Tag: Aqara

Home Assistant: Updating Aqara FP300 Zigbee Firmware

Home Assistant: Updating Aqara FP300 Zigbee Firmware

This blog post will walk you through updating the Aqara FP300 firmware when using it in Zigbee mode with Home Assistant. The process is a little cumbersome, as you can't (yet) do it directly in Home Assistant via Zigbee2MQTT. As of January 18, 2026 we are now on firmware 5841. ...

Aqara U200 Thread/Matter/Homekey Smart Lock Impressions

Aqara U200 Thread/Matter/Homekey Smart Lock Impressions

Thanks to kickstarter a few weeks ago I got my Aqara U200 Matter over Thread smart lock with Apple Homekey support. I've been waiting a long time for a smart lock to support the full feature set that I wanted. The primary features I wanted were Matter over Thread (not Wi-Fi...