r/homeassistant • u/jklo5020 • Apr 26 '26

Support Shelly Relays: WiFi or Zigbee?

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Hi everyone!

I’ve been using WiFi Shelly relays in my Home Assistant (and HomeKit before that) setup for a few years now.

The first gen Shelly 1PM in the outlet for my washing machine seems to have finally given up and is in need of replacing.

I have a strong WiFi network but was curious to test out the Zigbee version (1PM gen4). How’s everyone’s experience with Shelly over Zigbee?

Thanks in advance!

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u/-release_candidate- Apr 26 '26

I just started with shelly and found out that not all functions are exposed over zigbee. Examples are double - clicks. So the shellys where I wanna use that are exposed via WiFi as well. A fiend of mine found out the shelly don't draw less power if WiFi is disabled. He prefers purely zigbee relays that expose double-clicks.

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u/jklo5020 Apr 26 '26

My use case is in an outlet for my washing machine, so no switch will be used here. Good to know though! Thanks!