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Save the settings
Set the lighting, curtain position, air-conditioning and every other device to the state the activity needs.
Aqara scenes
Control a whole room with one command.
A scene sets several devices together for a specific activity, time of day or home mode—without adjusting each one separately.
What is a smart home scene?
A scene controls several devices at the same time.
A scene saves a group of device settings for a specific activity, room or time of day. Run it once to apply every setting together.
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Run one command
Apply every saved setting from one tap, button press, voice command, schedule or automation.
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Use it throughout the home
Create separate scenes for rooms, activities, arrivals, departures, mornings and nights.
Whole-home scenes
Six useful smart home scenes.
The best scenes match activities that already happen. Each example below names specific devices and values; in a real home every one of them is set room by room, and which actions exist depends on the products installed.
Good Morning
Open the bedroom curtains, bring the bedroom lights up gradually, switch off the overnight air-conditioning and turn on the kitchen lights.
- Curtains
- Lighting
- Air-conditioning
Welcome Home
Turn on the entrance and living-room lights, start the air-conditioner at 25°C and half-close the living-room curtains.
- Lighting
- Air-conditioning
- Curtains
Movie Night
Drop the living-room lights to 20%, close the curtains and set the air-conditioner — one command instead of four.
- Lighting
- Curtains
- IR control
Leaving Home
Turn off every light and the air-conditioning, close the curtains and put the home into Away mode so the sensors start reporting.
- Lighting
- Air-conditioning
- Security
Good Night
Switch off the living-room and kitchen lights, close the bedroom curtains, drop the bedroom lights to a low warm level and set the air-conditioner for the night.
- Lighting
- Curtains
- Security
Evening
Shift the lighting from daytime white to a warmer colour temperature, lower the brightness in the living areas and close the curtains at sunset.
- Smart lighting
- Colour temperature
- Curtains
Scenes and automations
Scenes and automations do different jobs.
Scenes define the result. Automations decide when that result should happen. A Good Night scene can be run from a button or voice command, then reused inside an automation that starts at bedtime.
One requested action
Scene
“Movie Night” dims the lights, closes the curtains and sets the room exactly as saved.
You ask for a defined result.
A response to conditions
Automation
At 10.30pm, if someone is home, the system runs the saved Good Night scene automatically.
The home acts when the rule matches.
Scene controls
Run the same scene in several ways.
A scene should be available where it is most convenient, without forcing everyone in the house onto the same interface. A scene built in Aqara Home has to be exposed to another platform before it can be run from there.
In the app
Run a scene from Aqara Home, or from Apple Home, Google Home or Alexa once it has been exposed there.
At the wall
Assign a scene to a smart switch, a wall panel or a wireless button.
By voice
Ask Siri, Google Assistant or Alexa for the scene by name.
On a schedule
Run a morning, evening or weekly routine at a set time.
From an automation
Let a sensor, a lock event or a home mode launch the scene without anyone asking.
Scene planning
Build scenes around rooms and routines.
Scenes work best when every action supports one clear purpose. A long list of devices is not the goal.
- Name scenes by activity: Good Morning, Dining, Movie Night or Leaving Home.
- Set brightness, colour temperature, curtain position and cooling deliberately.
- Keep essential physical controls available for family members and guests.
- Separate rooms when different people use them on different schedules.
- Confirm which devices and scene actions are exposed to each chosen platform.
For a complete worked example, read how to build arrival, Evening and Good Night routines with explicit lighting states and recovery rules.
Plan your Aqara smart home
Design the scenes before assigning the controls.
Share the rooms, activities and devices you want to coordinate. We can help turn them into a practical Aqara control plan.