WeMo Mini Smart Plug WiFi Enabled with Alexa, Google Assistant & Apple HomeKit

I have bought three of these so far and definitely plan on purchasing a couple more, all are working well and as expected. I purchased one a couple months ago, loved it, and so I bought two more just this past week. I have the three of them set up to turn on/off four lights twice a day (three hours in the morning and 5+ hours in the evening) and also have them hooked up to Alexa with two commands. They are fairly easy to setup initially via the app and also simple to pair with Alexa, just follow the instructions and you're golden.I'm not going to lie though, I did encounter a couple minor, super small hiccups during the setup but nothing that I couldn't figure out or would cause me to rate this any lower than a 5 star (maybe a 4.5 but since half stars aren't allowed we will round up). First tiny hiccup: the first wemo I purchased took a few tries in getting the app to recognize it but with some persistence, a dash of patience, and a couple of restarts of the wemo, wemo app, and iPad and it was good to go in less than 15 minutes and it hasn't given me any trouble since (the two other wemos I purchased a week or so after and together they took less than 5 minutes to setup). Second and last little hiccup (solved in less than 10 mins but still something for users to be aware of): getting Alexa to turn my two newest wemos on at the same time by saying one command, I thought I could be clever and name both wemos with the same name and Alexa would know to turn both on/off when I said their name, however, it turns out that you have to instead create a "group" within Alexa's app containing the wemos you want to turn on/off together and the caveat is they cannot have the same name within the wemo app. If anyone figured out how to side step this (besides creating a group or asking Alexa more than one command) let me know, but naming two wemos the same name just did not work for me (or Alexa).Use one wemo for two lights! - My third wemo works double and controls our two small lights on either side of our tv, just plug a multi-socket plugin into the wemo plug and wah-la, a one plug wemo became a two plug wemo. :)Lastly, and most importantly, our cat Snickers is a HUGE FAN of these wemos and appreciates them very much because it makes her feel like we are home if we get home late or go away for the weekend. And yes, Snickers told me this herself, she also said that her and Alexa get along great and that they talk at least a few times a day. I have not witnessed any of their interaction because she says they only chat when we aren't home, and trust me I've tried asking Alexa if she talk with Snickers and she just outright denies knowing who Snickers is altogether. I have also tried looking into Alexa's app for the conversations but to no avail, I suspect either Snickers is going onto my iPad and deleting their convos or Alexa is not recording them. I contemplated getting a security camera but as much as I want proof of their friendship I would just never forgive myself if I ruined it.In any case, these are great and I definitely recommend purchasing more than one, at least enough to control all the lamps you turn on daily or even periodically because the wemo app also lets you set which days you want it to turn on/off.

The media could not be loaded. Keep trying. I have around 7 of the Wemo start plugs. Some are previous generations but the set-up process is the same. Having said that even I have had trouble adding a new plug to the Wemo app. The first check is if there is a firmware update. Secondly I reset the plug Itself by holding down the power button (follow directions in user manual) and try again. I will admit that it's taking me up to five try sometimes to get the plug to connect to the app for the first time. However, once it does I have never had an issue even when I have removed a smart plug from one wall socket waited a few days, plugged it into a different wall socket opened the appand there was. One other confusing thing occurs when you connect to the WeMo Wi-Fi for the first time . After the app had successfully connected to the Wemo' s Wi-Fi it doesn't always take you back to the WeMo app to continue the setup process. Depending on the phone you have what you often have to do is close out of your wifi settings and tbe Wemo app and then restart the app. Once you do that it will connect to the WeMo smart plug and continue the process. There's a video I put where you can see where this happens. Also when you do connect to the WeMo Wi-Fi for the first time there may be a message that pops up warning you don't have internet connection. You can ignore this message. Hit dismiss or don't worry about it till it goes away. I think sometimes people stop at that point. However even doing all of those things correctly it is true that sometimes it takes a while for it to connect the first time. That's about the only negative thing as far as function I can say about it. Once you are connected adding your plug to Alexa is fast. It's actually faster than the WeMo setup process. Setting it up with all the other Smart Home hubs is just as straight forward. Setting up widgets is simple as well once you have it up and running. . Form-factors a different thing but that's a discussion for another day.PROS - Easy step by step setup. Excellent third party support. I've used with Samung Smarthings, IFTT, Apple Home and the native app.New form factor allows use of second plug. I've purchased multiples of this device. When it comes to Smart plugs this one is my favorite.CONS - it could use a second plug.If you're looking for a small plug that's also a smart plug that works with multiple third-party vendors you can't go wrong with the WeMo product. You can plug in smart devices from other brands into this plug and have no issues.If you found this helpful please click the link below. Thank you very much. Peter.