Aqara FP2 vs FP300 vs FP310 for Home Assistant: Which One?
Aqara's FP2, FP300 and FP310 all run local in Home Assistant, by three different routes. Which one fits a Zigbee2MQTT setup, and what each one costs you.
Aqara's FP2, FP300 and FP310 all run local in Home Assistant, by three different routes. Which one fits a Zigbee2MQTT setup, and what each one costs you.

Firmware 1.3.6_0003.0099 causes ghost presence inside FP2 interference zones. Here's how to check if you're affected and the workaround that clears it.

Set up the Aqara FP310 presence sensor with Zigbee2MQTT and Home Assistant: Thread-to-Zigbee firmware switch, pairing, configuration, and Z2M OTA updates.

Switch the Aqara FP300 from Thread to Zigbee, pair it in Zigbee2MQTT, and run it locally in Home Assistant with the full configuration entity set.

FP2 and FP300 are very different sensors with very different HA integration paths. The honest comparison for a local-first Home Assistant setup.

The Aqara FP1E is a mmWave presence sensor that runs entirely over Zigbee. No Aqara hub required — pair with Zigbee2MQTT for 100% local presence detection in Home Assistant.

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you buy through them, we earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. The Aqara Presence Sensor FP2 is one of the more impressive mmWave devices to land in the consumer smart home market in the last few years. Multi-zone tracking, sub-second response times, illuminance sensing…