Hides behind the existing switch and makes it smart without changing how the wall looks.
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The Shelly 1 is the answer when the switch plate has to stay exactly as it is. It is a small relay that fits inside the wall box behind your existing switch, so the plate, the finish and the way people use the room are untouched, while the circuit becomes controllable from an app. That makes it the tool for heritage or design-led interiors where a plastic smart switch would look wrong, and for hardwired loads such as a water heater or an extractor that no plug can reach. It runs on Wi-Fi with a local API and works with Home Assistant as well as Alexa and Google, which is why integrators like it. Two things to be clear about. The wall box needs enough depth behind the switch to take the relay, and shallow boxes in older Dubai buildings sometimes do not have it. And this is work inside the wall on a live circuit, so it is an electrician's job rather than a weekend one. It is rated to 15A and around 3.5kW, which covers lighting circuits and most single hardwired appliances.
Existing switch plate and finish stay exactly as they areControls hardwired loads no plug can reach
Local API, so it runs without a vendor cloud
One relay per circuit rather than per fittingModel Shelly 1
| Protocol | Wi-Fi 2.4GHz, no hub required |
| Installation | Inside the wall box behind the existing switch |
| Load rating | 15A, approximately 3.5kW |
| Voltage | 220-240V, 50Hz |
| Box depth | Needs spare depth behind the switch, check before ordering |
| Local control | Local API, works with Home Assistant without cloud |
| Works with | Shelly app, Alexa, Google Home, Home Assistant |
This is the retrofit integrators use in Dubai villas where the client has spent money on the switch plates and will not accept a plastic smart switch on the wall. It also covers hardwired loads like water heaters and bathroom extractors that a Type-G plug cannot touch. Check depth: villa wall boxes behind gypsum partitions usually have room, while older apartment boxes set into blockwork are often too shallow. Confirm the neutral situation as well, since the relay needs a neutral at the box like any mains powered device of this kind. Fitting means working inside a live wall box, so we do this as an electrician's task, not a DIY one.
Shelly in the UAE. Available through UAE online retail. An integrator favourite for hidden in-wall retrofits with local control and no visible hardware.
