Philips Hue Smart Plug for Smart Home Automation. Works with Alexa, Google Assistant and Apple Homekit, White

Smart plug for Harmony control
I wanted something that would be reliable for turning my subwoofer on and off as part of my AV setup for my tv as it doesn’t have an automatic standby/low power mode. It’s constantly waiting on a signal and therefore the power circuitry is constantly live. I also needed something that would integrate with my Logitech Harmony Elite which due to its age and lack of support for a lot of newer devices meant it wasn’t as easy to select something compatible.This works great for this purpose, even if deviating slightly from its intended use (as a smart plug for a non-smart light), and was incredibly quick to connect to my Hue hub, name and configure for use with Alexa and Harmony. Literally 5 minutes, if that, and we’re up and running.There are some quirks due to the Hue ecosystem expecting it to be a light, but none of these are really functional issues, just oddities due to it controlling a non-light device. These include:* if you add it to the same room as other Hue lights in Hue or Alexa and say “turn on/off the lights” it will trigger the hue switch as well as bulbs – fix this by putting it in its own room* in Harmony it only appears as a light, which is fine as you can assign it to a plug button on the remote and configure it within an automation, but does seem a bit odd to see a light called subwooferMy only real criticism is the price against other typical wifi/zigbee/matter plugs which tend to be half the price if not less – but for straight forward setup within an ecosystem that has limited compatibility these days, I can easily overlook this as it does exactly what I require.

Brilliant!
Brilliant. Allows me to control a fan heater from my bed using my phone! A second one allows me to control the outside Christmas lights using the timer capabilities on the phone app. Comes with a small non protruding push button on the top for manual switching on or off.

Smart plug that works seamlessly with home assistant
I have 5 of these around the house which I’ve been using for the last year without any problems at all. I use them in home assistant automations and they’re fantastic for those hard to reach plugs e.g. behind wall mounted TVs etc.Things I like about these smart plugs:1. Security of buying big name brand product2. Although these are designed to work with the hue ecosystem, the fact that they use zigbee to communicate means that I can use them with home assistant using a sonoff zigbee 3.0 plus dongle (I don’t have a Hue hub).3. Integration into home assistant using ZHA was flawless – I’ve not tried with zigbee2MQTT but that should also work4. They act as zigbee routers thereby extending my zigbee network – in fact I have 2 plugged in solely for this purpose.5. they’re super easy to use – just plug in and pair them.negative points… not much really -1. they don’t monitor energy use -if you want a smart plug that will monitor energy use, you’ll need to try another brand2. Like most smart plugs they’re reasonably chunky. If you’ve got a double socket with the switches in the middle you should be fine getting another large plug in the other socket. (they don’t obstruct the movement of my central switches). If you’ve got a double socket with the switches at the sides, getting another smart plug, or a large plug in the other socket may not be possible. Even a standard plug (eg phone charger) is very difficult (see photos).The USB plug socket in my photo is a schneider usb socket – I guess other makes may have different spacing.3. you might not like the aesthetic of having a large extra plug in your socket – if that’s the case there are now some UK zigbee smart sockets on the market which look like normal plug sockets but these would require replacing the whole socket so a bit more work.

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