Wifi Smart Power Strip Surge Protector, 3 Smart AC Outlets and 2 Smart USB Ports Individual Control, 6ft Extension Power Cord, Compatible with Amazon Alexa/Google Assistant No Hub Required

Ok! Setup is a little confusing. Luckily, I'm sort of a gadget geek and figured it out quickly. First off, you MUST know that these switches will not connect to the latest wireless AC (5Ghz) wifi.Once all sockets are successfully connected and working, get in the Tuya app and name the sockets (bedroom lamp, living room lamp, etc.).Don't forget to enable the Tuya skill for your Echo device. Then, do the "discover devices" in your Alexa app.In order: install Tuya Smart app. Successfully connect sockets to your network on wireless network (avoid wireless AC - you'll be able to reconnect back to AC~5Ghz afterwards). Rename your sockets in the Tuya app. Get on Alexa app, enable the Tuya Skill. Still in Alexa app, select "discover devices". That should be it. This is how I got my 2 sockets to work as described.Tip, my Samsung S7 phone was set to go to sleep mode after 1 minute. That may be partial problem to my initial setup. Changed it so it would go to sleep mode while it was connecting the sockets tomy network. I think this helped prevent connection failures.

Good price per port, but it needs serious improvements to its software. My review is a bit long because I liked the first one of these I bought enough that I have since bought 2 more, but the SmartLife software to use the devices has really serious problems. While bad user interface design is sadly a fact of life, the SmartLife software also poses some serious network security and privacy concerns that should scare most users. This software should not be installed on any device and network on which you care if access is made public.I gave this smart power strip 2 stars as the mean of 1, 1, and 5. The power strip gives you three 120 volt AC electrical plugs and two 5 volt DC USB power plugs. Each of these 5 ports can be set to have individual power on and off schedules. Many similar devices only allow you to set all of the ports on the device to the same schedule. Once you get it configured, it does its job flawlessly, and it is easy to make changes to the schedules whenever needed. I give it 5 stars for the hardware's functionality and price, but I would give the software 1 star for usability and a second 1 star for its bad security and privacy concerns.At last count, I have a dozen aquariums with live plants and tropical fish. For optimal growth of the aquatic plants while minimizing the growth of nuisance algae and cyanobacteria, I adjust the lighting of each tank to a schedule where each one comes on in the morning, goes off during the middle of the day for a few hours, and then turns back on in the evenings. Because the plants and tanks are each a bit different and I needed to control each one individually, I really like that each of the 3 AC outlets can have its own schedule. After using the first smart power strip for a few months, I liked it so much I ordered 2 more to use with my other aquariums to replace the "old school" analog timers I was using which require you to set pins up or down for your schedule, which is cumbersome when wires are hidden behind and beneath the tanks. The analog timers also didn't keep good time and had to be reset to the correct time periodically.Why I gave it only 2 stars rather than 5?The SmartLIfe software from the Chinese manufacturer, TUYA, deserves a negative 10 stars, but 1 is the lowest on Amazon's scale. It is a pain to setup and pair with the power strip, but I am used to horrible usability from software for devices made in China. For example to set up the schedule for when to power on and off the ports, you click on "Alarm". This would make one think that perhaps they had simply copied the look of a smartphone's Alarm App, but if they had, the rest of the app wouldn't be so cumbersome to use. While its usability is bad, that is the least of the software's problems. It is a security and privacy nightmare. When devices such as personal computers, smart phones, and tablets connect to your home WiFi network, the network settings are managed by the operating systems from Microsoft, Apple, or Google, which we all must trust with our passwords and privacy if we want to use devices. The SmartLife software from TUYA requires that you enter your WiFi password for you home network for their software to use. I am a retired networking engineering, and am probably much more paranoid about digital privacy than the average tech user, so simply having to give an unknown third party my networking password probably alarms me more than many other users, but it gets worse. The TUYA company is based in the Peoples' Republic of China. While there are hundreds of millions of wonderful people in China, whom I do not wish to disparage, I do not trust the government of China with my data. The SmartLife software on your phone or tablet and the smart power outlets doesn't just communicate with each other across your home WiFi. The SmartLife software sets everything up on a Cloud system in China that controls everything. In the U.S. we accept that our government could possible spy on our Internet usage, we generally assume that unless we've committed crimes that allow law enforcement to get surveillance warrants we have some privacy. In China, their government is BIG BROTHER, and does monitor and spy on all Internet traffic to devices within China. They not only spy on their own people and companies, they also routinely try to intrude on private networks in the U.S. and other countries. They are not just interested in military secrets. They also profit from stealing many kinds of business information and research.When I first started setting up the first smart power strip and got to this point, I stopped and considered returning the device. It is not that I am care if other know when the lights on the tanks go on and off, which my neighbors can easily see from the windows, the SmartLife software and these devices could give outsiders access to your entire home network and your other devices. It is a big neon sign of the side of the information super highway saying "Hackers in China exit here for access to my home computer." The next day, I was bored and didn't have anything else interesting to do, so I set up a second home network isolated from all of my other devices to use with the TUYA / SmartLife devices. The number of people who have these technical skill and also have the time to waste is probably not very many people.In addition to privacy issues, their setup that requires access to their cloud system means that if TUYA were to go out of business or decide to abandon this line of products, then it is doubtful these device could continue to function. If we were lucky, the smart outlets might continue to run the last schedule they were set to use, but we couldn't change the times of the schedules in the future. It isn't that their software on your phone controls the power strip, the software on your phone gives a Cloud system in China access to your home network to control the power strip. If you aren't a technical users, please take my word that this is REALLY BAD.These devices are also supposed to work with Amazon Alexa / Echo devices and Google Assistant. If you've read this far, you might guess that I'm not the sort of guy that wants to allow Amazon or Google to record everything I say within my home. If you want to use these smart outlets with these services, they do not replace the SmartLife app nor avoid its security problems, but instead widen the security gaping hole to include your other Amazon and Google devices. You still have to install the SmartLife software, and then connect it to your other services. If you not only want to give the Chinese government's hackers access to your online banking, shopping, and other online activity, but also want to them hear everything said within your home, then this will work for you.The version of the SmartLife software from TUYA that is available via the Google Play Store for my Android tablet would not work with the smart power strip. I had to download an APK software package from the TUYA website, which is something I recommend people avoid doing in almost all cases, since you have no way to know what walmare you might be installing with the APK file. In my case, I only installed it on an old tablet I wasn't using for anything else, and which I only allow to access the separate network I set up for these devices to use. In other words, I would not ever install this APK file on a phone or tablet that I also used for online banking or shopping.

If you are trying to save money, forget, this device, when off keep a terrible and strong blue led on! So... Your lights or your connected device is off but the ultra bright led is on. It's so stupid that deserves 1 star.

This product indicates that it's compatible with Google Home. Yet, Google Home doesn't seem to be able to find it. So, I downloaded the TuyaSmart app to my phone. I clicked on Add a Device. I have a two pack of these outlet switches. Neither is recognized by the app. The instructions indicate that just plugging the outlet switch in and clicking add device will find it. That doesn't work. I tried holding down the button on the device. This causes the light to go from blinking red to solid blue, but that doesn't seem to solve the problem. I tried connecting to the device as a WiFi hotspot and then trying to find it. That didn't work either. There may be some elaborate set of instructions or steps one can go through, with the assistance of technical support, to eventually get these working. However, I really don't have the time to beta test product user experience right now. Along with these devices, I ordered some outlet strips of another brand that are compatible with Apple HomeKit. Those devices were setup and working in about 30 seconds after unboxing. Simply plug-in, use phone camera to scan the device ID, and it instantly shows up and works. So... I'm planning to use Apple HomeKit for now. The TuyaSmart app requires that you setup a user account. Apple HomeKit does not. Google Home also seems like a nice automation solution and works with your existing Google Account. So, adding one more app and user account with the TuyaSmart product just seems like an additional hassle. I was really hoping these would have worked. Oh, well.

These smart sockets work great with both the app on the phone and with Alexa echo dot! It was support easy to install and set up. You plug it in, install the app and type in your wi-fi password and you're done! You can turn it on and off with alexa or the app. You can also set up a schedule for when you want it on and off.I have a space greater set up in the bathroom plugged into it. I set up a schedule so it turns on and warms up the bathroom before we get up to get ready. The schedules can be every day, weekdays or weekends or just once. So if doesn't turn on Saturday and Sunday when we don't need to get up early!You can plug in anything from heater's, fans, a cockpot, a light or anything else you want to control through alexa or an app. I think it's great and convenient!So, i am rating this 5 stars because it works great and its so easy to set up! (it also has a spot to plug in a usb cord like for a phone charger!)

Not good! Led is strong, big problem!