SONOFF's second-generation NSPanel Pro is now available for pre-order, and it packs a compelling feature set for self-hosters. The in-wall touch panel integrates a dual-channel relay rated at 5A per channel, a Zigbee 3.0 gateway built on the Silicon Labs MG24 chip, and a Matter bridge, all in a standard 86-type gang box form factor. With 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage, it runs a full Android-based stack that supports sideloading apps through F-Droid, meaning you can install the Home Assistant companion app directly without needing root access. The NSPanel Pro line has already attracted meaningful community attention: developer seaky publishes open-source root and utility tools for the original model at seaky/nspanel_pro_tools_apk, and a multi-part series at The RoboVerse documented building and running Linux on the NSPanel Pro 120 via Rockchip's SDK. The Gen2 swaps the original's PX30 for a Rockchip RK3326-S, which changes the hardware target for any future porting work, and no Gen2-specific Linux effort has surfaced yet given the device is still in pre-order.
The real appeal here is protocol consolidation. The panel connects Zigbee devices locally and exposes them, along with SONOFF Wi-Fi devices and Home Assistant-synced devices, through its built-in Matter bridge to Apple Home, Google Home, and Amazon Alexa. It also includes dual-band Wi-Fi, a proximity sensor for wake-on-approach, an ambient light sensor, a microphone array, a speaker, and temperature and energy monitoring. SONOFF notably continues to skip Thread support entirely, sticking with its Wi-Fi and Zigbee stack even as Thread adoption accelerates across the industry.
Alongside the panel, SONOFF launched two new EU-market smart plugs under the iPlug Gen2 S61s line, both running Matter 1.4 over Wi-Fi. Both models support 16A loads with overload protection and expose real-time energy data, including voltage, current, power, and total consumption, through Matter's energy reporting cluster. That means platforms like Home Assistant and SmartThings can read power data natively without vendor cloud dependencies. The outdoor variant adds an IP44 rating and operates between -20°C and 50°C (-4°F and 122°F). Pre-orders for the NSPanel Pro Gen2 run through 2025-06-11 with a 10% discount, and shipments are expected before 2025-06-15.
