Aqara G5 Pro PoE - Sending constant "Motion Detected" notifications in HomeKit despite Person-only filters
Hi everyone,
I am experiencing a very frustrating issue with my new AQARA Camera Hub G5 Pro PoE cameras integrated into Apple HomeKit, and I’m hoping someone here or from the Aqara team can help.
The Problem:
I am getting flooded with constant "Motion Detected" notifications on my iPhone for every single pixel change (wind, shadows, cars passing in the background).
The strange part is that my HomeKit settings are strictly configured to filter this out:
1. I have set up precise Activity Zones in the Apple Home app to exclude areas with background movement.
2. Under the camera's Notification settings, "Receive Activity Notifications" is ON, but it is explicitly set to "When Specific Motion is Detected" with ONLY "People" checked. (Animals, Vehicles, and Packages are all turned OFF).
3. The integrated hardware Motion Sensors for the cameras have notifications completely disabled in HomeKit.
4. In the Aqara Home app, all motion alerts and push notifications are completely turned off to prevent duplication.
Despite this, my lock screen is spammed with generic "Camera detected motion" notifications instead of "Camera detected a person". HomeKit seems to completely ignore the visual filters and zones I set up, sending raw motion events straight to my phone. Occasionally, it does correctly identify a person, but 95% of the notifications are just blank, generic motion clips.
What I have already tried (without success):
Toggling Notifications: Turned HomeKit activity notifications completely OFF, force-closed the Home app, and turned them back ON.
Redoing Zones: Deleted all Activity Zones, saved, and drew them completely from scratch.
HomeHub Reset: Hard-restarted my Apple HomeHub (HomePod mini) by unplugging it from power for more than 5 minutes to clear out any stuck cache.
Nothing seems to stop the spam. It looks like the camera is pushing raw hardware motion triggers to HomeKit, and HomeKit just passes them through as notifications, bypassing the iCloud/HomeHub AI analysis for persons.
Has anyone encountered this specific issue with the G5 Pro PoE in HomeKit? Is there a hidden setting in the Aqara app (like hardware motion sensitivity level) that needs to be tweaked so it doesn't bypass HomeKit's filters?
Any advice or official firmware fix would be highly appreciated.
Thank you!