
A battery cube that runs a different scene for each way you turn it.
Typical uae.modo.store price for the device, checked 19 Jul 2026. See the listing Installation is quoted separately after we check your property.
Supplied, fitted and configured by our own Dubai team. We check compatibility with your property before you commit to anything.
The Cube is a scene controller you operate by moving it, and it is more useful than it first sounds. Flip it, rotate it, tap it or shake it, and each gesture triggers a different scene through the Aqara hub. Rotation is the part that earns its place: turning the cube dims a light smoothly, which is a far better bedside control than pressing a button repeatedly or opening a phone at night. It is battery powered with no wiring, so it sits on a bedside table, a coffee table or a desk, and it can move between rooms without any installation at all. Like every controller in this group it sends commands rather than switching a circuit, so the lights it operates need to be smart already through bulbs, modules or switches. The honest limits: gestures have to be learned, which suits the people who live in the house and not guests, and a cube on a table is a thing children and cleaners will pick up. In a master bedroom or a study it works well. On a majlis wall where guests need obvious controls, the S1E panel is the right answer instead.
Model Cube T1 Pro
| Format | Battery gesture controller, no wiring |
| Protocol | Zigbee 3.0 |
| Hub requirement | Aqara hub required, sold separately |
| Power | Battery, user replaceable |
| Gestures | Flip, rotate, tap, shake and push, each assignable |
| Rotation | Smooth dimming and volume style control |
| Controls | Smart devices and scenes, not a wired circuit |
| Works with | Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home, Aqara Home |
Nothing about this touches the electrical installation, so it works in older Dubai apartments where the switch box has no neutral and no mains smart switch can be fitted. Paired with smart bulbs in a bedside lamp, it gives a tenant proper dimming control with no alteration to the property. In villas we put one on the master bedside table where the developer's only switch is by the door. It needs an Aqara hub in the property, so it is an addition to an Aqara home rather than a starting point on its own. Keep the gestures simple if more than one person in the household will use it.
Aqara in the UAE. Sold through several authorised UAE resellers rather than one exclusive distributor. Wide local stock and the broadest single-hub ecosystem available in UAE retail.