lime124
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8 years ago TEN HOURS?!?! Is it readying itself to control a space shuttle? I expect things to work out of the box and setup to be fast. I could return it to the store in less time.
Closed Juwei-huang closed 8 years ago
lime124
commented
8 years ago TEN HOURS?!?! Is it readying itself to control a space shuttle? I expect things to work out of the box and setup to be fast. I could return it to the store in less time.
Products I studied: Samsung SmartThings: connect to Phillip hue Amazon echo: connect to Philip hue Wink: N/A (fail to connect to wink hub itself) IFTTT app: connect to SmartThings, Phillip hue, Amazon echo Stringify app: connect to SmartThings, Phillip hue, Amazon echo
Review: 1. Connect different smart devices together: 3rd party Apps do better (so far) In general, 3rd party apps do better job than smart products. When I try to connect Phillip hue to SmartThing & Amazon, it always encounter issues such as can’t find the hub, can’t find the device, etc. However, there’s less problem in 3rd party apps.
2. Setting process is long, long, long When I use 3rd party app to connect smart devices, I need to log in every single devices I setup before, which can be very annoying. If I use smart device to connect another smart device, the process even longer: I have to wait for the pairing process. It can seriously take a long time. For example, SmartThings would take more than 5 mins to connect to Phillip hue. And actually I haven’t connected them successfully yet ...
And even for the simple "setting up the hub" flow, sometimes it takes longer...(10 hours...!?)
i.e. Wink hub:
3. Aware of "lagging" Although it’s easier to use 3rd party apps to connect different smart devices, I found that sometimes the action will “lag” for a few seconds. For example, I use IFTTT to setup “When I say trigger red to Amazon Alexa, Phillip hue changes colour to red”. However, it takes 5 seconds delay when I trigger the action.