BroadLink Smart Plug (NoAPP Version), Mini Wi-Fi Timer Smart Outlet Socket Works with Alexa/Google Home/IFTTT, No Hub Required, Remote Control Anywhere

I found this device far more difficult to set up than most wifi outlets. It took hours to get it to finally work. Once set up, it works fine.

It makes my lights flicker sometimes.

I spent all afternoon trying different ways to get it to connect to its own app or my google home. There was no instructions with it, I tried youtube for help.

I purchased this product to add to my connected devices in my house. When I received the plug, it came with instructions that were convoluted and it gave multiple instructions for multiple apps and not one app made the plug work. Not to mention the fact that it would not, after all the hours I spent attempting to connect it to the apps and then to Alexa, it never connected to anything that would make it work. Fortunately, I purchased it through Amazon so I had the opportunity to return it.

For the most part this is a good product. I didnt want a smart plug that requires its own hub and app. I would rather just connect it all through the Google Nest Hub. Unfortunately there are times when Google Assistant doesnt recognize the plug and cant follow voice command to turn the plug on or off. I have to unplug the unit and let it reset and then it works fine. Shouldnt have to do this with a smart plug.

The written instructions that come with these are horrible...especially for those of us who do not have perfect eyesight. They are printed in a very small, light gray font that is difficult to see. I was able to set up the devices to work with Google Home but I did not see an option to install the Broadlink app for Android, only for IOS. My only use for the smart plugs is to turn lamps on and off a couple of times a day when I am away but it sure seems very difficult to perform a simple timer function using Google Home and the Broadlink Smart Plugs. Perhaps the Broadlink app allows you to do that, but the link in the email from Broadlink when you activate the plugs only takes you to an IOS app. I think I will continue to use the simple mechanical timers I have used for years...seems so much easier.

As one of the less expensive WiFi smart plugs, I figured Id give these a try with Home Assistant, an open source home automation system. With some effort, I got them working... for a while. I had to set up an account on the manufactures servers to set them up, using the cloud solution. But I was also able to control them locally with a system like Home Assistant. That all changed when the manufacturer pushed a firmware update which now causes them to all connect to each other, instead of my WiFi access point. Now the only way to control all but one of them is through the manufacturers cloud app. Im going to try a workaround, creating four different accounts on the manufacturers app, one at a time, and re-connect each one to a different account. But obviously a future firmware update could break this, too. NO MORE CLOUD-BASED SMART HOME DEVICES FOR ME. The few dollars saved are not worth the aggravation of allowing manufacturers to make changes which break things.

I use this for tube lights to light my room enough to read by when Im in bed and it responds like one in ten times when I try to turn it on or off both in the app and via my alexa

Took 3 tries, but then they worked great.

I consider myself pretty tech savvy and cant figure this one out ... All of these smart plugs honestly tend to give connection issues... This one is no different.... Just spend 3 more dollars ..