Score: 4.7
It's Alexa on your wall without any table top assistant, plus a great motion detecting smart light switch. It's the only product that does this today and it certainly will be copied.
I use it in the kitchen as a timer and for smart home controls without taking up any counter space. It fits right in.
Good:
- Its Alexa in a light switch. No more Alexa taking up space or needing somewhere to sit. It's really awesome as a form factor
- No hub required just WiFi (it brings its own voice support)
- It's also a great smart switch (motion and night light are standout features)
- Amazing first of its kind combination of virtual assistant, smart switch, night light, and motion detector.
- It's a motion and presence sensing switch. It turns on (optionally) when entering the room and off (optionally) a set delay after exiting. Yeah, no need to flip the switch on or off manually or by voice. Works really well.
- Wire nuts included. Looking at you Leviton.
- Night light feature is awesome notably if not using auto on.
- On off button is easy to use and works very well
- It's also a smart light
- Outdoor light scheduling features too
- App is clean and straightforward
- Far field mics aren't quite as good as the echo dot so expect to need to be a little closer that a dot, but not by much.
- Surprisingly ok at playing music in a pinch
- Good support when things may go wrong
- Instalation instruction is very good
Ok
- Room sensor function not available at launch
- Volume isn't as loud as an echo dot but it's also just a little switch
- Still young, features still in development
- Bang for the buck. Yes it blows the $40-60 dollar smart switches away but, it's also double the price.
- Requires neutral wire (super common on these switches)
Bad
- This one is on Amazon, but non echo Alexa functionality lags behind the official hardware. No calls. No announcements. Not a deal breaker but know you're not getting absolutely everything.
- no Bluetooth out, can't play directly to audio systems like an echo can.
- Thicker all plastic construction of the switch box and wings. Tight if you're deploying to anything but the single gang included clip on wallplate.
- No dimmer option.
- Can be a bit of a tight squeeze to get the unit into some boxes, it's on the deeper side. Can't tighten too much or the plastic bends. Would have been nice to see metal like Leviton.
- No 3 way options at all. This along with no dimmer severely limits possible install location.
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These switches are actually pretty sweet. I got em on sale for over half off which really helped. The main gripes I have are Alexa’s uses are a smidge limited as it doesn’t allow drop in on these gen switches, it has a hard time hearing the wake word more often then I’d like, and the quality of the speaker is meh at best. But honestly for all the other things it does right it’s an ace. Night light is great but is a cool white light and only has one brightness setting. The built in temp and motion sensors are great at what they are and reduce the need for remote/wireless ecobee temperature sensors. *It also has a smart on/off lighting based on motion or time of day. While there is no dimmer ability with these switches you can always just get a smart hue bulb and issue solved. Set up and pairing to the app was seamless. A few closing notes are the speaker can play music from select apps paired with your Alexa app, you can use the switch or the app or even your voice to control the light switch, and best part (for me) is the HomeKit functionality is seamless and just what I wanted. I was a nest user and while their build quality is a bit better with better materials EcoBee’s products and functionality made it worth the switch. Now if only they would make a CO2/Fire sensor my house would be Nest free lol. **Theres a high chance the switch is about to be hardware/software updated as this has been on the market for a while so don’t pay full retail and don’t be upset if it happens soon.
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