Not a bad app or set up. Lights and colors are great. Setup and sync with HomeKit is easy and trouble free. App lacks a couple simple options that would be helpful ( maybe I’m doing something wrong). I can give Siri commands that aren’t in the app. Simple thing like warm white or cool white defaults or basic color defaults. Plenty of custom set up but no resetting to defaults. Simple solid color or whites not shown. so once I use an effect on the app, I have to use Siri to go back to a steady white. This applies to dimming as well. Maybe the app has a way but I haven’t found it in four days.Lastly, same as others have said. Loses sync and the solution is to remove from HomeKit, reset controller and repeat the setup. Fix the sync and add basic control options and I would give it a 5 star. The lights themselves look fantastic.

After using for a while, and seeing them working as intended, I can’t be certain the issues I was having was VOCOlinc. The app is actually a marvel. The effects you can get like flow, where it goes through all the colors, is very cool. I have Eve motion routines set up using flow scenes and various other colour scenes and brightness throughout the day. The precision I have achieved with the VOCOlinc app is glorious. The automations and scenes written in the VOCOlinc app show up in the Apple Home app and Eve app. I have a home section set up with phillips hue lights, and of course they are great, but can not replace the effects I am getting with the VOCOlinc lights. Though I opted for the full effects and options with a VOCOlinc account, there is the option to set them up in HomeKit only mode for full privacy. These lights don’t require a hub and work with Siri HomeKit, Alexa, and Google Home. The app and the lights blow away meross and wyze no comparison.

I’ve used these bulbs in this app for about five years. I’ve never had a week where I haven’t had to reset a bulb or do something to get the lights to turn on and off. I’ve gone away on vacation and the bulbs just stopped working. So if you’re getting these bulbs and using their products because you want to be able to control the usage of your lamps or you like the security of being able to turn your lamps on when you’re away, find something else. Do not use these lightbulbs or this app or this product. What’s the point of buying bulbs with a long life if the app to control them stops working within one of the 10 years of your lightbulbs lifespan? I’m pretty sure this company has no idea how to work with Apple and their HomeKit and what to do with users who are still using an iPad as the Hub. This company just assumes everyone who is using this app or has any of its product products bought it within like the last five days.

Similar to an earlier reviewer, I’m not sure what the negative reviews are all about either. I was apprehensive about the app having seen the low ratings, but I’d already purchased the plugs. My experience was that the app was super easy to use. Took me less than a few minutes to set up both plugs. Controls my devices perfectly, including my Wemo smart plug, and automatically adds everything into Apple HomeKit, so I don’t have to even open the app once the plugs have been added/setup. I can now just control them via voice with Siri.