![]() ![]() That isn’t common for inexpensive smart plugs. The app has one killer feature: it tells you how much power is being consumed in real time, as well the total amount of energy used ‘today’ and overall. Setting up the plug in Humax’s new Smart Living app is simple: press the button on the plug for five seconds, tell the app the blue light is flashing and it pairs over Bluetooth, asks for your Wi-Fi password and a minute later it’s ready to go.Īs you might expect, there’s integration with Alexa and Google Assistant so you can control power to the connected device using your voice instead of opening up the app each time. It has one button on the left-hand side to manually turn on and off the connected device, which is useful if you have it on a strip. ![]() Where some are enormous, Humax’s is surprisingly compact, and won’t obscure adjacent sockets. You can even chain a few wait commands in there to have an ongoing routine that turns things on and off according to the timers that you’ve set up.Humax is better known for its Freeview set-top boxes, but has branched out into smart home devices, starting with this smart plug. You can easily add other devices and actions to this routine, like getting a weather report or turning on your coffee machine. This very simple routine will now automatically turn on your bedroom light when you say “Alexa, good morning”, and then one hour later the lights will automatically turn off.
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