Key facts
- Sensor: "millimeter-wave radar technology", covering up to 40 m² with 30 configurable zones and up to five people at once (FP2 product page, checked 2026-09-06). The frequency band is not stated.
- Fall claim, in the vendor's words: "The FP2 has the capability to detect and alert you when a family member falls down". The page adds that "You can mount the FP2 on the ceiling and activate the Falling Detection mode" and that "Ceiling-mounting is required for fall detection" (FP2 product page, checked 2026-09-06).
- Aqara's own caveat: "The FP2 Presence Sensor is not a medical device, and can only be used for notification purposes" (FP2 product page, checked 2026-09-06).
- A real trade-off: "In fall detection mode, most features of the FP2 including zone positioning and presence detection become unavailable" (FP2 product page, checked 2026-09-06). One sensor does one job at a time.
- No camera: "it is wearable-free and does not require a camera monitoring system, which ensures maximum privacy for users" (FP2 product page, checked 2026-09-06).
Attributes as published by the vendor
| Vendor | Aqara |
|---|---|
| Product | Presence Sensor FP2 |
| Sensor type | "millimeter-wave radar technology"; the frequency band is not stated on the product page. Wall, ceiling or corner mounted, up to 40 m² and 30 zones, up to 5 people |
| Camera | No |
| Microphone | Not publicly stated |
| Wearable | No — the page describes the product as "wearable-free" |
| Fall-detection claim (vendor's words) | "The FP2 has the capability to detect and alert you when a family member falls down" — aqara.com FP2 product page, checked 2026-09-06. The same page states: "The FP2 Presence Sensor is not a medical device, and can only be used for notification purposes" |
| Hosting country | Not publicly stated |
| Available in Canada | Not publicly stated |
| Pricing model | Not publicly stated on the product page — one-time hardware purchase, directed to third-party retail; no subscription mentioned |
| Vendor page | https://www.aqara.com/en/product/presence-sensor-fp2/ |
| Version checked | Not publicly stated |
| Attributes checked | 2026-09-06 |
| Source | https://www.aqara.com/en/product/presence-sensor-fp2/ |
Any row above reading “Not publicly stated” means we looked on the vendor’s own pages and did not find it stated. It is not a “no”, and nothing here is inferred.
Attributes
| Attribute | Value | Source | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sensor type | mmWave radar; frequency not stated | aqara.com FP2 page | 2026-09-06 |
| Camera | No | aqara.com FP2 page | 2026-09-06 |
| Microphone | Not publicly stated | aqara.com FP2 page | 2026-09-06 |
| Wearable | No ("wearable-free") | aqara.com FP2 page | 2026-09-06 |
| Fall-detection claim | "…detect and alert you when a family member falls down" | aqara.com FP2 page | 2026-09-06 |
| Hosting country | Not publicly stated | aqara.com FP2 page | 2026-09-06 |
| Canada availability | Not publicly stated | aqara.com FP2 page | 2026-09-06 |
| Pricing model | Not publicly stated; one-time hardware, no subscription mentioned | aqara.com FP2 page | 2026-09-06 |
What the company publishes
The FP2 is a smart-home component that happens to have a care-adjacent mode, not a care product. It is sold to people building automations in Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home or Home Assistant, and its main selling point is knowing whether a room is occupied when nobody is moving — the thing a PIR sensor cannot do. There is no monitoring service, no escalation path, no 24/7 response and no support desk for a worried family. If nobody sees the phone notification, nothing happens.
Two things on this page deserve credit. Aqara states the not-a-medical-device limit in its own words rather than burying it, and it states the mode trade-off honestly: turn on fall detection and you lose zone positioning and presence detection on that sensor. Vendors more often leave a buyer to discover that after installation.
What is missing is any accuracy figure. There is no sensitivity rate, no false-alarm rate and no description of what counts as a fall. Aqara publishes no price either, so we do not put one here. For a device sold without a monitoring service, that accuracy gap matters more, not less, because there is no human in the loop to filter a bad alert.
What we could not confirm
Aqara's own region selector on this page offers Global, United States, Europe, Deutschland, 中国/大陆, 대한민국 and 日本. Canada is not among them, no price of any kind is given, and the page directs buyers to a third-party retailer rather than publishing terms. Hosting country is not stated either; the page notes that local automations can run over Wi-Fi without the cloud, which is not the same as saying where cloud data lives.
In the compare table the FP2 sits in the "Canadian availability not confirmed" group.
Frequently asked questions
Does the Aqara FP2 detect falls?
Aqara says it "has the capability to detect and alert you when a family member falls down" when ceiling-mounted with Falling Detection mode enabled. Aqara also says the FP2 "is not a medical device, and can only be used for notification purposes", and publishes no accuracy figure.
Can it do fall detection and presence detection at the same time?
No. Aqara states that in fall-detection mode "most features of the FP2 including zone positioning and presence detection become unavailable".
Is there a camera or a microphone?
No camera — the page says it "does not require a camera monitoring system". A microphone is not mentioned either way.
Can I buy it in Canada?
Not publicly stated on Aqara's site. Its region selector lists Global, United States, Europe, Deutschland, China, South Korea and Japan — not Canada — and it directs buyers to third-party retail.
Where WalledCare fits
WalledCare, made by the publisher of this directory, is a camera-free millimetre-wave radar room sensor built for eldercare rather than for home automation. It reports presence, movement, prolonged stillness and prolonged inactivity, room by room. It does not detect falls, does not measure breathing, and is not a medical device. The honest comparison is that the FP2 is a component you assemble a system from, and WalledCare is the system.
Sources
- Aqara, Presence Sensor FP2 product page, aqara.com/en/product/presence-sensor-fp2/ — radar description, coverage, fall-detection mode and its limits, not-a-medical-device statement, camera and wearable statements, regional pages. Checked 2026-09-06.