arre Smart Button with Matter & Thread Support, Control Smart Home Accessories, Works with Apple Home/HomeKit & Samsung SmartThings

Why did you pick this product vs others?:These are great little buttons. With an Apple HomePod Mini as the thread border router, it pairs flawlessly and quickly. Never knew I needed these, but now it's my wife's favorite part of home automation! I have seven of these little switches and they have been rock-solid. I had an issue with one switch going briefly non-responsive. I got in touch with the company and received an almost immediate response. The button is now back on line and functioning perfectly. Things I really appreciate about the design: (1) a built-in magnet for mounting directly to a metal surface (like a refrigerator), or to the included metal plate, which is itself affixed with an self adhesive strip to any surface you want. (2) an LED that gives you feedback for button presses (3) an excellent tactile response to being pressed-- "clicky" in a good way. (4) Because the button attaches magnetically to a metal plate, even a button whose plate is permanently affixed to a wall can be lifted off easily to replace the battery.I shop Amazon VERY frequently, and I think this is the first time I've ever left a review. Kudos to Arre for such a great product!

The media could not be loaded. I was skeptical of ordering because I hadn’t heard of ‘arre’ and there were little or no reviews at the time, but I decided to take the plunge because this is one of the first truly ‘Works with Matter’ buttons or switches on the market that does not have to be hardwired.The build quality feels really good, nice clicky button, and it attaches to a magnetic plate that you can mount to your place of choosing. This means it can also directly attach to magnetic materials without needing the backplate. Comes with a mounting sticker for the backplate or screws for a stronger hold.Setup was incredibly simple over matter in the Apple Home app, and you are given 3 functions for the button: single press, double press, long press. These are easily mappable directly to other Home accessories or you can ‘convert to shortcut’ at the bottom of the editing menu to write a shortcut. I made an ‘if’ statement for my smart lock so if it is locked it will unlock, and unlock if locked so I can mount a button on the inside of my door frame. There’s no direct assignment of the shortcut if you already have one set up in the shortcuts app (as of iOS 18.1), but I think you could execute another shortcut from the shortcut you write in the home app. Note, this is a limitation of Apple Home at this time, not the button. The button also has a red LED that blinks when pressed, and other Matter accessories (Aqara U200 smart lock, also great!) have been responding in about 2 seconds from the press.It comes with a pack of stickers with different icons you can put on the button to indicate what it controls. They come in black and white, but there’s no way you could see the white on the button (unless maybe they glow in the dark?).Can’t say about battery life but will update this if it becomes an issue. It is replaceable by popping the back cover off and putting in a fresh CR2032.Overall very satisfied and will be ordering a few more for around the apartment. I was pleasantly surprised that arra blew my expectations out of the water for a Matter enabled button.

Refused to work or connect with Alexa or ANYTHING - tried it with 2 different accessories. Returned.

Great smart button. I bought three for my kids rooms to run their good night scenes. This is simple enough the baby sitters can easily understand it. Solid construction, great connectivity, and amazing battery life. Some people said the connection is bad but it’s excellent. You just need to make sure it’s within reach of the bridge signal or some router thread devises. I can understand that people don’t know how thread works but it’s great if you do!

I’m not sure why this is listed as an item that is often returned. I got mine and was very impressed with just how simple it was to set up and use. Physically, it feels solid with a nice feel on the button clicks. It has three possible triggers: single click, double click and long press. Each can be individually tied to a specific action or shortcut. I have single click set for on/off (using a shortcut to know current state and do the toggle) I have double click set to turn my lights on 100% and long press is my “Good Night” scene.Overall this is a great value, simple to use, feels like good quality and quick and easy setup.I would definitely recommend and will likely buy more of them for my home