Research profile · last verified 2026-08-30

Aqara Wireless Mini Switch

Compiled by SmartHomeWorkflow Research · Aqara · Switches & Dimmers · ~$17.99 (Price at time of research, 2026-08-30, read from Aqara's own storefront STRUCTURED ENDPOINT (us.aqara.com/products/wireless-mini-switch.js), which returns price: 1799, compare_at_price: null, available: true as typed data. Established rather than re-confirmed: this record carried no price at all, because aqara.com/us is a marketing site that routes buyers to retailers and publishes no figure. No sale is running, so $17.99 is the regular price and not a discount that will lapse.)

Exactly which product this is^[1]

Model number: WXKG11LM
Generation: Not established
Region this page covers: Not established
Also sold or listed as: Not established

“Not established” means we have not sourced that detail yet — not that the product has no model number, generation or regional variant. We publish the gap rather than filling it.

Compatibility

Ecosystem	Support	The catch
Apple Home	WorksWorks with this ecosystem^[1]	The only ecosystem Aqara claims for this switch, and it claims it clearly: the product page carries a single 'Works with Apple HomeKit' badge and states 'Aqara Hub is required to enable this product to work with HomeKit technology.' The Aqara hub bridges the Zigbee button into HomeKit; iOS 10.3 or later. Note the basis — this rests on Aqara's word alone, with no Apple document confirming what a Home app automation can do with the button's individual press actions.In Apple Home you also need: a Aqara hub
Amazon Alexa	InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why^[4]	Not established, and the reason is Aqara's own two-step. Aqara's compatible-platforms page does list Alexa, Google Home, SmartThings, IFTTT, Matter and Home Assistant — under a blanket footnote, 'Hub may be required for certain ecosystems or functionalities' — but it then explicitly refuses to be read as a per-device answer: 'Note: Not all Aqara child devices are compatible with all platforms. Please see details for each device.' The details for THIS device, on both the US and EU product pages and the specification page, name exactly one platform: Apple HomeKit. So Aqara's own instruction routes the question to a page that omits Alexa. Recording 'full' would use a catalogue-wide list Aqara says not to; recording 'none' would overstate an omission, since Aqara's Matter-bridging hubs do republish Zigbee devices for sibling products. Unknown is the honest value, and this is a resolvable question the moment Aqara publishes per-device platform detail.
Google Home	InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why^[4]	Not established, on identical grounds to Alexa. Google Home appears on Aqara's catalogue-wide platforms page, which then says 'Please see details for each device' — and this device's own pages name only Apple HomeKit. A Matter-bridging Aqara hub is the plausible route, but plausible is not documented, and a stateless button's individual press actions are exactly the kind of feature that survives bridging poorly.
SmartThings	InconclusiveWe researched this and the evidence doesn't settle it — the catch explains why^[4]	Not established, on identical grounds. SmartThings appears on the catalogue-wide platforms page and on no Aqara page specific to this switch. For sibling Aqara sensors the route is a Matter-bridging hub (M2 on current firmware, M3, M100 or G5 Pro) republishing the Zigbee device — but no first-party page applies that to this model, and a stateless button is not the same bridging case as a sensor.
Home Assistant	PartialPartial support — see the catch^[3]	The route that skips Aqara hardware entirely: Zigbee2MQTT documents WXKG11LM against any generic Zigbee coordinator, so the button works with no Aqara hub at all. Two honest limits. It is a community integration Aqara does not endorse or document, which is why this is partial rather than full. And the button actions are not uniform across production runs — Zigbee2MQTT states that 'the triple, quadruple, hold and release is not supported by all versions of this device', with single and double click as the dependable pair. The alternative route, bridging through a Matter-capable Aqara hub, is not documented by Aqara for this model.In Home Assistant you also need: a Aqara hub

? Inconclusive means we researched that ecosystem and the evidence doesn’t settle it — the catch says why, and the sources are listed below. It is a statement about the available evidence, never a verdict on the product. A Setup Check researches your exact setup where the official sources don’t answer.

Protocols: ZIGBEE^[2]

Needs before it works: Yes, and Aqara says it twice on the product page and again in the HomeKit line: 'An Aqara hub is required.' and 'Aqara Hub is required to enable this product to work with HomeKit technology.' This is a Zigbee device with no Matter or Thread radio of its own, so it never joins an ecosystem directly — the hub does that on its behalf, and which hub you buy is what decides how far the button reaches. Home Assistant users running their own Zigbee coordinator can skip Aqara hardware entirely, but that is a community route Aqara does not endorse.^[1]

What it can do^[1]

You can tell it to

None documented by the vendor

It reports

Button pressed

Listed capabilities are what we could establish from vendor documentation. An ability missing here is unestablished — not necessarily absent.

Subscription reality^[1]

✓ Works without a subscription: Yes.

Vendor account required: Yes — you must create a vendor account to use it.^[8]

No subscription is referenced on Aqara's US or EU product pages or on the WXKG11LM specification page.

Maintenance reality^[2]

Batteries: CR2032 — expect roughly 24 months per set
Works without the internet: Yes — the core function runs on the device or your home network. A vendor cloud may still be involved in remote access.^[9]
Aqara publishes '2 Years Battery Life' and rates the switch for 'Supports up to 50,000 presses'. 45 x 45 x 12 mm (1.77 x 1.77 x 0.47 in), operating range -10 °C to +55 °C, 0–95% RH non-condensing. 'No wiring required' — it is a free-standing button that sticks or sits wherever you want it. App support is listed as the Apple Home app (iOS 10.3 or later) and the Aqara Home app (Android 5.0 or later, iOS 10.3 or later).
Security updates: Aqara states its security-update commitment for this model as a period rather than a date: at least 2 years of security updates from the launch day — Aqara's stated policy, qualified to "certain device models" and with no published launch date for this model (the document this comes from names no country, so which markets it legally covers is not stated). That is a floor measured from a starting point the manufacturer sets — a launch or a purchase — rather than a fixed end date, so it cannot be placed on a calendar here. We record the commitment as the manufacturer states it, in our words, rather than converting it into a date it did not give. This is a published commitment, not a gap in our research.^[7]

The catch

A $20-class button that does nothing on its own — and on Aqara's own pages, does nothing outside Apple Home either. This is a Zigbee device with one compatibility badge on it, HomeKit, and a hub requirement Aqara states twice. Which hub you buy quietly decides your ecosystem, exactly as it does across Aqara's Zigbee line, and Aqara's own support page for this product currently renders 'No content yet', so the documentation to check that with does not exist. The genuinely useful escape hatch is Home Assistant: Zigbee2MQTT supports the switch on any generic Zigbee coordinator with no Aqara hardware, at which point the button can trigger anything in your house — but that is a community project's work, not Aqara's, and even there the fancier actions are unreliable, because Zigbee2MQTT warns that triple-press, quadruple-press, hold and release are not supported on all versions of this device. Single and double press are what you can count on.

Who it's for

Apple Home households that already own an Aqara hub and want a cheap, wire-free button for scenes, a doorbell or an emergency call — and Home Assistant users with their own Zigbee coordinator, who get the most out of it and need none of Aqara's hardware. Anyone in Alexa, Google Home or SmartThings should treat this as unproven: Aqara does not claim those platforms for this switch anywhere we could verify.

Sources & method

Numbered sources below back the facts marked with the matching number above. This is a research profile: compiled from manufacturer documentation, certification registries, and published testing — we state facts, not verdicts, and we have not physically tested this unit. How we work →

[1] Aqara US and EU product pages for the Wireless Mini Switch — vendor-page research, verified 2026-07-31
Backs: Product identity, Required hub or bridge, Apple Home compatibility, Capabilities, Subscription
[2] Aqara Wireless Mini Switch specification page — vendor-page research, verified 2026-07-31
Backs: Protocols, Maintenance, App platforms, Power source, Installation, Market availability
[3] Zigbee2MQTT supported-device page for Aqara WXKG11LM — counterparty-documentation research, verified 2026-07-31
Backs: Home Assistant compatibility
[4] Aqara US product page (compatibility-badge absence check) and Aqara's compatible-platforms page, which defers to per-device detail — vendor-page research, verified 2026-07-31
Backs: Research status, Price, Amazon Alexa compatibility, Google Home compatibility, SmartThings compatibility
[5] Aqara's Wireless Mini Switch specification page, re-read 2026-08-18 — battery life, press rating, dimensions; nothing about automations running locally or during an internet outage. — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-18
[6] Aqara's US and EU product pages and the Wireless Mini Switch specification page — both already cited on this record — evidence read against sources this record already cites (BQ-191 provider-side backfill, D-7 bars), verified 2026-08-19
Backs: What it provides to your home
[7] Aqara's own security and compliance library (aqara.com/en/security-certifications/), read 2026-08-20 through a browser-rendered read because the page is a JavaScript shell to a plain fetch. Its policy statement, verbatim: "We will maintain the security updates for at least 2 years from the launch day of certain device models." Its compliance table enumerates 60+ products BY MODEL NUMBER across three regulatory frameworks (Australian Cyber Security Rules 2025, UK PSTI Regulations, EU Data Act), each row carrying a status and a date issued. This model is listed as Wireless Mini Switch T1, model WB-R02D, across all compliance sections. — vendor policy-page research (BQ-192 security-support sweep, method note 69 rungs a–c), verified 2026-08-20
Backs: Security-update support period
[8] Aqara Wireless Mini Switch user manual, 'Quick Setup' — "1. Before activating the accessory, please make sure you have the Aqara Home app downloaded and Aqara hub installed." Aqara's product page states "* An Aqara hub is required." (https://www.aqara.com/us/product/wireless-mini-switch/, read 2026-08-21) — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-21
Backs: Vendor account required
[9] Aqara US product page, Wireless Mini Switch, scene-control section — "Even if the Wi-Fi connection is unstable or disconnected, as long as the Hub is powered, automations associated with this product still work properly." The same page states "* An Aqara hub is required." — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-21
Backs: Works without the internet
[10] SmartHomeWorkflow record maintenance (BQ-244 absence-marker blast-radius repair) — internal-review, verified 2026-08-27
[11] SmartHomeWorkflow record maintenance (BQ-250 securitySupport.region backfill) — internal-review of the document this record already cites, verified 2026-08-27
[12] us.aqara.com — Wireless Mini Switch storefront structured endpoint, read 2026-08-30 — vendor structured-endpoint research, verified 2026-08-30
Backs: Price, Market availability
[13] aqara.com — Global Security & Compliance Statements, read 2026-08-30 — vendor-page research, verified 2026-08-30
Backs: Research status

Compatibility and lifecycle information reflects the last-verified date above and can change without notice (firmware updates, cloud-service changes, discontinuations). It is provided as-is, for information — verify with the manufacturer before purchasing. Spot an error? Tell us and we'll fix it. Full terms: Terms of Service.

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