Wemo Mini Smart Plug, Wi-Fi Enabled, Works with Amazon Alexa
Featuring a sleek new form-factor that allows you to stack two Mini Smart Plugs in the same outlet, the WeMo Mini gives you control of your lights and small appliances whenever you want, wherever you choose, with tons of options for scheduling and automation. Paired with Amazon Alexa, you can control your lamps and appliances with just the power of your voice. When WeMo works with Nest Thermostat, you can set your lights to turn off automatically when you leave the house, and on when you get home again. No central hub or subscription is required. WeMo Mini Smart Plug includes an on/off switch on the unit, in case the Wi-Fi goes down. Works with any smartphone or tablet with Apple iOS 8 or higher and Android 4.4 or higher. Electrical Rating 120V/15A/60Hz/1800W. 24-hour WeMo support is available at 1-844-745-WEMO. Please update the product description.
Product Features
- Control from anywhere. Plug in a WeMo Mini Smart Plug, download the free app, control your lights and appliances from your smartphone or tablet. Only needs Wi-Fi. No hub or subscription required.
- Compact size. WeMo Mini features a sleek new form-factor that allows you to stack two Mini Smart Plugs in the same outlet.
- Schedule automatically. Never come home to a dark house. Schedule the fan to turn on before you arrive. Sync lights and devices to sunrise, sunset, or pre-set times automatically.
- Randomize Lights. The Mini Smart Plug protects your home better than a mechanical timer. “Away Mode” will turn your lights on and off randomly to make it look like you’re home even when you’re not.
- Works with Alexa and Nest. Pair with Alexa and control your lights and appliances with your voice. Pair with Nest Thermostat and Nest can sync with WeMo for automatic control.
Works, but was a hassle to set up due to bad firmware version. I purchased this item from Amazon on January 9th, as a pre-order from when they were released as a new item on January 10th, 2017. After receiving two defective units from Amazon, and before returning the second, I decided to play around with it more and do some more research online. I am posting this to help anyone else who purchased this and is having trouble getting it to connect to your local WiFi network. I did get the unit working fine, but I removed two stars from my review because of…
but works great now. On installation of the app Took some figuring, but works great now. On installation of the app, it auto recognized my wifi through the samsung galaxy tab s2 it was installed on. Connecting to the wemo network took about a minute as it connected and disconnected several time and attempted to connect through a secondary wifi login on my router, to which I hit cancel and it went back to playing with connections before deciding it was happy. When all is ready, turn the wemo plug on through your device. When your appliance…
I really wanted to like it, but the failure rate & modes are shockingly high & incompatible with safe, sustained use (updates) I really, really wanted to like this product & technology, but the failure modes and failure rates are astoundingly high.