Aqara G3 Camera Hub
AI-enabled camera that works with Apple Home, Google Home, and Alexa – with infrared control, 360° rotation, automatic cruising, and tracking.
The Aqara G3 Camera Hub boasts all the features you’ll ever need. Its 110° wide-angle lens is coupled with pan and tilt motors to provide 360° viewing angles. It has a crystal clear 2304 x 1296 pixel sensor for high-resolution videos bursting with detail. It also features a Type-C USB port that not only provides power – but also supports high-definition video output via UVC protocol.
Connectivity is compatible with both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wifi networks – so you’ll never have to worry about network compatibility. The Aqara G3 supports all major smart home platforms. Connect your camera and view video streams through Google Home, Alexa, or Apple Home through Apple HomeKit Secure Video protocol.
Besides these smart home platforms, the Aqara G3 can also be accessed and configured through the Aqara Home app, available both on the App Store and Google Play Store.
Besides these, the Aqara G3 also has the standard features expected of any home monitoring camera:
- Night vision capability
- Motion detection
- Micro SD card recording (up to 128 GB)
Local AI-Powered Recognition
Equipped with a powerful NPU processor, the Aqara G3 is fully capable of recognizing faces, gestures, people, and pets through the use of AI – which runs locally within the camera itself.
With this AI technology, you’ll be able to create customized automations, such as:
- Push notifications to your phone informing you when a person is home – “Kate arrived home!”
- Automatically switching itself off when it recognizes you when you get home.
- Gesture recognitions – configure automations to run when hand gestures are recognized.
Automated Cruising and Tracking
Control your camera’s pan and tilt motor with your smartphone app, or go even further – it’s possible to automate where your camera is pointing.
Examples:
- View living room for 10 seconds, and then view dining room for 30 seconds
- Whenever the camera recognizes a dog, track the dog
- When Window sensor reports window opened, point camera to window
Privacy and Encryptions
The Aqara G3 camera is built around privacy. Data streams from the camera are encrypted. Latest wifi security standards are supported to protect your data. Plus, the camera is certified by Apple, Google, and Amazon to meet all the security and privacy standards of their respective systems.
Furthermore, the Aqara G3 has a hardware privacy protection mode that can be turned on manually or automatically – the camera lens rolls up into the body – and shows a cute, sleepy face!
Control and Automate Other Infrared Appliances
The Aqara G3 has a built-in infrared (IR) controller that can make your existing appliances smart! This includes almost any appliance that can be controlled via remote control – such as air-conditioners, fans, air purifiers, and TVs. Once your appliance has been added into the Aqara Home app, you’ll be able to schedule time-based automations, issue voice commands, and access other smart home functions.
Apple Homekit Secure Video
The Aqara G3 fully supports HomeKit Secure Video, including end-to-end encryption directly to Apple’s servers. You can set up the Aqara G3 Camera with the Apple Home app that comes with your iPhone, and never have to use any other external app. Access and review your camera footage using any of your Apple devices. Have the recordings uploaded directly into Apple iCloud, without going through any other servers.
Using Apple HomeKit Secure Video allows you to gain control of privacy-focused settings, such as disabling the camera from streaming and recording when you’re at home, and only enabling it when you leave. It also opens up new possibilities with interacting with the camera and your home, such as two-way audio, facial recognition, and activity zones.
- HomePod, HomePod Mini, Apple TV, or iPad as a HomeKit hub required.
- Recording to Apple iCloud requires at least a 50GB iCloud storage plan.
- It is possible to use the camera with both the Apple Home app and the Aqara app if you choose to do so.
- The Aqara G3 Camera hub is fully functional using the Aqara app as well, available both on the App store and Google Play store.
- Apple Home does not support pan/tilt movements, tracking, and other advanced features of the Aqara G3. These features are available on the Aqara Home app.
Homekit Notifications and Activity Zones
The Aqara G3 Camera on the Apple Home app can be set up to send notifications to your Apple devices upon detecting motion in its frame, which is a basic security feature. However, you can take it a step further – Apple Home also allows you to specify that notifications will only be sent on specific motions – when people, animals, and/or vehicles are detected – giving you a full range of choices to avoid false positives. You won’t be sent notifications when your curtains move!
Additionally, the Aqara G3 Camera supports tracking of activity zones, where you receive notifications of motion of people, animals, or vehicles detected only within an area of the frame.
Homekit-enabled Facial Recognition
The Aqara G3 can process facial recognition through its integration with Apple HomeKit Secure Video, with the AI processes happening in your Apple device itself – not on the cloud. It can recognize faces from your iCloud Photo Library, and can send you notifications for when your family members arrive home.
- iOS/ iPadOS/ tvOS 14 or higher required for this functionality.
- HomeKit facial recognition is a separate Apple feature, unrelated to the Aqara G3’s onboard recognition systems.
Homekit Enabled Two-way Audio
The Aqara G2H camera in the Apple Home app supports remote, instant voice calls. The camera is equipped with an omnidirectional, noise-cancelling microphone with a maximum pickup distance of up to 5 metres, and also has a maximum speaker sound volume of 85 decibels for clearer communication.
A Camera that Doubles as a ZigBee Wireless Smart Hub
The Aqara G3 Camera also doubles as a smart home hub. Connect up to 64 other Aqara devices to create and control a complete home automation and remote monitoring solution.
By using Zigbee 3.0 technology – every smart home sensor, switch, or bulb connects by Zigbee wifi to the G3, not directly to your home wifi network. This means less burden on your main router and internet traffic, and a more robust connectivity between your smart devices. It also means Aqara smart devices can be designed to run on batteries for up to two years!
The Aqara G3 has full support for Apple HomeKit, Google Home, and Alexa, too. You can add your Aqara smart devices into your Apple or Google Smart home, and have them interact with the other devices – even from different brands – in your smart home.
- Other devices from Apple or Google may be required to set up an Apple Home or Google Home.
- As Zigbee runs on wireless technology, there is a limitation on range. Range can be increased by using repeater devices, or by having farther devices connected to another Zigbee hub in the area. Devices linked to different Aqara hubs in the same home are interconnected and can interact.
