Aqara
Aqara Presence Sensor FP1E
- Zigbee
Verified July 2026
The sensible mmWave presence pick at half the price of the FP2: single-zone only, but it pairs straight to Zigbee2MQTT or ZHA over Zigbee so you can skip the Aqara hub the box insists on. Mains-powered via USB-C, so plan for a socket nearby.
In Home Assistant
| Control | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Presence | Binary sensor | Occupied/clear across the whole 6m cone — no per-zone split |
| Target distance | Sensor (m) | Distance to the nearest detected person |
| Detection range | Number (0-6m) | Adjust the sensing radius |
Unlike the pricier FP2, this one reports a single unified presence state across its whole 6m cone rather than per-zone regions — there's no zone/region config to split rooms with. It also has an unconfigurable roughly 30-second hold-off after someone leaves before presence clears, so automations should build in a buffer rather than expect an instant off. Being USB-powered rather than battery, it's a good candidate for a watchdog automation that force-restarts it via its exposed restart action if presence hasn't updated in several hours.
Specs
- power
- USB-C mains
- zones
- Single zone (AI spatial learning)
- sensor type
- mmWave presence
- detection range
- 6 m radius, 120 degrees