our hands-on training – It is a UWB-enabled deadbolt that opens once the resident is about six feet from the door. Initially, hands-free access will require an Apple Home key stored in the Apple Wallet of the user’s iPhone or Apple Watch. But this Matter-certified lock is also “Access ready“, so it will eventually work with digital keys stored in wallets from the likes of Samsung (expected by March) and Google. Aqara is pricing the U400 smart lock at $269.99 and it’s available today.

The FP400 dual-protocol Thread/Zigbee sensor uses mmWave radar to track occupants in real time and determine whether they are standing, sitting or lying down. It can also detect falls and calculate the number of passengers, how long they stayed in the place, and the distance they traveled. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait for Aqara to provide a release date and price.

Finally, the P100 Multi-State Sensor is a versatile, high-resolution, 9-axis sensor that can detect motion, vibration, taps, drops, and tilts. It can detect openings and closings of doors and windows, broken glass, and movement of valuables. No price or release date has been provided.