Eve Motion sees light, lowers cost, and ready for Thread

Keep an eye on the place

Eve Systems has introduced a nicely updated version of its Eve Motion sensor, offering the HomeKit-happy device up at lower cost, and adding a light sensor to the product.

Eve Motion sees light, lowers cost, and ready for Thread

The addition of the light sensor (it’s actually a more complex luminousity sensor that measures both light and levels of light) means the sensor can trigger automations in response to light levels, as well as to motion.

Eve suggests this is ideal if you want to build an automated blinds system. You can set the sensitivity of the motion detector individually by location and view a protocol of detected movements and their duration.

Eve Motion is also a Thread-compatible device, the fourteenth such device to be released by the company which means the device is pretty much future proof.

Thread-enabled Eve products – including Eve Motion – will receive free over-the-air firmware updates so you can use them with other Matter ecosystems like Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, or Samsung SmartThings.

What Eve says…

“We can’t wait for Matter to become available in Fall 2022. With the launch of the new model of Eve Motion we continue to deliver a wave of products prepared to shape the smart home of the future,” says Jerome Gackel, CEO of Eve Systems. “Combining wireless motion and light sensors, Eve Motion is the essential tool to automate your HomeKit smart home.”

What is Eve Motion?

The battery-operated device has a fully redesigned, compact IPX3 water-resistant enclosure, which makes it suitable for use in most places. It’s quick & easy to set up and offers a 120-degree field of view spanning 9 meters of range – plenty of room to monitor for motion and ambient light changes.

The second generation of Eve Motion is available today at a price of USD $39.95 and will soon be available for purchase at Amazon.

Technical Specifications

Requirements: iPhone or iPad with the latest version of iOS/iPadOS; controlling this HomeKit-enabled product automatically and away from home requires a HomePod or an Apple TV (4th generation or later) as a home hub; notifications away from home require a home hub

• Operating Range: Field of view 120°; distance: 9 m / 30 ft. max at 2 m / 6.5 ft. mounting height.
• Operating temperature: -18°C to +55°C (: 0°F – 130°F); indoors and outdoors: Certified IPX3; twilight setting: 0 – 15,000 lux.
•  Installation: Freestanding or wall mounting.
• Power: 2x AAA replaceable batteries.
• Wireless Connection: Bluetooth Low Energy, Thread.
• Dimensions:65x65x34mm/2.56×2.56×1.34in.

This is one of the latest products from Eve Systems, which also provides the excellent Eve Outdoor Cam, the Eve Room and more.

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