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- Hi Mark, and this is Mark's Tech Blog on YouTube, and today I'm going to bring you guys a review of a brand new FP400 spatial multi-sensor from Aqara.
- >> [music] >> Now, this brand new product, which has only come out today, is very much the
- successor to their really popular FP2, which I reviewed a couple of years back. If you're into smart home tech, you probably saw that one everywhere cuz
- it's a one where people were moving around and turning on lights in different bits of their room. Now, this device is going to be priced around 80
- pounds, which makes it pretty much the same RRP as its predecessor. Now, whilst it's only come out today, I've actually had one for about a month, and I've been
- testing it out because Aqara sent me one to review. That means I haven't paid for the product you're going to see in this
- video, but Aqara have no idea what I'm going to say until this video goes live, and I will always make honest reviews. So, let's kick off and get straight into
- design. If you've seen the previous FP2, there's not a huge amount of difference here, but the design is nice and white with rounded edges. On the back is a
- bracket, which you can use for mounting or angling. You mount it using the included magnetic plate, which you can either stick or screw onto your wall.
- Now, this device is powered, and it is powered by USB-C, so you are going to need to trail a cable from it. All in all, it is a nice design, but that
- trailing cable is certainly something to keep in mind. And if it's something that's going to bother you, I'd think about how you're going to work on
- concealing that cable. This does lead us, however, nicely into spec. And because it's a powered device, there are absolutely no batteries required. This
- device can also be used in two different modes. So, you can use it in matter over thread mode, or you can use it in Zigbee mode. That means you can use it with
- anything that supports those protocols. So, you can use it with things like Apple Home, Home Assistant, Google Home, Amazon Alexa, and things like Samsung
- SmartThings as well. Now, realistically, to get the most out of it, you are going to want to use it with the Aqara app. But if you just want to use it as a
- basic presence sensor, you can actually just pair it straight into a matter app. So, something like adding it straight into Apple Home. The best way to get the
- most out of it, however, is to use it with an Aqara Zigbee hub, and that's what I've been doing with the M3. Now, that's That's of their higher-end hubs,
- which I've had a while, but Aqara hubs start as little as £30 and I will link their budget one below. Inside this device is a present sensor with a 60 GHz
- millimeter wave radar. This uses advanced AI algorithms to offer real-time tracking for up to 10 people in a room. This will work for rooms up
- to 10 m by 8 m. Now, I haven't been able to test it in that size room, so that's just what Aqara say. What this does allow you to do is create different
- zones in a room. You can then automate devices based on the position of people in that room. It also has a built-in light sensor which will tell you how
- bright the room is. In terms of mounting modes, it has a wall mounting mode and a ceiling mounting mode. In terms of coverage, it has a horizontal range of
- 120° and a vertical range of 100°. That does mean you are going to have it relatively central in your room or in a corner where it can see everything. In
- the Aqara app, you can configure all sorts of things including setting boundaries, interferences, entrances, and exits. The Aqara app also supports
- AI advanced person detection. That will determine between a person and a pet. And this is really important with these kind of devices if you do have pets at
- home. Now, if you've been following this product since Aqara first announced it, you might notice a missing feature in what I've been talking about so far and
- we should probably talk about that. So, originally Aqara talked about this device having the ability to detect posture. So, it'd be able to tell if you
- were standing, sitting, or laying down. For this reason, when this actually arrived, I installed it in my bedroom and that's where I've been testing it.
- However, this isn't actually a feature this device has. Now, when I asked Aqara about this, they said it'd been removed in order to make the core performance as
- solid as possible. And I do actually think that's a really wise decision, but if you're thinking about picking one of these up based on those earlier kind of
- leaks and kind of previews, you're going to want to keep that in mind. That's it for specs, so let's get on to installation and setup. Now, it's
- probably best to pair this device to the Aqara app before you actually install it. That's because the app has some instructions on how to mount it and get
- it in the right position. Of course, you can also refer to the manual for that if you want to mount it first. You're also going to want to check the USB-C The is
- long enough and realistically, it'll be fine if the power source is kind of immediately below, but otherwise, you might want to pick up a longer one.
- Pairing it into the car app is, however, pretty easy. You just open it up, you create an account if you don't already have one, and you hit the plus in the
- top. You then scan the QR code on the device itself, and it then asks you to choose between Matter and Zigbee mode. Now, as I said, I'd recommend most
- people pick up an Aqara hub because they do start at as little as £30, and you do get more features from Zigbee. That includes things like those zones being
- exposed to third-party services like Apple Home and Home Assistant. It basically exposes those as extra presence sensors. Once paired, the app
- will talk you through the process of configuring it and scanning your empty room. It will talk you through setting boundaries, and you can build zones, as
- well. For zones, it supports up to eight different zones in a room, and it can count how many people are in your room overall, but not in each individual
- zone. Now, in testing this out, the advanced algorithms do seem to work pretty well, and it can tell the difference between me in the room and a
- cat. And even when we've both been in the room, it's worked really well because it has just detected the correct amount of people and excluded the
- animals. If you want to add it to a third-party app like Apple Home or Home Assistant, which is what I've been doing, then you can just use the links
- in the app in the settings to expose it to Apple Home or Home Assistant. If you've already got an Aqara hub, and that hub is added into Apple Home or
- Home Assistant, the device will appear automatically. And the same goes for any zones you set up. And all of this leads nicely onto using it. And I've been
- using it in my bedroom for about a month. And with this device, there is a lot to talk about. So, in it, I've basically configured two different
- zones, and I've exposed everything it has to Apple Home and Home Assistant. Now, I'd recommend naming the main sensor in your third-party app before
- you set up your zones just because otherwise, they just end up named the same, and it's a little bit tricky to work out which is which.
- There is, however, a nice feature in the Aqara app under settings for this device, which will let you sync the names of those rooms into your
- third-party app. At the moment, this only seems to work with Apple Home. And realistically, the main way you're going to use this is by using it to automate
- devices based on presence. That's things like lighting or fans or anything else you might want to be on or off based on whether someone is in a room or not.
- You're also able in the Aqara app to tweak the absence confirmation, so you can keep this as low as something like 5 seconds if you want it to change
- straight away, or you can bring it right up if you want to give it a bit of buffer. You can also tweak the sensitivity in the app as well, although
- I found generally the medium one which it comes on by default is pretty good. When it comes to automating devices based on the status of this device, the
- best options come in the Aqara app because there are loads of them. In the Aqara app, you can automate devices based on the number of people, if
- someone approaches, if someone moves for a long time, if everyone is still, and loads of other options. Now, by default in third-party apps like Apple Home and
- Home Assistant, all you really get is if someone is present or not. And of course, if you use it in Home Assistant, you can add that buffer for kind of
- presence for a certain amount of time or absence for a certain amount of time as well. Aqara do, however, support something that they call signals. And
- these work with Home Assistant. And basically, this exposes a whole new sensor to Home Assistant that is triggered based on one of the other
- statuses of the device. For example, you could have a signal in Home Assistant that is on if there are two people in the room. This works well and does seem
- to be pretty reliable, and it's a great way of getting some of those extra features into third-party apps where you might have more of your smart home
- devices. Of course, because this device has a light sensor built in as well, you can also use that with your automations. So, maybe you only want your lights to
- turn on if it's dark enough in your room for them to need to turn on. Now, this is really easy to achieve in the Aqara app or in Home Assistant, but if you
- want to do it in Apple Home, you can still do it. It's just a bit trickier. You basically create an automation where presence is the trigger, and then you
- turn your actions into a Siri shortcut. In that Siri shortcut, you can add your secondary check using an if to see if the light level is below a certain
- level. In testing this for the last few weeks, I found that it's pretty accurate, and the enhancements to the detection settings do seem to do a
- really good job at not detecting animals. Likewise, the ability to check if everyone is still also generally seems to work pretty well. And of
- course, if you are completely still, say you're lying in bed, it does still know that you're there. And this device seems to bring a mix of performance
- improvements compared to the FP2, but then also some new features and things you can use in automations. And all of this is great. And actually, all of this
- makes this a pretty groundbreaking device. I found that automations, whether used in Home Assistant, Apple Home, or the Aqara app, all work really
- well and respond quickly. And that's exactly what you need when you want to automate things in your smart home, because you don't want to be stood in
- the dark for 5 seconds while you're waiting for a light to come on. But this does lead us to say, well, are there any downsides? And firstly, it is a pricier
- presence sensor. Now, I do think it's really good that Aqara have kept the same RRP as the FP2, so around 80 pounds. And what we have seen with the
- FP2 is it has been as low as 60 pounds when sales promotions have been on. And so, we can expect the same to happen with the FP400 over time. It's also
- worth saying that compared to cheaper sensors like those from Meross or SwitchBot, that actually this does have that multi-presence thing. Most of the
- other presence sensors on the market don't let you set zones. That means if you want to divide your room up, you do have to buy multiple devices. With this
- one, you don't. The second biggest downside is that it is a wired device. And that means you are going to have a trailing cable down your wall, which you
- might want to think about how you hide. Of course, an easy option is to get some trunking and paint it the same color as your wall. All in all, however, what is
- my verdict on the FP400? And the features of this device, its reliability, and accuracy are fantastic. In my month of testing it, I have had no
- issues with it at all. It basically takes everything the FP2 did with zones and does it all much better. And the FP2 already did it pretty well. It also
- gives you even more options for automations, which is fantastic. But should you buy one over a battery-powered presence sensor?
- Especially when the battery life in some of the Aqara ones is around 3 years. And I think it largely depends on what you want. So, I've been using Aqara's
- battery-powered FP100s downstairs in my house since January. These are fantastic. They have a built-in temperature sensor, they have a built-in
- light sensor, and of course, they have a presence sensor. And these have been working really well for light-based automations in my house. Although, they
- do pick up pets a little bit. I will link that product and my review of it below if you want to find out more. And I think that's where we distinguish
- between the FP100 and this FP400. If you want to take advantage of the zones, then the FP400 is the one to look at. And honestly, if my living room setup
- didn't mean I had dead zones, I'd probably replace both the FP100s with one of these FP400s, cuz it could do the same job as both of these. And when you
- think about that competitive price difference, it actually makes this quite good value. If you got any questions about this device, stick them below and
- I will answer those for you. If you want to pick one up, I will put a link below. That will go to Amazon in whichever country you're in, and that is an
- affiliate link. That means I'll get a very small cut of what you spend at no cost to yourself. That just helps this channel out, because this isn't my
- full-time job, and I never do sponsored or paid videos. If you've enjoyed this video, give it a like. Subscribe to my channel for more smart home tech
- reviews, and I'll see you guys again soon. >> [music]