Hey ,
Drop in and share some of the cool stuff I’ve been playing with on the Aqara G2 cam lately. As a smart home hobbyist (and occasional tinkerer), the possibilities with this little guy are kinda underrated if you ask me.
First off, the G2’s local AI face detection? Super useful, but here’s a trick – pair it with an automation rule so that when a known face shows up, it disables motion alerts temporarily. No more false “intruder detected” panic when my wife walks in with groceries.
Also found a neat workaround: using the G2’s motion trigger to turn on my hallway light at night, but only after a specific time window (10:30pm to sunrise). Created a virtual switch workaround in Home Assistant to control that timing. Super slick, and now my hallway’s not lighting up every time my cat does his midnight zoomies.
And for anyone who uses NAS – you can point the G2’s recording stream to a local RTSP server with a bit of config tweaking. Might take a bit of elbow grease, but it’s doable and worth it.
Just thought I’d toss this out there to see what others have pulled off with their G2 cams. Any clever automations, unexpected use cases, or hacks? Hit me up. Curious to see what the community’s brewing.
Stay smart 
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