EightreeSmart Plug That Work With Alexa & Google Home, Smart Home Smart Socket with Energy Monitoring, Remote Control, Timer & Schedule Function, 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi Only, No Hub Required, 1 Pack

The design of the Eighttree ET36 smart plug is very clean and compact, you could put several of these side by side in a UK power strip or a UK double socket.To set these up, I connected my phone to my 2.4GHz WiFi network, unboxed and powered one of the Eighttree ET36 smartplugs up and added it to Alexa using the Matter QR code on the side of the smart plug.Though these work identically over everyday 2.4GHz WiFi. You don't have to use the Matter protocol as I did. For WiFi setup - pop the smartplug into a wall socket and the blue light on it's side will start to blink. In the Alexa App, select "+" to add the smartplug, select "Device", then "Plug". Scroll down to "Other" and then select "WiFi", and press "Discover Devices", and in under a minute the Alexa App will report "1 Other plug found and connected", press "Next" to add the newly discovered plug to Alexa's control, give it a name, and you're done.I didn't use any app like Smart Life (Tuya) etc with these, I wanted them for my Home Assistant setup.So for me, after the initial discovery, I shared the ET36 smartplug from within the Alexa app to Home Assistant using a one-time Matter ID (11 digits with a few dash symbols "-") which the Alexa app generates. And in this way the smartplugs can be controlled both via Alexa voice commands, routines, etc, AND from Home Assistant.NOTE: The Matter protocol absolutely requires IPv6 on the LAN, but not on the WAN. Also, Matter requires a Matter Controller, which many Amazon Echos (and other smart speaker brands) contain. In my setup the Alexa App assigned the ET36 smartplug to one of my Amazon Echo speakers automatically.I didn't use any app like Smart Life (Tuya) etc with these, but I'd expect that in the Alexa App, in Settings for the smart plug that the option to choose is "Other assistants and apps" just like I did to add them to Home Assistant.In Home Assistant they report power, voltage and current values every ~15 seconds, and can be turned on/off and their default state set. Pefect!I'll be buying more Eightree ET36's.

I purchased these as a slightly cheaper alternative to other Apple-Certified products that will work with HomeKit and have to say I am surprised that they have worked flawlessly so far. Only certain new Apple products are compatible with the matter protocol, for example the most recent Apple TV and HomePod minis etc, however it does work really well.Nothing more to say really than a great price and easy to set up with Apple HomeKit. Very pleased.

This is a compact and inexpensive little smart plug which I bought to control via Apple HomeKit.It works, but despite some of the gushing 5-star reviews I would add that connectivity is not totally straightforward.To start with, you'll need an Apple hub of some kind (4K TV or HomePod mini). If you've already got one, great. If not, you'll have to shell out to connect this and similar smart kit. Plus an iPhone or iPad running iOS 16 or later.Second, you'll need to tweak your wifi, albeit temporarily. Most modern wifi setups have dual 2.4/5.0 Ghz networks, and your iPhone will connect by default to the 5.0. But this plug (and other smart kit) operates on the 2.4, and this means that to get your iPhone to see it, you have to disable your 5.0 network. So you have to go into the setup software in your wifi router, faff around with admin passwords, find the right area in the interface - I did it with a BT Smart Hub and my MacBook Pro and it didn't take too long, but then I've had to do it several times before with other smart plugs, bulbs etc.With all that done, the plug connected quickly and I was able to re-enable the 5.0 network and access the plug in my Home app.I do agree with another reviewer that the QR code on the plug is small and quite tricky to access while the plug is plugged in to a socket. But I think that's a general issue with smart tech - ever tried scanning a smart bulb while it's attached to a lamp stand with shade? Some devices come with a separate printed copy of the QR code, which might be an idea for the makers of this plug.I haven't had it for very long so I can't comment on its durability, but build quality seems pretty sturdy. Its ultimate use will be to control a small set of horticultural growlights - hopefully it will be up to the job.

OK ... the fist thing is that I cannot comment on the longevity or reliability of these as I've only had them for a week but there are a couple of things that need to be flagged about these as they are important things to be aware of.Firstly these are smaller than most and as such they can be used in UK stripblocks (at least all the ones of mine that I've tried) *WITHOUT* blocking the adjacent socket for either a plug or another one of these modules which - in itself - is pretty awesome IMO.Secondly, these are really flexible little units ... they can be used under the Tuya Smartlife app if you want to use them that way (but in doing so they don't get picked up by Alexa), they can be registered directly with Alexa using the Amazon Alexa app if you want to control them from Alexa and as Matter compatible devices then they should be compatible with Home Assistant etc. (I say *SHOULD* as I don't have a Matter gateway yet to be able to try them out for sure.)Ultimately - if you're used to dismantling these things to get to programming headers to flash Tasmota or you've been trying to get Ikea Tradfri units to register with your Home Assistant installation then these really could well be that must-have device that just makes things easier ...The only downside to these is that the energy monitoring functionality only seems to be available when used under the Smartlife app ... not under Alexa or Matter.

Excellent productEasy to link to my app on phone

Perfect. Easy set up and not a single command error in 3 months.

Easy to use/set up even away from home. Can also add to Alexa.