Amazon Smart Air Quality Monitor vs X-Sense XR0A-iR Wi-Fi Radon Detector

The Amazon Smart Air Quality Monitor wins on price, connectivity, integrations and sensors, covering VOCs, PM2.5, carbon monoxide, temperature and humidity over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The X-Sense XR0A-iR Wi-Fi Radon Detector counters with a higher owner rating, a longer warranty, a physical screen and stronger alerting.

The Amazon Smart Air Quality Monitor covers a broad set of everyday pollutants and lives entirely inside the Alexa app, while the X-Sense XR0A-iR Wi-Fi Radon Detector is a single-purpose radon instrument with its own LCD screen.

Yes. It is useless without an Echo device, since it has no Google Home, Apple HomeKit or SmartThings support. The X-Sense XR0A-iR Wi-Fi Radon Detector does not need Alexa either, but it also has no confirmed smart home integrations of its own.

Yes, an LCD showing short-term and long-term averages with trend arrows. The Amazon Smart Air Quality Monitor has no display at all; every reading lives in the Alexa app.

Alexa households who want cheap, responsive tracking of VOCs, particulates, CO, temperature and humidity, especially if they want readings to trigger a purifier or fan automatically.

Anyone specifically worried about radon who wants a higher-rated device with a longer warranty and a screen they can read without opening an app.