Best HomeKit Motion Sensors! (Eve Motion, Aqara, Onvis, Philips Hue, Fibaro)

Motion Sensors are very useful in a smart home for controlling other devices and in automations. Let’s compare 5 HomeKit Motion Sensors to see which one has the features you’re looking for and is the best option for your smart home. We look at sensors by Fibaro, Onvis, Eve, Philips Hue, and Aqara.

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0:00 - Intro
0:19 - Fibaro (weirdest design)
2:10 - Onvis Smart Motion Sensor (feature rich)
3:58 - Eve Motion (outdoor rated!)
6:31 - Philips Hue (new version)
9:00 - Aqara Motion Sensor (missing many features…)
12:33 - Which HomeKit Motion Should You Buy? (Final Thoughts)

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[bobbyyoungs]

Great video. Love seeing how your stuff has been stepping up. The unboxing transitions are awesome!

[Doylerealestateteam]

Another great video Adam, I like the shots you've included. Very well produced and great information, way better than those Home Tech Decisions guys ;)

[TD-uhwi]

The Phillips Motion sensor does not require the Phillips Hue Hub, as long as you have a Alexa echo with the built in Zigbee hub then you can connect it to the Alexa hub directly. This also allows for triggers to switch on other lights that are not Phillips Hue range of lights.

[tommacdougall]

Like your videos, any thoughts on water sensors?

[fsahouri]

thanks for the video, which one of those has the feature to turn off lights when no motion detected for some time using apple homekit?

[mikebedford]

Great video Adam, thank you. Which HomeKit sensor is best when you don't want to buy an additional hub?

[Ykodi]

Thanks. How fast does the Aqara sensor think that no one is in the room? Do you find yourself moving your arms just to turn on the light because it shut down the lights?

[CraigMullins]

Hey when motion happens I want to make a sensor beep in several rooms? Do they have beeping or doorbell type sensors? Be cool if the device played a wav file or music video or whatever I wanted. Also I want a button for a doorbell. Any recommendations?

[jenniferloretdemola]

I love Aqara but I have 3 ecobee occupancy sensors, curious how you would use a motion vs occupancy sensor and how ecobee stacks up for you

[RickFarris]

The Hue devices DO NOT require a hub. They work fine with a Zigbee dongle. At least the Hue devices you mentioned here. I've got all of them running with no Hue hub. WRT what do I use? I use a couple of the Hue motion sensors, but I have at least a half-dozen of the Aqara motion sensors. The price is right and the performance is fine.

[barygol]

A few more sensors are out. Ikea just released one. Sonoff is aboutt to release another. Shelly has a new Bluetooth motion sensor.
Time to update the video?

[severgun]

When you compare motion sensors, please, test cooldown time.

[sakisdrak]

Hello Adam ! Aqara newest motion sensor named Aqara P1 motion sensor has all those missing features the OG sensor lacks, plus it uses Zigbee 3.0.I am waiting to be available in Europe Greece !!!

[xaviered]

Aqara sensors don't work at all. I got 3 motion sensors P1. And you have to be about 1 foot away from the sensor, and you can't change anything on the sensor. Don't waste your money, plus it needs a hub!