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Atrocious and overly aggressive
I bought a set of the Kasa smart plugs to control some lighting and devices in my home. I got them added to Apple HomeKit and set up several automations very easily. It took some tinkering to make sure it all worked how I wanted, but everything worked great. However, I realized it may be a good idea to install the Kasa app to check for any firmware updates. WRONG! Bad idea.
I set up an account (why do you require this to begin with?) and added all of them. They were already all up to date. However, suddenly my automations stopped working. I deleted the Kasa app but still had problems. Reinstalled and signed back in and tried to remove them. This is the biggest and most ridiculous offender: removing the device factory restores it and disconnects from all third party apps, including HomeKit. There’s no way around this. What a farce. There was no way to have these devices reconnect to HomeKit now without me removing them from there too, reconnecting them, and rebuilding all of the automations I spent so much time on.
If you’re using these with HomeKit already, DON’T INSTALL THIS APP! It’ll only cause headache. What a poorly designed ecosystem that’s caused a huge waste of time.Show lessOpinnuendo
Very happy!
Great product that saves me time and energy, and provides peace of mind. I use the programmable feature to use my plugged-in lamps as a timer and an reinforcing addition to my alarm clock… I simply schedule lamps to come on at my wake up time alongside my alarm clock, to triple ensure I do wake up, and go off at 5 min intervals - 15, 10 and 5min - before I have to leave the house in order to signal myself it is time to wrap up getting ready if I want to be on time :) (one can program several on and off schedules per each plug independently or jointly and specify day/days of the week they relate to.
Not to mention I can control the plugs on off switches still manually (via buttons on the plug) and/or remotely via the phone app (when lazy or too cozy to leave the bed). Controlling the plugs can be done whenever wherever as long as connected to internet. Set up was very easy and straightforward, instructions given in the box and through the app… One needs to have a wife though and be willing, at least at the beginning at setup, to share one’s location - so one cane use the sunrise and sunset feature and have correct time synchronisation. I did not mind that. Happy as a clam! ..And proud owner of 3 smart plug units so far :)Show lessZuzieSch2
Kasa Cam
Works great perfect to see what the dogs are up to when I am outkatjam22