sensor

Aqara Motion Sensor P1

Name: Aqara Motion Sensor P1
Brand: Aqara

Aqara

budget HA: excellent local: excellent Zigbee

Check price at Amazon ↗ *

All environmental and contact sensors → Compare environmental and contact sensors →

Affiliate link — we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

Owner’s hands-on review ★★★☆☆

Too Slow For Me - but if speed doesn't matter...

I’ll start off by saying: This has been a pretty solid performer for me when it comes to reliably sending motion updates to home assistant.

The issue? It’s slow to send those updates to home assistant. I was hoping I could point a couple of these at doorways to turn on lights as people entered a room, opened a door, etc. Unfortunately they’re just too slow - you can be halfway across the room, down the hallway, etc. before the lights kick on. In my testing I saw upwards of a 5-10 second response pretty regularly (Normally, they’re faster, but the random delays are frustrating)

They have good battery life, decent reliability, and the update speed, while not unique to me, is not a highly reported issue. If you can snag them on sale they might be worth it, though a lot of mmWave devices are about the same price now if you want presence in addition to motion.

Site owner · 2026-06-10 · in the owner’s words

Quick verdict

The Motion Sensor P1 is Aqara's Zigbee PIR sensor with a built-in light meter and, crucially, a configurable detection lockout so you are not stuck with a fixed cooldown. It pairs locally through zigbee2mqtt or ZHA. It is PIR, not presence, so it catches movement rather than stillness, but for motion-triggered lighting with long battery life it is excellent.

Standout: Zigbee PIR motion and light sensor with a configurable detection lockout and very long battery life.

Last checked: 2026-05-31

Compatibility snapshot

Home Assistant excellent

Apple Home none

Google Home none

Alexa none

Works offline yes

Setup easy

Extra hub needed yes

Power battery

Why it stands out

configurable detection lockout (down to 2 seconds in zigbee2mqtt), unlike the fixed cooldown on cheaper PIR sensors
includes a built-in light level sensor alongside motion
very long battery life (Aqara rates up to 5 years) on 2 CR2450 cells

Reasons to hesitate

PIR motion only, not mmWave presence detection like the FP series
requires a Zigbee coordinator (Aqara officially supports only their own hub, but ZHA/zigbee2mqtt work well)
Xiaomi/Aqara Zigbee devices can occasionally drop off non-Aqara meshes

Best for

Zigbee Home Assistant setups wanting motion plus light level with a tunable cooldown
battery-conscious motion automations where 5-year battery life matters

Check price at Amazon ↗ *

Affiliate link — we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.