Aqara Unveil New G2H Pro Camera Hub

Not a day seems to go by without some tidbits from the Aqara camp, and today is no exception, with the news that the company has unveiled yet another new camera, this time an update to the very popular G2H camera hub – the Camera Hub G2H Pro.

Visually, the new G2H Pro is almost identical to the original model, with mostly internal upgrades to make the leap to ‘Pro’. The only outward difference is that instead of the blue LED of the G2H, we now have an RGB LED to let you know what different functions the camera is performing – pairing, recording, updating firmware etc.

Onto the internals, and the Pro is still 1080p, at 20fps, or 24fps for HomeKit Secure video, which it is compatible with. Motion detection is the same, although when it comes to the Aqara alarm system, this is where the Pro finally exposes the alarm to HomeKit, with all four modes supported.

Also unlike the G2H, the Pro version is now fully compatible with Amazon Alexa and Google Home/Assistant, meaning if you use one of these company’s display devices, you can see the live feed from the camera.

In terms of the lens, there’s a slightly wider field of view, going up from 140º to 146º although whilst the G2H has lens correction to adjust for the fisheye lens effect, we’re told the G2H Pro doesn’t have this and won’t be getting it via any future upgrade.

The Pro can also accommodate SD cards up to 512GB, which is a large leap from the original at just 32GB (officially). The Pro can also support 128 child devices, compared to the original 64.

Only 2.4GHz WiFi is supported compared to the G3 which also supports 5GHz, although also like the G3, it supports WPA3. One aspect that may be a slight drag is that as the new device is pretty much identical to the original, the camera still uses a Micro-USB connection for power. Speaking of which there will be no power supply provided.

The G2H Pro also has a new additional privacy feature, that allows the user to mask certain portions of the camera’s field of view. This is particularly useful if you have the camera pointing outside your home, which will possibly also be able to view your neighbours’ areas, so this hopefully avoids any potentially sticky privacy issues.

Finally, the Pro will support NAS via a future update, like the original G2, and will also have a timelapse function, advanced privacy protection, and user-defined ringtones, which means you’ll be able to upload sounds of your own and use them in specific automations.

As the camera has only just been announced in China, there’s no mention at the time of writing when the G2H Pro will be available overseas, but it seems the company are making progress to release products in tandem with Chinese releases.

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Thanks to Eric Yao for the tipoff.