These switches are reliable and easy to connect to your account using the following method: A. Ensure the device is ready to connect by blinking orange & green. (May have to hold the side button for 5 seconds). B. Connect to the 2.4 Ghz wifi network you want the device to join, then go back to the wifi settings and log into the Meross devices wifi. (See photo). C. Next you can enter HomeKit when prompted, then scan the HomeKit code on top and follow provided directions. D. Last, go into the Meross Application & select the unbounded device. After the pop-up (see photo) back out, and pull down (refresh app) and youll see your devices present in both HomeKit & the Meross application. I have iOS 14.5 (apple beta) incase your devices connect differently than I have recommended. Now that you are setup your devices feel free to connect to your patio lights and tell Siri/Google/Alexa to turn them on/off! These are not waterproof though Meross does have devices that are!

Ive tried this switch and a competitors. This one was always easy to use with Homekit. Always responded showing its status and switching on request. The competitors usualy was not responding. Maybe the competitor may improve when they update the firmware, but by now I would recommend Meross to be sure it will work properly.

The Meross App is okay. It works. Using this with Homekit is hit or miss. These outlets seem to become unavailable every so often. Homekit will just not detect them anymore for absolutely no reason. Then I remove and try to add them again, and it says, This has already been added. Really laggy. My Homepod Mini is in the next room, and wi-fi signal in here is strong. I hope others have had better luck - all three of mine behave this way. Id recommend looking elsewhere if youre a Homekit user..

It was a bit difficult to set up with Apple Home. Once it connected, the installation/setup went fine.

Took long to pair these with apple HomeKit. I had to try so may options. Once configured, they work just fine. Great with Siri and apple HomeKit. Will buy again.

Excelente articulo para iniciar en convertir tu hogar smart. En mi caso mi ecosistema es de Apple por lo cual integrarlo a HomeKit fue sencillo. Y ahora puedo controlar las luces de mi mesas de noches de la recamara principal desde el iPhone, iPad, MacBook y Apple Watch.

I have purchased about a dozen of these for different houses. They are generally easy to set up with HomeKIt. However, there are a number of inconsistencies that seem to point to manufacturing issues: 1) Out of the box, some dont set up easily, others do. Same wifi, same location. 2) Some seem to lose connectivity once set up, others dont. Again, same wifi and same location. A few will frequently be updating when I want to control them. I like them, like the price point and buy in sets of, but may have to look for alternatives if 25-50% of the pack arent useable.

I wanted to start making things easier/smarter throughout the house, so I started with the plugs. Let me just say that these are a game changer for us. We have 4 lamps down stairs in the living room that we had to turn on and off at the lamp under the shade which is a little tricky considering our set up right now with the kid’s toys. Now when it’s time for bed, we click one button on our phone whether upstairs or downstairs. For us, it saves us time, but is definitely very convenient. Work extremely well, good response time. There’s a button on the side of the plug you can use to manually turn the device on or off. That proves to be useful if you don’t have your phone. You can also connect it to google or Alexa which we haven’t done yet. I would imagine that would make things even easier if you gave a google or Alexa throughout the house. I have since bought the wall switches too which are fantastic also. Home automation is like an entirely different world to start exploring because there’s just so much you can do. I’m using Apple HomeKit and it works flawlessly. Easy set up and use.

Updated 17-November 2021 - Back to 5 stars. I was contacted by support and had numerous back and forth emails. They explained to me the reason for the reboots and the solution they developed to resolve the reboots. They released a new firmware for the devices and made it available OTA. I updated my units and the reboots stopped. For the technically-minded, it had to do with IPv6 and an older API in their firmware that would reboot. The newer firmware corrected this and I have been able to return my minis back in service. Updated 13-Aug 2021 - The units reboot all of the time making things connected like TVs or lights go off and on. Tried tech support. Reduced to 1 star *Original* - It seems most of these arrive with firmware 4.1.11. When you add them to your Home the Apple Home app will complain there is an update available (notification and icon and everything) but the Meross app says there is not one available. This can be annoying however, use my instructions below to fix it and upgrade to 4.1.12. But it will require you to use two iOS devices. Below I use an iPhone and iPad for mine. But no reason you can’t use two iPhones or two iPads (Meross app is not made to use on iPad but will work). To clarify, this is what to do: 1- Install Meross app on iPhone and iPad (unfortunately Meross requires an account to update firmware) 2- Plug in the Smart Plug Minis one at a time into the wall (this is to avoid confusion selecting and updating) 3- Launch the Meross app on iPhone, click + on upper right of the app to add a device and then scroll down to Smart Plug Mini 4- Step through the Wifi steps and select the Meross Wifi that pops up, choose connect and add to home 5- It will pop open the Home app and then you scan the QR code and then step through the Home app process to add 6- Once added then switch quickly to your other iOS device (iPad in my case) but already have the Meross app open. 7- Select the + on the home screen and it will show a new device needs to be added 8- Click OK and then go back to the home screen of the Meross app and then select Account. A firmware update shows available 9- Apply the Firmware and Bob’s your Uncle. I hope this helps anyone else that this happens too. I really like my Meross plugs. They are very quick to respond.

At times when theres software upgrade on the Smart Plug I found some delay in synching with iPhone. Other than that works smoothly. Will definitely recommend the product.