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China Version or Global Version? What Actually Breaks When You Buy Smart Home Gear off Taobao for Your Singapore HDB
Chinese-domestic smart home gear is often half the local price and physically identical. What breaks is the region lock: Aqara hubs that refuse to pair, Xiaomi's closing app workaround, and a Matter escape hatch narrower than advertised. Where grey imports are fine in Singapore, and where they are not.