# \[APP\] Aqara & Xiaomi Smart Home - Simplify your life with a smarter home

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**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")\
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My experience these sensors don’t mix with Ikea zigbee lights. As soon as the sensor starts to use the Ikea light router, it stops sending updates, and worse, it does not search for other (better matching) zigbee routers anylonger.

Athom mentioned they’re trying to get both Aqara and Ikea to look into this quirk, but this is already 5 months ago:  
[https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-door-sensor-automatically-controls-nearest-device/129572/7](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-door-sensor-automatically-controls-nearest-device/129572/7)

> [@Ikea Door Sensor - automatically controls nearest device](https://community.homey.app/t/ikea-door-sensor-automatically-controls-nearest-device/129572/9):
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> Aqara devices are notorious for not always playing nice with many Zigbee router devices. You can find more about this issue in these discussions: [Home Assistant Community](https://community.home-assistant.io/t/aqara-sensors-keep-disconnecting/751436/1), [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1ii970p/do_aqara_zigbee_30_devices_still_play_by_their/), and [Hubitat Community](https://community.hubitat.com/t/xiaomi-aqara-devices-pairing-keeping-them-connected/623).
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> Unfortunately, Aqara’s Zigbee implementation remains a bit of a black box, as they haven’t provided any official documentation. This leaves us relying on reverse engineering to make integration possible.

What I’d do: replace either these Ikea lights, or the Aqara sensors;  
or throw in a zigbee2mqtt controller (you won’t regret it).  
I use it with 16 Aqara pir/contact/temperature/flood sensors and several Ikea lights, among other stuff like Tuya, Sonoff, Lidl/Silvercrest, iCasa, no problems whatsoever.

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