Wifi Smart Plug Set of 2 Mini Smart Outlet Compatible with Alexa Remote Control By Smart Phone from Anywhere Anytime (2 Packs)

They work great, I just can’t fit anything else in the outlet if I have one of these plugged in.

Just watch you tube videos to install. I just plugged in my Christmas lights and connected it to my google home hub. Now I can tell my hub when to turn on and off my Christmas lights.

Original: Seems to be working in its own app, and as a group under the Wink skill. I will bump up to five stars if it keeps working. Note that this is not a dimmer. It is relay controlled, and it makes quite a loud click when it turns off and on. Nothing too bad, but just know you wont be able to control your light brightness with this. Update: Lights are kicking off and back on every so many minutes. It lasts about 1/2 second. You can tell by the light flicker, and the loud clicking of the relay. Down one star to 3. I will return. Update 12/28: I have learned to live with these plugs. The light turning off and back on had something to do with the apps timer function. Both now work reliably. My only complaint is they do not dim (yes, I knew they did not dim when I purchased them, but its still a negative), and that they are quite loud when they switch. Update 4/11/18: Inadvertent off/on problem returned. It just flashes off for a second every 10-15 minutes, and you can hear the relay click from the next room. Do not recommend this product. There are far better and less expensive options out there.

Im very happy with these smart plugs. I have three of them and they were super easy to connect and work perfectly. They were extremely simple to connect (with the smarthome app) and then it was really easy to link those to google home. It was actually an easier and better process than my hue lights. Now I can turn these switches on and off any time with my phone or home mini. My kids can turn them on my talking to my google mini, which they LOVE to do. The app is really easy and allows you to set up one-time or repeating schedules (by day, if you want). Thats basically what I want it for: To turn on my fans in the evening when people go to bed. They were cheap, they do everything they promise, they are unobtrusive, and they are fun. Whats not to like?

These units are basic problem is you cannot schedule them like other smart plugs

Set up was very simple. -1star for requiring you to set up an additional app. -1 star for not allowing you to utilize the switch as well. I wanted to use this for our bedroom lights (lamps) which plug in to an outlet controlled by a switch. I understand that the unit obviously couldnt work if the switch is off, but Id like to be able to come into the room and flip the switch to turn them on. Instead when you flip the switch the lights stay off, then you have to wait about 10 seconds and ask Alexa to turn on the lights. Kind of obnoxious. I wanted to be able to flip them on with the switch, then after rading in bed or something be able to turn them off via voice control. The base setting on this outlet when it receives power is off, whereas if it were on or setting adjustable this unit would be great.

Im giving a pretty high review because I easily set up both of these using the default approach, and the price is good for the feature set. I downloaded the Smart Life app on iOS, created an account (yes, it requires your phone number...Im not too troubled by that). I had one problem giving my full Wifi SSID password, it was too long to enter into the Smart Life app on iOS. So I attached these to my guest network which has a shorter password (and probably a good idea anyway). If not for this one problem I might give a 5-star review. There was also a backup connection approach which makes these their own temporary WiFi AP (a lot of devices do this as an alternative connection means). I did not need to use that, as the plan A approach worked fine for me. I renamed each of these to a good straightforward name and enabled the Alexa Smart Life smart home skill, and discovered the devices. All of this worked flawlessly and I can use the app or Alexa to control these. The Smart Life skill also supports IFTTT for the more advanced home automation tinkerers. My only concern, I guess, is that these require a cloud platform to stay running for them to continue to work - and that means ongoing costs. If the company ever decides to shut this down, these no longer function. Although made in China my two units both connect to EC2 instances in US-West-2 on the MQTT port. You can easily check this by checking your local router to find the assigned IP, then search in the list of open ports what target IP and port they connect to, and then run a whois to find ownership of the related IP block. Anyway, Im counting on these staying operative but I guess there is no guarantee. EDIT: Ive been using these for many months and theyre still great.

They work very well! The setup is very easy but I had to change my router Wi-Fi configuration so the plugs could be detected by the app. Once theyre plugged, you can turn them on/off by pressing a button on the plugs themselves, by tapping a button on the app (even when youre not in the same Wi-Fi as the plugs) or by talking to your Google Home. I just wish they were a little smaller :)

Works pretty food but sometimes you have to readd it to your phone cause it looses connection to the app

Cant get enough of these, the ability to turn stuff on/off with your voice using Alexa, is just cool. Mostly controlling the power of something, means I can hook up all the lights in the house that need a power outlet to work with a wifi outlet and walk in to the house and just say, Alexa, lights on, and BOOM, theyre on. Very geeky & modern coolness.