The 7 Best Smart Light Switches

Mod­ern smart tech­nolo­gies pen­e­trate into many spheres of human life. Smart func­tions are endowed with a vari­ety of devices, and even such sim­ple ones as light switch­es. Below is a rank­ing of the top 7 smart light switch­es for 2022, with the right mod­el for every­one. For those who pre­fer to choose the tech­nique on their own, tips on how to approach this process cor­rect­ly will help.

How to choose the right smart light switch

Smart switch­es dif­fer from con­ven­tion­al ones in that they can be con­nect­ed to a smart home sys­tem or sim­ply to the Inter­net for remote con­trol. This makes their use more con­ve­nient and allows you to sig­nif­i­cant­ly save light, because it can be turned off remote­ly. In addi­tion, some smart switch­es have addi­tion­al func­tions: a timer, a motion sen­sor, and an adjust­ment of the inten­si­ty of the glow.

To choose a smart switch, you should pay atten­tion to the fol­low­ing para­me­ters:

1. Con­nec­tion pro­to­col. A smart switch can be con­nect­ed to a smart­phone in sev­er­al ways. The most famous and wide­spread are Wi-Fi and Blue­tooth, the less pop­u­lar ones are Zig­Bee and Z‑Wave. The lat­ter are not very con­ve­nient for the rea­son that they need an addi­tion­al device, called a gate­way, which pro­vides com­mu­ni­ca­tion between the smart­phone and the switch.
2. Design. Switch­es should com­ple­ment the inte­ri­or, and there­fore it is worth pay­ing atten­tion to the appear­ance of this device.
3. Num­ber of keys affects the abil­i­ty to con­trol lamps in a room in dif­fer­ent ways. For exam­ple, if there are three lev­els of lamps in a room, then a mod­el with one but­ton will turn them all on and off at the same time, and a mod­el with three but­tons will turn on only a part of the lamps.
4. Com­pat­i­bil­i­ty. Smart home switch­es come from dif­fer­ent brands and are designed to be com­pat­i­ble with cer­tain smart home sys­tems. For exam­ple, some mod­els only work with smart homes from Xiao­mi or Google, while oth­ers are more ver­sa­tile and sup­port mul­ti­ple smart homes at once. If you already have smart devices, then it is log­i­cal to choose a switch that can work in the same sys­tem. Com­pat­i­bil­i­ty with voice assis­tants also depends on the cho­sen smart home sys­tem, so Yan­dex smart home may not sup­port Google Assis­tant, Siri from Apple, etc.

Rating of the best smart switches

The smart home switch­es below are the best on the mar­ket accord­ing to user reviews.

1. Aqara QBKG04LM

Sin­gle band switch with Zig­Bee pro­to­col implies flush mount­ing. The key is with a rock­ing mech­a­nism. The device can be con­nect­ed to Yan­dex, Mail.ru, Xiao­mi, Apple, Aqara smart home sys­tems. The body of the mod­el is made of plas­tic, its size is 86*86*15 mm.

Advan­tages:

• styl­ish appear­ance;
• press­ing is accom­pa­nied by a pleas­ant click;
• build qual­i­ty;
• sup­ports sev­er­al smart home sys­tems at once.

Flaws:

• need a gate­way.

Cus­tomer Reviews

lam­pok Works great, but the square sock­et is still hem­or­rhoids

Dmit­ry S. Haven’t con­nect­ed yet, but first impres­sions are good, I’ll add a review lat­er.

2. ROXIMO SWBTN01‑1

The Wi-Fi smart switch is designed to be built into the wall. Its wires are fas­tened with screws, and the push-type but­ton is back­lit. The mod­el works with smart home sys­tems Google, Mail.ru, Rox­i­mo, Yan­dex. The case is plas­tic. Prod­uct size — 86 * 86 * 35 mm.

Advan­tages:

• inex­pen­sive;
• easy to con­nect;
• there is a back­light;
• works with dif­fer­ent smart home sys­tems.

Flaws:

• not detect­ed.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Shukhrat V. Every­thing is very cool, they work in con­junc­tion with Alice. The con­nec­tion is sim­ple, accord­ing to the scheme. In the kitchen there was a prob­lem with the flash­ing of the bulbs, although they were con­nect­ed with a capac­i­tor, but the prob­lem turned out to be in the bulbs them­selves, they were replaced with sim­ple ones and every­thing flew off.

Grig­o­ry Igi­tov I have been using it for a month, it always works through the Yan­dex sta­tion.

3. HIPER IoT Switch B03

The built-in three-but­ton switch from the HIPER brand received a push but­ton mech­a­nism and a clamp­ing wire attach­ment. He can work in the Yan­dex or Google smart home sys­tem, con­nects via Wi-Fi, and the voice assis­tants he sup­ports are Marusya from Mail.ru, Google Assis­tant, Alice from Yan­dex. The but­tons of the mod­el are high­light­ed, the case is plas­tic.

Advan­tages:

• inex­pen­sive;
• three but­tons;
• back­light;
• sev­er­al sup­port­ed voice assis­tants and smart home sys­tems.

Flaws:

• There are soft­ware crash­es.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Sova_Investment Qual­i­ta­tive­ly assem­bled. The mate­ri­als are decent. Does­n’t stink. Capac­i­tor includ­ed. Works with Alice. Does­n’t fall off. Attach­es to a stan­dard switch sock­et. Sim­ple con­nec­tion. If the indi­ca­tors on the keys were still lit when the key is turned off, and not vice ver­sa, there would be no price for it.

Name hid­den There are old­er ver­sions of the switch that do not work with­out 0 and there is no capac­i­tor includ­ed. They dif­fer in a box, on new ver­sions the lid with a loop has inscrip­tions and a qr code, and on old ones that do not work with­out 0, the lid is just white.

4.Easy Tech

Smart touch switch with three but­tons and back­light has a hid­den instal­la­tion mech­a­nism and screw fas­ten­ing of wires. The device has a ground­ing con­tact, the shock-resis­tant case is made of glass and it has IP44 pro­tec­tion, that is, it is par­tial­ly not afraid of dust and mois­ture. The mod­el has surge pro­tec­tion, it con­nects via Wi-Fi and can work with Yan­dex smart home, Google Home, Tuya Smart, Ama­zon and Dig­ma SmartLife.

Advan­tages:

• wide func­tion­al­i­ty;
• pro­tect­ed case;
• key illu­mi­na­tion;
• Sup­ports mul­ti­ple smart home sys­tems.

Flaws:

• not iden­ti­fied.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Slyusar Ivan I have been using smart switch­es from this man­u­fac­tur­er for more than 5 years (there was a Jin­voo brand before), there were no prob­lems for all the time, every­thing works prop­er­ly.

Alexan­dra. Did­n’t try with Alice. It works fine from the phone.

5. Aqara Wireless Remote Switch H1 WRS-R02

This wire­less 2‑button switch is pow­ered by bat­ter­ies with a 5‑year lifes­pan. The device con­nects via the Zig­Bee pro­to­col and works only in the native Aqara smart home sys­tem. Its body is plas­tic, the size is 85.8 * 86 * 12.5 mm. For each of the but­tons, you can con­fig­ure dif­fer­ent actions, such as sin­gle or dou­ble clicks. Instal­la­tion is very sim­ple — you can sim­ply stick it on dou­ble-sided tape.

Advan­tages:

• com­plete­ly wire­less;
• very easy instal­la­tion;
• long bat­tery life;
• cus­tomiz­able but­tons.

Flaws:

• need a gate­way
• high price;
• works only in the native smart home sys­tem.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Anton The day will come when Akara will take over the smart device mar­ket)

Yuri A good device, it works in a sim­pli­fied mode and in an extend­ed one (you can con­fig­ure it in the gate­way through the appli­ca­tion). Sim­pli­fied — but­ton click events are avail­able only, in advanced — key hold, clicks, two keys at the same time, etc.

6. Legrand 752284 Valena Life

Alice smart switch sup­ports flush mount­ing. It works through a Zig­Bee gate­way, com­pat­i­bil­i­ty is declared for Legrand Home or Yan­dex brand­ed smart home. The mod­el has one but­ton, back­light, its case is ther­mo­plas­tic, size is 96*93*40 mm.

Advan­tages:

• fits in size to stan­dard sock­ets;
• easy instal­la­tion;
• per­for­mance qual­i­ty.

Flaws:

• expen­sive;
• need a gate­way
• the min­i­mum num­ber of sup­port­ed smart home sys­tems.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Sergey B. + fits into a stan­dard sock­et, does not require any changes in the electrics
+ installs in place of an exist­ing cir­cuit break­er in 2 min­utes
+ works with Home­As­sis­tant via ZigBee2MQTT with­out Legrand gate­way.

7. Rubetek RE-3316

A mod­el with a Wi-Fi con­nec­tion can work in the Yan­dex smart home sys­tem or the pro­pri­etary Rubetek. The key is touch-sen­si­tive, there is a back­light and an indi­ca­tor for con­nect­ing to a wire­less net­work. The case is plas­tic with a glossy fin­ish. Device dimen­sions — 86 * 86 * 36 mm. The switch is mount­ed by embed­ding it into a sock­et in the wall.

Advan­tages:

• beau­ti­ful;
• easy to con­nect and install;
• per­for­mance qual­i­ty.

Flaws:

• a small num­ber of sup­port­ed smart home sys­tems.

Cus­tomer Reviews

Alex­ey Suptelya For a per­son who always for­gets to turn off the light, just a god­send! Works per­fect­ly with Alice.

Artem Alek­see­vich So let’s say I become more mod­ern by equip­ping an apart­ment with such devices), a wire­less switch is one of such devices. works good. you quick­ly get used to it. You can set up dif­fer­ent sce­nar­ios for it. But I read every­where that it requires ground­ing — this is true.