The plugs work great and are easy to set up.

I cannot speak to meross integration with Alexa, but I can tell you that they work very well with Google home. I friend recommended this brand and so far I have added both light switches and ac receptacles. After setting up the first switch several weeks ago I have gone Meross and Google crazy with home automation. Simple to use within the Google Android ecosystem

Love it

I bought the 4 pack and I have only used one in my bonus room. My husband can tell the light to turn on or off without trying to find it now. We keep a nightlight on but this is very convenient. I highly recommend for elderly people like us.

These are awesome. These link seamlessly I believe it would be accurate to say, with Echo Dot 3rd Gen. I have not yet used one with 2nd Generation Echo Dot but 3rd Gen is childs play just about. You download their app; follow the enclosed directions and youre halfway there. You then open the Alexa app (I have an i-Phone 5 mind you; and then it is ALMOST intuitive though intuitive is relevant. I have a background in personal computers starting with Windows 3.0 and including DOS 5.0 that I feel is useful in configuring things. I use to upgrade computers when you had Legacy cards that required jumping the pins in the days before but leading up to PnP [Plug n Play} where things pretty much are today. The point is for those familiar only with modern handheld devices there MIGHT be some confusion, but NOT necessarily. Very simple really but it can get confusing and possibly appear the device is not working right. These are awesome. Great price, they make it EASY for the end-user as far as Im concerned. Up and running in no time. I dont see where these do less than the higher priced alternatives. If the competitors have somehow made it easier to connect maybe they figured out how to connect to Alexa [an Amazon Echo Dot] for example without having to do anything at all. In summary there are two phases involved in order to connect. 1st follow the instructions using the app for a smart speaker; maybe Google; but definitely Amazon Echo Dots 3rd Generation which is what I am raving about and cannot say enough good things about here. Once you follow the directions and the WiFi plug is on the network Meross configures for you you go to Alexa App on a Dot hook it up; intuitive literacy required. Best I can sum it up. Bravo! 12 Stars or better! I am probably 100% certrain you wont be disappointed. If you are Amazon has an excellent; definitely no two ways about it among the top 3 best, best return policies known to human beings and machines alike; pretty sure. More than a decade of experience with Amazon with LOTS of purchases; very few problems and the problems I DID have have ALWAYS been resolved to my satisfaction. A happy ending never fails except among the most bitter of living creatures. Addendum: Follow the instructions that come with these plugs and you will most likely NOT regret your purchase. I close with this piece of advice: Careful purchasing too many smarplugs from different manufacturers. If you plan on buying a lot of them; stick with one or two different brands and that wil reduce the number of apps you wil have to load to your phone or compicate matters with Alexa

What drew me to these versus some other smart outlets was the ability to understand where they are installed geographically and plan a schedule based on sunrise or sunset. Anytime Ive used timers Ive constantly had to modify the times. Is it daylight savings time or not? Is it winter or summer? This smart outlet lets you create a scheduled based on sunrise or sunset. You can select sunrise or sunset then set an event time before or after that up to 11h 59m from that point in time. Activate right at sunset, no problem. Activate 23 m after sunset, no problem. Activate 3h 17m before sunset, no problem. Basically you have full control. Auto off after X minute events can be scheduled. Combined with sunrise/sunset you have very flexible control. Events can be schedule for a specific day of the week or all days, or some days of the week. The schedules you set can easily be enabled or disabled with a simple toggle on/off. When you travel. enable the scheduled events, when you return, disable it until next time with a flick of a finger. Both features were missing with other smart outlets Ive used. With previous outlets you could only delete a scheduled event to disable it. When it was time to need it again, I had to re-create it. They also didnt have sunset or sunrise features, you had to use a specific time and you had to modify it as seasons changed. I was able to create a scene that would turn all outlets off with a tap, or on with a tap. Scenes could include all or some devices. The setup using the built-in wifi was a little more difficult compared to the two other smart outlets Ive used. This was a little frustrating but it seemed to work better if you remained very close (a few feet) from the outlet during initial installation. It takes a few minutes so if you plan it properly and use an outlet convenient to remaining close by for several minutes you might experience less frustration than I did. All four of mine needed a firmware update that wasnt forced but was easy to install. I do not have Alexa or Google Assistant but it claims to integrate with them. I use mine without integration, simply using the app for all features.

I am very interested in automating a lot of things in my home, so I researched many brands of smart devices. I did not want to have to install several apps for different manufacturers of smart devices, or be involved with different ecosystems, so I was looking for one brand to rule them all. Meross seems to fit the bill. They make the most smart devices from what I can tell, but more importantly quality devices that are easy to setup. They support all the big automated options: Alexa, Google and IFTTT. These smart plugs are no exception. All it takes is a few clicks in the app to connect to the device and add it to your network, once youve given your Wi-Fi credentials to the app. You give it a name, choose an icon for it and youre done. Once you have multiple devices in the app, you can put them in groups to control them together. Then you can create scenes where you can specify the state of any or all of the devices. You can also create schedules for the scenes to automate morning or night routines, or whatever you want. I can tell Google (nest mini) to turn off the living room lamps, or all the lights, and this works flawlessly. The plugs also work with Alexa and IFTTT, which is a custom interface in which you can create rules that connect to other services or apps for further automation. I have used these with the Meross app, google integration and IFTTT, all have worked as expected. They are on the large side, and will block other plugs on a power strip or surge protector if not generously spaced, and depending on how theyre oriented. That may just be the industry Norm size though. One thing I wish it had is a 5ghz wifi antenna. I was really trying to weed out 2.4ghz devices from my home, and had almost succeeded. But alas, it is a necessary evil. This also may be a design limitation, due to 5ghz requiring at least one extra antenna that would make the plug even bigger. I have found creative uses for these. My favorite so far is for my reciever. It has a feature where it stops responding to its remote app every once in awhile, with the solution being to disconnect and reconnect the power cable. The manufacturer considers this not an issue. Since the plug is behind a huge entertainment center, it was a real pain to do this every time. Now I can comfortably click it off with a button on my phone, or tell Google to turn the receiver off, and back on again. Which is pretty satisfying. These plugs are also very cost-effective. They cost less per plug than one of those timers you plug into an outlet. This easily replaces that device for less money and has infinitely more capability. Since purchasing these plugs Ive had no reliability issues with them, but one time the power went out for a few minutes and came back on. When the power restored, all the plugs continuously turned on and off until I pressed the power button on each to get them to stop, then restored the wifi so they were happy. This was a bit concerning to me as I watched my receiver power on and off about 10 times. Nothing came of it, but that is one issue I hope can be fixed through the app. If I had not been home Im not sure how long that would have gone on. Since purchasing these Ive aqcuired an outdoor rated 2 plug power strip, smart dimmer switch and smart garage door opener. Ive been happy with all of them. Im already planning on getting 3-way smart dimmer switches and more wall plugs. Meross seems like a very future proof choice and so far Im really happy with my Meross powered home.

I purchased a bunch of these to control christmas lights all over the house. These smart plugs were some of the easiest things to configure in all my experience with smarthome products. They work excellent! I have them integrated with samsung smarthings and Alexa. I cannot stress enough how easy they are to use. I have had many other products that are a pain to setup and just do not work as advertised. Meross smart plugs are the best! I really like that the light on the side is un-obtrusive and the button to manually activate is also on the side and not obtrusive. you rarely use the manual button so there is not need for it to stick out. The app is excellent and allows full control over the smart plugs. you can customize the name of the plugs, pictures, etc. in the app. the firmware updates super easy. They connect to wi-fi the first time and stay connected. They just work! I have integrated 12 of them into smarthings with no problems. Alexa works flawlessly with them. I thought I would just use them for christmas lights but I find that I am also using them now for other devices I want to control with just a plug switch.

Im using them with Google Home. All but 1 connected without any issues at all. The 4th one took several tries but finally connected and has been working fine ever since. My only complaint is that in a 4 outlet bank they slightly block the receptacle next to it. This is much better than it being too tall and blocking one at the top or button though.

This plug works fine, their app works for setup (I deleted it after adding it to Google Home, but it seems nice for non-assistant operation of the outlet), and the 16A relay is higher power than most. I have unplugged them briefly and moved them around and they kept their setup. I have no complaints and they do the job of smart outlets that literally cost 3 times as much. I had a setup hiccup that I think is the source of 99.9% of the it wouldnt connect to wifi reviews; it wont work if your router uses the same SSID for 2.4GHz and 5Ghz. You have to use separate SSIDs and connect to the 2.4GHz one. Of course, all smart plugs only support 2.4GHz and you wouldnt want them crowding your 5GHz network anyway. The MediaTek chipset is not supported by 3rd party firmware like Tasmota (yet), but it is a superior chipset to the EPS variants other plugs use (and Tasmota supports). These do route all commands through Meross servers (like almost all smart devices do), but there is a small hack to make it look at a local server instead and there is increasing interest to get a 3rd party firmware up and running for them. The hack does not require opening the device, but does require running a mosquito server on your LAN all the time; I only recommend it for very security minded and tech savvy people.