Cloud Intelligence 4+

This app is actually a more intuitive way to control the bed warmer than the buttons on the machine. It’s also much more convenient to fiddle with the temp in the middle of the night. I have the machine pushed under the bed all the time now and solely use the app. It is very handy to turn on the pre-heat from the app before we leave the movie theater at night. When we get home, the bed is waiting for us, all toasty. Truly love this system!

When I first got my smart plugs from this company, I was impressed with the size. They are small and easy to place without the worry of costing other plug slots. However the app is another thing. When I first logged in, this app wanted access to everything my phone had to offer. local network, Location, Camera, Bluetooth, and even my Microphone eventually. All other smart plug apps I have used in the past only really asked for you local network and maybe your location. However this app, if you refuse to give it your location it will stop the setup process. Unless you give you location, it will not let you continue with your WiFi plug setup. That’s were I have up on this plug. Every other plug I have used, has never kept you from setting up you plug because you don’t want to fork over your location. Apologies for the rant, but I think it is poor business ethics to punish or restrict your customers from using a product over their location.

I’m pleased with the integrated automation feature. I wanted some smart bulbs for my basement. All are single pull chains on different circuits with one on a switch at the top of the stairs. I wanted to automate it so when I flipped the switch on all five would come on. I had some Sengled bulbs but neither the app or IFTTT would work. I was ready to setup a Raspberry Pi with HomeAssistant to automate them myself, but luckily when my Cloud Intelligence bulbs came I was able to successfully automate this function. What it won’t do is turn off the rest of them when the one on the switch loses power (though I can voice control them with Alexa). Thoughtful feature and makes my bulbs worth way more than I paid for them!