Aqara Smart Light Switch (No Neutral, Double Rocker), Requires AQARA HUB, Zigbee Light Switch, Remote Control and Smart Home Automation, Compatible with HomeKit, Google, Works with Alexa, SmartThings

I had some old light switches that controlled my dining table light, and ceiling lights in the lounge that I wanted to incorporate into my smart home. Instead of adding unnecessary traffic on my WiFi network by adding a bunch of WiFi light bulbs, I added a paid of these to the light switches instead. These were easy to swap out, look amazing and operate flawlessly.The pros of doing it this way:* Much lower cost that replacing all the light bulbs with smart light bulbs* Doesn't add unnecessary load on a crowded WiFi network* Maintains the light switch functionality as before - toggles the lights on and off as normal* Avoids issues that might occur if you turned off a light switch with smart bulbs - you'd lose control over them. This problem doesn't exist in this caseThe cons:* Zigbee device and requires an Aqara Hub - I would recommend the M3, although anything from them will work. You can also use third party Zigbee hubs, and integrate into Home Assistant for example* No neutral comes with a price premium. Ouch!

With this single switch, I can control 6 devices in my Home Assistant smart home system. Personally, I love that they are buttons and not typical switches. It makes activating them much easier when you are just passing by. I have two of these and several of the single button ones that Aqara makes. They all work great and will be getting more in the future to complete the home update. The one feature that I wish these had was functionality of being a "router" device vs "end" device. I think that is more of an issue with my old 1930's house wiring (no neutral) than the device though.Cheers

Some switches in my 1960s house have no neutral and no ground (switch loop wiring). This switch works perfectly fine and I was able to add this to Alexa directly and didn’t need the aqare hub or app. I hope this helps anyone that is in the same situation. I did ground mine to metal electrical boxes even though I didn’t have a ground.---UPDATE---After using these switches for a couple days, I've realized if you pair these directly to the Echo Zigbee hub, the switch eventually flashes red meaning it lost connection. This red light flashes until its controlled via Alexa voice again and then it eventually times out and will flash red again.To fix this I tried ordering the M2 Hub which fixed the red light issues but also created another issue. If these are connected to the Aqara hub, Alexa doesn't recognize the devices in routines to use them as triggers. They do appear if it is not being used as a trigger. Unfortunately in my case I am using my switches as triggers to turn on other switches/plugs of other brands.It seems like these devices are locked down to keep you in their ecosystem. If you don't mind them blinking red when on, they still work perfectly fine paired directly to the Echo hubs via Zigbee.UPDATE 3———-I was able to figure out how to get this to work correctly the way I wanted. Do not connect directly to Alexa skill, setup your hub and add all your devices and then add the hub into Alexa by the matter code. This always everything to work correctly in routines!!When I linked to Alexa skill and everything was imported 1 by 1 it was causing errors when trying to make certain routines.

I needed a no neutral smart switch for use with home assistant and this is the best I have found. It works reliably and was easy to connect using my home assistant zigbee dongle. I currently have them on every switch in my house where they make sense. For places where it only replaces one light switch I use the second button to trigger automations.

I’m using this smart switch to work my ceiling kitchen fixture. This does not use a neutral wire which was necessary for me as my house is older and does not have a neutral in the switch wiring box. Three wires to hook up. Line, load and ground. It is necessary to use an Aqara hub. I bought an E1 from Amazon as well, which was the least expensive option. Just follow the setup instructions in each box. The setup was a little clunky as I had to repeat steps a couple of times. You don’t have to turn off your 5G network, just make sure your phone is on a 2.5 during setup. All in all not a bad experience. The switch was packaged well and protected in the box. Very good build quality. I added Aqara Home skill to Alexa and now have voice control with my Echo dot. I’ve tried other less expensive smart switches that didn’t require neutral wires but couldn’t get any others to work with my fixture which has 4 bipin LED tubes. Highly recommended.

The media could not be loaded. Looks and feels very cheap. Plastic sound each time you touch it. Connecting it to Alexa is a nightmare, you HAVE TO INSTALL AQARA app then link it to Alexa. No direct way to add it to Alexa. Doesn't worth it's money. The ONLY thing that made me buy this was that it doesn't require neutral wire.