# \[APP\] Aqara & Xiaomi Smart Home - Simplify your life with a smarter home **URL:** \ **Category:** Apps\ **Tags:** app, zigbee\ **Created:** [August 22, 2018, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156 "2018-08-22T20:18:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 315
**Author:** ![SunBeech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sunbeech/32/111391_2.png) [@SunBeech](https://community.homey.app/u/SunBeech)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6588 "2025-04-24T20:23:58Z")
In general that would make sense. However in this specific case, the Aqara E1 curtain driver device in Homey does not expose the luminance values. Hence you cannot select them as input for a Logic card. These are the available tags: ![IMG_1822](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/6/b68ff3f08547bda1d357b1096728ff5ae2fac164.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Rmb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rmb/32/79135_2.png) [@Rmb](https://community.homey.app/u/Rmb)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6589 "2025-04-24T20:45:43Z")
Ok. There is something to do by the developer. ---
**Author:** ![SunBeech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sunbeech/32/111391_2.png) [@SunBeech](https://community.homey.app/u/SunBeech)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2025, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6590 "2025-04-24T20:49:34Z")
Yes. Note that I also requested this last year in this post: > [@\[APP\] Aqara & Xiaomi Smart Home - Simplify your life with a smarter home](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6292): > > @TedTolboom: I am using an Curtain Driver E1 (track version, lumi.curtain.agl001). This device has a luminance sensor. However it is not available in Homey on the device’s sensors/capabilities tab, nor is the luminance value available as a tag. I assume this is because you indicate in your starting post, that sub devices are not supported and the luminance sensor is sub device. Do you have plans to add the light sensor functionality to for the Crutain Driver E1 to the app? There does not seem … ---
**Author:** ![Paal\_Aamaas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/paal_aamaas/32/116286_2.png) [@Paal\_Aamaas](https://community.homey.app/u/Paal_Aamaas)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2025, 10:42am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6591 "2025-04-25T10:42:46Z")
Last Homey update 12.4.2 fixed unstable matter connection between Aqara M2 hub and the Aqara Switch EU H2. Very good and economical dimmer (a bit slow reaction but better firmware coming?). I use it with Zigbee to the M2 hub and Matter from the hub to Homey. A lot more settings in M2 to optimize the dimmer and avoid flickering. Now it is perfect! The H2 Switch from Aqara (not dimmer) is flawless over Matter. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_Foo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/andy_foo/32/10288_2.png) [@Andy\_Foo](https://community.homey.app/u/Andy_Foo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 7:41am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6592 "2025-04-26T07:41:31Z")
AQARA Door and Window Sensor stopped working 2 days ago. Can’t repair and can’t add back after removing. Any idea on how to troubleshoot? Restarted homey after the latest firmware uofate but still not working. Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![SunBeech](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/sunbeech/32/111391_2.png) [@SunBeech](https://community.homey.app/u/SunBeech)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6593 "2025-04-26T08:00:43Z")
Is the Aqara app still running? ---
**Author:** ![SingKT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/singkt/32/173226_2.png) [@SingKT](https://community.homey.app/u/SingKT)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2025, 8:42am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6594 "2025-04-26T08:42:49Z")
My Aqara zigbee devices seem to be all reporting with the latest app and FW version. So far all my Aqara devices are the zigbee type ---
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2025, 8:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6595 "2025-04-30T08:20:32Z")
After the latest Homey updates the last two weeks, my Aqara motion sensors has been unstable. Yesterday, there was another Homey update. I have 4 Aqara motion sensors which has stopped communicating after this. What is actually going on, anyone knows? ---
**Author:** ![John\_William\_Brekke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/john_william_brekke/32/111887_2.png) [@John\_William\_Brekke](https://community.homey.app/u/John_William_Brekke)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6596 "2025-05-01T03:10:47Z")
Well ordering Aqara M3 Hub since i’m getting more Aqara products. So might aswell get the hub. ---
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 7:01am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6597 "2025-05-01T07:01:25Z")
U think there is some issues with Homey’s Zigbee network? I read that Aqara motion sensor is ready for thread which Homey also supports. ---
**Author:** ![John\_William\_Brekke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/john_william_brekke/32/111887_2.png) [@John\_William\_Brekke](https://community.homey.app/u/John_William_Brekke)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 11:33am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6598 "2025-05-01T11:33:48Z")
Zigbee works very good. ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6599 "2025-05-01T11:43:34Z")
What do you mean by that? ---
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6600 "2025-05-01T11:50:30Z")
Why order this hub? ---
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 11:50am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6601 "2025-05-01T11:50:36Z")
By what? ---
**Author:** ![John\_William\_Brekke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/john_william_brekke/32/111887_2.png) [@John\_William\_Brekke](https://community.homey.app/u/John_William_Brekke)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 12:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6602 "2025-05-01T12:48:57Z")
There’s some Aqara hubs you can’t connect directly to homey, but if you connect them to an Aqara hub you can connect the device to the aqara hub and connect the aqara hub to homey. ---
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6603 "2025-05-01T12:50:53Z")
Cant u just connect the Aqara device directly to Homey? ---
**Author:** ![John\_William\_Brekke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/john_william_brekke/32/111887_2.png) [@John\_William\_Brekke](https://community.homey.app/u/John_William_Brekke)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6604 "2025-05-01T15:53:42Z")
Some devices, yeah but i got a zigbee aqara smoke detector, it’s not included in the aqara app and if i add it to homey using zigbee it won’t be able to do anything, i need the Aqara hub to use it, so if i get an aqara hub i can connect the aqara hub to homey and use the smoke detector in homey. I’ll be able to automate it from both homey and aqara’s app. Without the aqara hub i can’t automate it from homey or aqara. (It also says on the device that aqara hub is 100% needed to connect to apple home, homey and other smart apps). So without the aqara hub some aqara devices are useless. ---
**Author:** ![DirkG](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkg/32/118897_2.png) [@DirkG](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkG)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6605 "2025-05-01T16:18:53Z")
I didn’t reply to your post, but to @John_William_Brekke’s post. ---
**Author:** ![John\_William\_Brekke](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/john_william_brekke/32/111887_2.png) [@John\_William\_Brekke](https://community.homey.app/u/John_William_Brekke)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6606 "2025-05-01T16:41:33Z")
Yeah, but i was also wondering what you meant by that. So you might aswell answer him since i didn’t understand what you meant either. 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Henk\_Renting](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/henk_renting/32/87634_2.png) [@Henk\_Renting](https://community.homey.app/u/Henk_Renting)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 5:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156/6607 "2025-05-01T17:17:14Z")
If people are considering of transferring Zigbee to another device, they might want to consider Zigbee2MQTT as well: > **[Home | Zigbee2MQTT](https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/)** > > Zigbee to MQTT bridge, get rid of your proprietary Zigbee bridges > **[Zigbee2MQTT](https://homey.app/en-gb/app/com.gruijter.zigbee2mqtt/Zigbee2MQTT/)** > > Use Zigbee devices via MQTT Definately (a lot) more work and needed hardware, but worth the effort… [Previous page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156.md?page=314) [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/app-aqara-xiaomi-smart-home-simplify-your-life-with-a-smarter-home/156.md?page=316)