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Mi Smart Home Hub: Xiaomi's possible new gateway

We've been showing new Aqara devices that have appeared in the Aqara app for some time now but it seems that the development of new devices also goes for Xiaomi, with this new gateway My Smart Home Hub.

The new gateway, which has appeared in Xiaomi's App, seems to be similar to the Aqara Hub M2, which we talked about recently and it looks like it will be a good and complete gateway, so Xiaomi seems to customize it to launch a new gateway to the market.

One of the things that has been seen in the App screenshots is that it will support Homekit, which, as we saw, Aqara is very aware of the issue and all new devices seem to come with support for Apple's Smart Home system.

Although no more specifications are known, the aesthetics is similar to M2, so it could have specifications like it, which in addition to including Zigbee 3.0, could include Bluetooth to link sensors such as the thermohygrometer or other Xiaomi devices with Bluetooth and rumor has it could bring NFC.

We will be waiting for the launch of it, but, as we say, we only have screenshots that show a possible aesthetic, but nothing to confirm.

Shelly shows us a new Leak sensor

We have been able to see through Facebook the publication of Shelly the one that will be the future sensor of water leaks that will be soon to the sale, something that would complete even more the ecosystem Shelly as we have seen lately, with new devices like the Shelly Smoke.

In the photos that have been seen, we see a device of similar dimensions to Aqara water immersion sensor, which would be designed to leave on the ground to detect water leaks in case a leak is occurring and circulates water on the ground.

As we saw with the smoke detector Shelly, we are convinced that we can automate tasks in case of detection, for example, if a Shelly controls the general stopcock, we can activate it to cut the water from the source and thus prevent more water from leaving their site.

What warns us is that the sensor, which seems to show the relative humidity that exists in the room where the sensor is, is not very accurate because of IP isolation, something that could make that data was hidden in the final version.

We don't have a price yet, but we do know that the 3rd of June will be able to reserve the device for when it's ready, as they usually do with the majority of Shelly devices that come out.

Sonoff presents the new Sonoff Mini

Sonoff has had a time of lethargy in which no novelties were presented, but, we see that they have been reactivated and, in this case, they have brought us the Sonoff Mini, a small device and of installation that we will be able to hide in a very simple way.

This new device, similar to the Sonoff Basic in functionality, has a much smaller size, something that is appreciated and that allows us the possibility of putting it behind a plug, in a register box, etc, always occupying less space.

As for aesthetics, reminds us of the Aqara device, but in this case it is a single relay, so it can not be used in blinds. Its connectivity is WiFi to 2.4Ghz as most devices of the brand and has a capacity of up to 10A.

Just like the last firmware, it will come with the API of series, reason why besides being able to control it by means of the own App, it will be possible to do it by the LAN without needing to flash it, one of the virtues in which Shelly surpassed Sonoff and that, now, it seems that we will also have with the Chinese mark.

The device, it seems that you can see it in its official page and we can buy it in banggood here with the discount coupon "elec" (remove the quotation marks) at a price of 6.08€ (cheaper than in the official website), although, make sure to pay with Paypal and remove the insurance they try to put.