Xiaomi Mi home. Mi Home Xiaomi Smart Home Reviews

Mi Home. Xiaomi Smart Home Reviews

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This app is designed to help users manage their intelligent devices. It allows users to add new devices, control them remotely, get real-time status updates, share devices with friends and family, and set up intelligent tasks. However, it should be noted that continued use of GPS running in the background can significantly reduce battery life. Additionally, the app offers a Mi Cloud Storage Automatic Renewal Service, which users can subscribe to for a fee.

Overall User Satisfaction Rating

S5 and S6!!

We love our roborock vacuums. We have one for our 1st floor and one for our second floor. Easy to setup and add to our Google home assistant. They run on a daily basis and keep our home vacuumed and mopped perfectly. Our home is 99.5% laminate flooring with the other.5% being rugs. With ease the s6 adjusts and vacuums the carpets. The apps new features are awesome letting you set no go zones and allowing you to break up rooms and name them. Top notch bot for a reasonable price with lidar nav. Meaning it doesn’t just roam it actually has a meaningful path it’s going to take so it’s more efficient during clean up. With a total of 3029 square ft to clean these bots get their daily work and do it well. Maintaining them is a breeze with MiHome telling you everything you need to do and when it is time to do it! I would have loved to get the S5 max but couldn’t pass up the great price of the S6. If your looking for more of a mopping bot I would take a look at the S5 Max if that doesn’t matter the S5 and S6 are perfect additions!! So cheers to Jaunita and Juanito!! And thanks Roborock for making our days easier!!

Fix some defaults, otherwise solid for vacuum.

MiHome has some surprising capabilities but you have to hop down the rabbit hole to get to them. Probably the easiest fix is to default to having the device save the map. Once the map is saved dividing the space into named rooms/areas is easy. Once that is done MiHome is easy and reliable for the most part. Particularly nice is the pin and go feature which drives the robot right to where you need it for spot cleaning. Noticed some buggy behavior with the remote control feature in MiHome not recognizing joystick touches. Quitting and restarting MiHome seems to clear the problem. The go home command always works as does selecting individual areas for mopping. Solid robot!

Stopped working for no reason

App no longer controls the Roborock vacuum. Sometimes it connects to the vacuum, but the vacuum refuses to acknowledge MiHome. I tried to get support, but it doesn’t appear to be available in English. I’m also less than impressed with the vacuum itself. For one thing, there’s only one brush on one side, so if you want it to vacuum to the left, that’s just too bad, too sad. For another, it has this idiotic thing sticking up from the body (supposedly to help it get back to the dock, but which doesn’t do that job very well) that causes it to get stuck in odd places. It also does not do well in any area where some exploration is necessary, which means that it never fully cleans my kitchen. The iLife, which just bounced off the walls, did a much more thorough job even though it had less sophisticated programming and failed to obey scheduling within a short period of time. I can’t imagine buying anything else from this company.

Love my Roborok, the app is complicated.

We’ve had a Roborock S5 for two years now. Still running on the original filters and brushes. Probably use about once a week to do the entire house, 2000 ft.² of vinyl plank and carpet. We absolutely love the Roborock. Occasionally the locating app fails and he can’t find the doc, but it’s not a big deal as we usually home when we run it and it sends a notification to my phone. MiHome is not very user-friendly. I have to admit that it has improved over time, but I don’t have any other experience for robotic vacuum cleaners to compare it to. I just know that MiHome is kind of a PITA. Would I buy another Roborock? Likely, but I would also like to try a different brand next time we buy. I am a little surprised at the durability of this machine… I thought it would crap out after just a year or year and a half.

Cleans better than my old Dyson!

Love this little vacuum/mop. We have 2 cats and although I vacuumed with my dyson animal immediately before starting this vacuum it pulled enough dust and fur up to fill the dustbin. Our rug hasn’t been this clean since we got it. I’ve used it 3 times this week and we’re thrilled with it. Only reason for 4stars instead of 5 is ease if use with the phone. It’s not so easy to set up for those of us tech challenged folks in fact it’s still not set up. I happened on the the remote once when I was looking for something else and haven’t found it again now that I want to use it. the nice thing is we can just place it where we want to clean and press start.

450MB on this app too much

High PriorityClear Cache does not workApp is so big make sure we can clear ALL cache!- MiHome by itselve after clearing cache is 450MB THAT IS TOO MUCH! Almost Half a GIG! Please Reduce size as it takes up too much memory we dont have that much memory on phones URGENT Help.

–Xiaomi Needs to optimize MiHome so it does Not take up So much space!

Need to Rotate not only for installation upside down but ALSO for mounting on SIDES. 90 degree turn!

Next priority2. Need Rtsp!! Be able to connect through PC or ddns option and on Webpage so we can see on any PC. We Can Not use chinese Mac App? Why not do a universal app for Asia US all regions then we can download in the US!

3.Does NOT show the Local Time on the screen, Fix it! the time is wrong

Need email of picture when it detects motion Option!

Need Rtsp!! Be able to connect through PC or ddns option.

Wishlist6. Please translate Firmware logs7. Please remove shopping, I cannot order because In chinese. Translate TO english then Yes I can order buy more from you.

App rating not machine rating

MiHome has many features that are excellent. However it is not very user friendly. It can be a little confusing to try to set up your vacuum robot to complete certain tasks. I had to scour the whole app and spend over an hour getting to know where things were within MiHome. If you don’t have some features set up, it won’t allow you to set up others. Then you have to back out and go find where those settings are. I do love all the features this vacuum can do and that you can go through an app, just wish it was easier to set things up and the understanding of what features are in what categories.

Great app

Great app and fantastic Roborock S50 vacuum, I love and appreciate the fact that they keep them updated regularly. The only problem I have with MiHome is when I go to “Remote Controls” in Settings, it keeps testing the network and checking the firmware update, then it says: “Make sure both the vacuum and the phone are on the same network” while they both are on the same network. This feature used to work when I first got the vacuum but stopped working recently. Not big of a deal for me since I don’t use the remote control, but it’s nice to have it around. (US server updated app latest firmware)

The Worst App/UI ever

I bought the S5 about a month ago. This is the worst app and the worst app by usability that I ever saw. Everything is so convoluted and complicated. Doing something simple requires many clicks and logical workflows are disjoining. The vacuum we itself is the worst. It will redraw and redraw our house, for some reason it can’t tell where is it and it will add random rooms of to the side which don’t exist in the house when it is in the room it already mapped. I don’t understand why it doesn’t let you edit the maps so that at least you could for ones create a proper map. This way it is in a perpetual wrong redrawing mode. Also, putting no go zones is useless if it doesn’t recognize where it is. I had such high hopes for this product, but so far Ivwish that I just bought a Roomba.

Love “Gladys”!!

I so love my Roborock! “Gladys” amazingly does a great job getting up dog hair on my short haired dog, it’s easy to set up and I can set her to vacuum any room whenever it’s convenient. I haven’t used the mop feature yet, due to the odd shape of my carpeted area vs tile, but just have to map it out and find the time. I had another brand that stopped working after warranty was out and was NOT happy with it from the start. Gladys is still working strong…zero complaints here! Have had her over a year and it only got stuck once, which was my fault. You will love it!

Needs a little work

I use MiHome with a Roborock S5 robotic vacuum cleaner. The device offers a “zoned cleanup” mode, which is nice, but MiHome does not allow the map to be rotated or for the zone to be drawn as anything other than a horizontal rectangle, so the zone doesn’t ever match the shape or orientation of the map. I end up with a zone shaped like a square that is overlaid on the map of a room that is shaped more like a diamond. Also would be nice to be able to break the house into multiple zones with different cleaning schedules (e.g. kitchen and living room every day, bathroom twice a week, bedroom once a week, etc.). All in all, it’s still not a terrible app and I love the robot itself, just need a little improvements to MiHome.

Great product!

Very satisfied with this robot vacuum cleaner. Much more intelligent than one of the earlier products I bought from another manufacturer five years or so ago that just traveled around the room like a drunken sailor until it’s battery needed charging. This one really maps out the room well, makes intelligent decisions how to split the job up, and the carpets look great, like it was mowed it in even rows. Especially like the iPhone map feature where you can block areas, set up virtual walls. Great when mopping! That claims to be a beta test feature, but works pretty well.

Roborock S50 is great on hard floors-not carpet

So far, this S50 is amazing on hardwoods for vacuuming and mopping. It is all working like it should and very efficient and effectively.

On carpet, which is short and light tan/beige color, it is not doing well. It circles the room, then starts to go back/forth like normal for about 4 passes. Then it starts to continue to go over the same exact line repeatedly without stopping. All the way across the room, then back; but won’t go deeper into the room like it did when it circled your room to start.

However, on the map, it shows that it is making progress in the room and taking a new line every time.

I have told it to go back to dock and it can no longer find it’s way. It is about 10 feet off from all the routes that it would normally take to get back to the dock. After about 30 minutes the map disappears, and ultimately it finds its way back to the dock. Then the next time it starts a new map of the whole house.

Frustrating about carpet. Thankfully my house is 75% hardwood, but still expect this to work on low like light color carpet.

A bit lacking in the UX, but it gets the job done.

MiHome is obviously written by folks with a limited grasp of English. There are some features that it is missing that I would love to have, such as naming rooms on your house map, setting areas to avoid, etc. These are fairly minor annoyances, and perhaps will be added in future updates.

That said, MiHome works! It is fairly easy to understand and I haven’t had any major issues with it in the 2 weeks or so I’ve been using it. It needs some tweaks and improvements, but it’s not bad at all compared to many others out there.

Too Sensitive

MiHome is actually easy to use and the interface is easy to navigate. The problem is the camera is too sensitive to changes in light even on the lowest setting. So if it gets very cloudy or the sun comes up or goes down, we ALWAYS get notifications saying movement detected. There’s no movement. It’s just the camera switching into night vision. It’s really annoying as i get at least 2-3 alerts EVERY day that are meaningless. The picture quality is very good, but they really need a firmware update so we don’t get notifications just because the light changes and the camera has to change modes.

Getting worse.

MiHome is actually getting worse every time they update it. When I first bought my air purifier, everything worked. Was able to control it from anywhere. Gave me continuous status readings and solid control. Now I’m lucky to get a connection at all. When I do, I have to go back to the main screen, to get an updated reading. Using that same network and everything as before. After so many app updates it has become nearly unusable. And nobody is listening. There’s no customer support. nothing!

They make a great air purifier. But since most of the control is through MiHome. it’s becoming a giant paperweight. What a shame!

It’s s very good but

MiHome is very good, but the main problem is that it does not show the monitoring videos of the day when the Internet access camera was cut off.For example, a few days ago, the internet of my house was cut off. My camera was cut off and I was in another city, but the monitoring videos of that day was not shown and it showed the previous days, and I was very worried that something might have happened with Multiple contacts with telecommunications The internet problem was solved and I gained access to the cameras.

By new to home automation

Once it’s set up, works great

I’m new to home automation so am learning the possibilities from scratch. Bought the 1028 camera first, then added two Yeelights. The only challenges I experienced in the setup where related to incorrect region selected. Can’t connect a lamp bought in spain to MiHome set up for United States for instance. Same with the sharing function: only seens to work if the person you’re sharing with has their account set for the same region. Took me awhile to figure out but got there in the end. If I had been able to find the answers to this in the FAQ I might have rated this a 5-star.

Need improvement on basic features.

Recently bought Mi Smart sensor set. MiHome is great as it supports conditional scenarios configurable through automation but they should also give us the capability to configure the default behaviors of the sensors as it’s weird to have sensors that triggers the alarm without sending notification to the device unless these are configured through automation but the automation is always on! Even when the alarm is disabled! It is stupid to manually on and off each and everyone of it if we owns many automations and sensor devices. Also, please please please implement a status to display whether the alarm is triggered or not and also option to manually trigger alarm through app when needed.

Can’t connect vacuum to Wi-Fi

I have the Xiaomi Mi vacuum and despite best efforts could not get it to connected to Wi-Fi until I changed my region to Chinese mainland. I live in the US. When I had it set to US, it would allow me to put in my Wi-Fi info, but then wouldn’t connect to the device. On Chinese mainland settings, I can actually see the specific vacuum I bought, and finally got it connected, but within MiHome when I click on the vacuum to update settings, I get the error “please connect to local server”. Changing back to the US then loses the device. I’m at a loss. The vacuum cleans very well but I’m very frustrated with MiHome and getting it all connected.

Problems with language. chinese it’s useless for International users.

Problems with language. chinese it’s useless for International users.

I don’t know if the coders are dumb or just lazy, how difficult could be to add or change words on MiHome ?

Most of the Xiaomi products come on chinese and don’t allow other idioms, the obstinacy of Xiaomi it’s ridiculous on extreme, they sells on any country and just allow chinese on the manage of products and apps, they believe that are the only on the world or something? I understand that chinese or mandarin it’s talk for millions persons on the world, but the rest of us that use Xiaomi products don’t talk or understand chinese and we can buy ANY PRODUCT THAT Xiaomi CAN CREATE, so why don’t even add english like second language? Till when that STUPID procedure will be tolerated?

What All The Bad Reviews?

I have no idea why there are so many bad reviews on MiHome. I’m currently using it for the Roborock vacuum and MiHome has been fantastic for that. It’s the only Xiaomi product I own, but considering they’re a Chinese company translating an app, I didn’t expect the English translation to be that great, and yes there some issues, but nothing that makes MiHome difficult to use. MiHome is updated frequently, and bug fixes come out quick. Using MiHome to activate the vacuum, use zone clean up and track the vacuum works great too.

Some layout issues on iPhone XS Max

Overall, well designed app. It feels as if a lot of thought went behind it, I definitely prefer it to what iRobot has. However, there are a few layout issues that make operation hard. On iPhone XS Max, the home interface looks fine until you enter your Robovac interface. I have the e35 vacuum and MiHome doesn’t account for the iPhone notch. Due to that, the top area of MiHome looks pretty odd. But it also adds functionality issues as back and menu buttons touch areas are off. As a result, you need to tap all over the place in order to access those menus.

Last update fixed crash issues

I just got my Xiaomi vacuum robot and at first MiHome crashed every time I tried to launch it. About a day later there was an update and now MiHome works great. I registered the device in other since my country doesn’t appear, downloaded the English voice pack, and it works great. I set a schedule for cleaning and even started it remotely a couple of times. I get alerts and follow the progress online, change the vacuum setting etc.

It keeps crashing on start!

It was frustrating that after the latest update the software refuses to launch at all. It seems the developer did not test the English version and it is still a total China product that does not care those who don’t read Chinese. It used to be OK and I had high expectations on Xiaomi, coz their products seems having good quality and looking good, but there are glitches and not necessarily user friendly in terms of software, English version. Seems the language barrier is a pretty big issue between the developer and their international users. It is time for any non Chinese to think about it twice before deciding to buy any Xiaomi, if you are not going to start your Chinese class.

Is Mi Home Safe?

Yes. Mi Home. Xiaomi Smart Home is very safe to use. This is based on our NLP (Natural language processing) analysis of over 7,614 User Reviews sourced from the Appstore and the appstore cumulative rating of 3.7/5. Justuseapp Safety Score for Mi Home Is 72.6/100.

Is Mi Home Legit?

Yes. Mi Home. Xiaomi Smart Home is a totally legit app. This conclusion was arrived at by running over 7,614 Mi Home. Xiaomi Smart Home User Reviews through our NLP machine learning process to determine if users believe the app is legitimate or not. Based on this, Justuseapp Legitimacy Score for Mi Home Is 100/100

Is Mi Home. Xiaomi Smart Home not working?

Mi Home. Xiaomi Smart Home works most of the time. If it is not working for you, we recommend you excersise some patience and retry later or Contact Support.

Pricing data is based on average subscription reported by Justuseapp.com users.

Should you consider investing in Xiaomi Smart home tech?

China’s Xiaomi is pretty deeply invested in the Smart home space. But should you consider buying any of its accesories?

Once a luxury for the rich, Smart home devices have gradually become cheaper and more accessible, to the point that voice assistants like Amazon Alexa have even entered pop culture. That, of course, has led to every major tech brand wanting a piece of the pie, including China’s Xiaomi. But should you be considering Xiaomi when you deck out your house or apartment?

Who is Xiaomi?

Xiaomi is a relatively new company, founded in 2010 by CEO Lei Jun with help from Google and Motorola veterans. Its main business is in Android phones, and it has multiple phone-oriented sub-brands, chiefly Redmi and POCO.

The company’s core market is its native China. For various reasons, you can’t buy a Xiaomi phone in the United States, despite the obvious sales potential there. It does have a footprint in regions like India and Europe, and is known for offering great bang for the buck, making it one of the best budget options.

Apart from phones and Smart home accessories, Xiaomi sells products like tablets, laptops, wearables, and media streamers. Conceivably ― if you live in China, at least ― the company can sell you most or all of the tech you’ll ever need.

Confusingly enough there are several sub-brands within Xiaomi’s Smart home products. The main ones to know, though, are Aqara and Mi Home.

Xiaomi Smart home devices vs the competition

When they don’t have to be imported, Xiaomi home devices tend to be cheap. That’s significant, since Smart homes can get expensive in a hurry if you want top-shelf offerings from brands like Ring, Ecobee, Philips Hue, and Google Nest. If you live outside of North America or Europe, Xiaomi might be one of the only choices that makes a Smart home feasible.

Feature-wise the company’s products tend to get the job done but aren’t standouts. Beyond price, Xiaomi’s greatest strengths are compatibility with Alexa, Apple HomeKit, and/or Google Assistant — depending on the device — and the sheer breadth of categories available. If you live in the right market, Xiaomi will sell you everything from power strips and light bulbs to robot vacuums and air purifiers. Some of these have more “Smart” features than others, so compare them before buying.

In the US it’s probably best to stick to Aqara-branded products, owing to their higher-tier features and easy access on Amazon. We’ve listed a few below. You’ll need one or more Aqara Wi-Fi hubs to enable full functionality, such as integration with third-party automation platforms.

Importing Xiaomi Smart home tech from China

Because of sticker and the many product types sold in China, it can be tempting to import Xiaomi home devices when they aren’t sold locally. It’s not difficult to find websites that will help with this, such as AliExpress or Gearbest. Be mindful that you’ll be paying an import premium one way or another, which can potentially reduce or negate any savings. And you’ll probably want a “global” version of anything you buy, because there’s a risk some items could be region-locked. You might be able to get around the issue by changing your device’s region settings, although that can cause its own problems.

There’s also the matter of shipping times. If something’s being imported from China to the US or Canada, you could easily end up waiting weeks, given supply chain constraints and the usual delays associated with shipping by sea. That can be frustrating when other budget brands, like Wyze, might be delivered the next day or sold in stores.

In other words, do the math before importing Aqara, Mi Home, or any Xiaomi brand. You might save on one product, but spend extra on another that’s not any better than the competition.

The Aqara and Mi Home apps vs. the competition

The Mi Home app running on an Android phone.

There are separate Xiaomi Smart home apps for Aqara and Mi Home. Functionally and even visually these aren’t much different from apps like Apple Home or Samsung SmartThings, with dashboards and tiles for all your accessories, plus support for scenes, grouping, automations, and watching security cameras. The Aqara app seems to place a stronger emphasis on data trends and alarms, which is welcome.

The Aqara app on an Android phone.

If you’re bought into Xiaomi, you’ll certainly want the apps for device setup, checking cameras, and any exclusive home appliances, but there may not be an incentive to use them otherwise if your accessories work with Alexa, HomeKit, or Google Assistant. Those platforms are more expansive, for instance targeting products and services from many different vendors. Assistant and HomeKit are integrated directly into Android and Apple devices, respectively, making them ultra-convenient.

The verdict

In North America, Xiaomi Smart home products should usually be skipped. While some Aqara products fill niches in HomeKit, there’s otherwise no reason to go with them specifically, not when other budget brands like Kasa, Wyze, and Sengled have proliferated and are often easier to get your hands on. The situation may be different in Europe and other markets, but even then, the reason to choose Xiaomi is usually going to be price and/or the sheer scope of products available.

If you can afford to spend a little extra, there’s a saying in the home gym community that applies to Smart homes as well: buy once, cry once. It might cost more to go with “premium” Smart home accessories, but if they’re reliably built and have superior features, you may actually save money by avoiding replacements or upgrades later on.

The Mi Home Security Camera is inexpensive: only 39.99. Unfortunately, it’s no bargain, because Xiaomi cut corners in design, functionality, support and quality.

Tom’s Guide Verdict

The Mi Home Security Camera is inexpensive: only 39.99. Unfortunately, it’s no bargain, because Xiaomi cut corners in design, functionality, support and quality.

Cons

• – Poor night video
• – Android app requires access to your private data
• – No Cloud storage plan
• – Uneven feature set, with some key functions very lightweight

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Even though it costs 39.99, the Mi Home Security Camera is no bargain. While daylight video and audio are generally very good (especially when wide dynamic range is enabled), the camera’s feature set is uneven, nighttime video is poor and there’s no Cloud storage plan. What’s more, the Android version of the camera’s companion app requires access to your private contacts and calendar, despite the fact that such private data is unrelated to monitoring or controlling the camera.

Design

The lightweight Mi Home Security Camera has a skeletal appearance. That’s because the 2.4 x 4-inch oval body is only 0.125 inches deep, except where it thickens to 0.25 inches to surround the 2-inch-round black faceplate. The works of the camera are contained in a 2.25-inch black, puck-like disk that’s about 0.5 inches thick and attaches to the back. The body pivots 180 degrees in one direction only (forward and back) on a 3.1-inch-round white base. The base has no holes or other means for attaching the camera to a wall.

Unlike other cameras’ motion-detection-area tools, which will alert you to movement in user-defined areas of the frame, the Mi’s Partition Sensitivity grid lets you assign priority settings to each square in the grid: high, medium, low or off. Unfortunately, setting that sensitivity requires too many taps: Rather than allowing the user to draw a larger rectangle and then selecting the level of sensitivity for the entire section, the user has to cycle through the four settings for each square.

Among the other motion-detection settings, you can choose how often you’ll receive alarms, from every minute to one every 5, 10 or 30 minutes. It would be better if you could also set a custom value, such as 15 minutes.

The Timer tool (scheduling) allows you to define a single time period that is applied to all days, and that’s it. On the other hand, it does respond to Bluetooth geofencing, so that the camera will sleep automatically when you (and your phone) return home.

Cloud Storage

Xiaomi doesn’t offer any Cloud storage plans in the U.S., either for free or as a subscription. However, the app supports NAS (Network Attached Storage), which means you can choose to have videos saved to your local network or Cloud drives.

In addition, the Mi camera supports a microSD card that holds up to 64GB, which you must buy separately.

Playback

The camera’s home page has a time line that is awkward to use. You cannot change the time increment, and the timeline has no popup thumbnails. So it is difficult to zero in on a specific event.

It’s much easier to find and play back videos through the Records screen, which displays thumbnails organized by day and time.

Mobile App

The Xiaomi mobile app is available for Android and iOS. However, to install the app on an Android device, you must give it permission to access all of your phone’s data, including your personal contacts and calendar — something the iOS version doesn’t require. Given that level of privacy intrusion, we don’t recommend using the Android version of the app. The iPhone permissions are less invasive and more appropriate for a security camera. Also, the only password protection for the camera is through the user-defined login of the app.

The self-explanatory icons on the camera home screen provide convenient and direct access to key functions, such as Sleep, Talk and Records (for recorded videos).

The app centralizes controls in a single Settings screen, and we liked the depth of some of the features. For instance, you can give family and associates full access to the app and the camera or limit their access to the live feed only.

Unfortunately, not all the features settings are intuitive. What’s more, while Xiaomi’s tech support people were well-versed in very basic issues, they responded with unrelated, rote answers when our questions were more detailed. For instance, a tech support employee said that it was possible to provide different levels of access (full or live view only) when sharing with specific individuals but then couldn’t explain how. One tech provided a URL for an online user manual. However, on further investigation, we found that no manual exists for the Mi beyond a tiny QuickStart guide with some camera specifications and instructions to download the app and follow its on-screen installation instructions.

The Mi camera supports Amazon Alexa and basic IFTTT automation within the app.

Specs

Bottom Line

Though the 39.99 price is tempting, we cannot recommend the Mi Home Security Camera. Its video quality is uneven, it has no Cloud plan and some key features are lightweight. What’s more, if you use an Android phone, we recommend not downloading the app, which insists on having access to your private data.

If you’re looking for a budget security camera, we suggest the Ezviz Mini O 1080p (59), which is better in every respect than the Mi Camera. And it’s also more secure than Xiaomi’s camera.

Xiaomi Mi Smart Home. stylish and affordable sensors for everyone!

Mi Smart Home is a set of sensors giving you full control over your home. This system from Xiaomi offers control of all basic functions in a Smart home at a fraction of the cost of professional kits! Ideally suited for apartments or small offices. The sensors connect via Wi-Fi. This system really makes a good impression. A set of Smart sensors guarantees a whole new level of automation in your home, improving the comfort of everyday life.

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Xiaomi Mi Smart Home. contents of the kit

The central and essential point of the kit is the Xiaomi Mi Smart Home Hub control unit, which integrates the devices into the system and helps control all the Smart functions. It supports three communication protocols simultaneously for easy and stable operation. Zigbee, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth Mesh can be used in parallel for different devices, with one hub being enough for stable operation of the entire Smart home system.

• Xiaomi Mi Temperature and Humidity Sensor. monitors air temperature and humidity in real time
• Xiaomi Mi Smart Plug. a Smart wallsocket that allows remote control
• Xiaomi Mi Window and Door Sensor. reacts to the opening of doors and Windows
• Xiaomi Mi Motion Sensor. a motion sensor
• Mi Smart Wireless Switch. allows you to quickly and easily establish control over multiple devices

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Xiaomi Mi Smart Home Hub

Xiaomi Mi Smart Home Hub is the centerpiece of the miHome ecosystem. The device supports the ability to control the system by using the Siri voice assistant or the Homekit app. In addition, it is possible to create scenarios that allow you to run any Smart home device automatically, depending on the signals received from other devices, even without an Internet connection. The control panel looks minimalist and stylish, and it doesn’t stand out in any interior thanks to its small size. At the same time, the use of durable plastic and reliable components allows the device to work stably in a wide range of temperatures and not react to their fluctuations. Reliability of operation in any protocol is confirmed by appropriate certificates, and RoHS compliance confirms the safety of the materials used.

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Dual Wi-Fi antenna with MIMO 2×2 technology creates a reliable connection, even in rooms with thick walls, and allows for data transmission over up to 200 meters. Thanks to this, the system based on the Smart Home control panel works well even in very large rooms.

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Xiaomi Mi Smart Home Hub can be easily configured and controlled by using the Mi Home app. The entire process is shown below

Xiaomi Mi Temperature and Humidity Sensor

Xiaomi Mi Temperature and Humidity Sensor can monitor the temperature and humidity in real time. When the measured levels deviate from the comfortable levels, the sensor will automatically send a notification to your smartphone. In addition, you can use the app to view the history and trends of the measurements at any convenient time.

Using the Mi Smart Home Hub and Mi Smart Power Plug, you can sync the sensor with other devices. By connecting to the ecosystem of Smart devices, once the sensor is synced with the Smart humidifier and the Smart outlet to which the air conditioner is connected, it will be possible to automatically maintain the temperature and humidity in the room at the desired level.

• Small size
• Easy installation and connection
• Temperature measurement with an accuracy of ±0.3 degrees
• Humidity measurement with an accuracy of ±3%

Xiaomi Mi Window and Door Sensor

The main task of the sensor is to react to the opening of doors and Windows. It can then send a signal to the owner if used as part of an alarm system. It can also be easily set up to control air conditioning units, and the sensor will be responsible for turning the humidifier or air conditioner on/off so as not to waste energy when the Windows are open.

The compact Xiaomi Mi Window and Door Sensor is part of a Smart home system. Window and Door Sensor consists of two small components, the main unit and a magnet, which are mounted in the desired location in a single easy motion using double-sided adhesive tape.

The device can be configured on a smartphone with Mi-Home application installed

Xiaomi Mi Motion Sensor

The Mi Motion Sensor is the most important part of any Smart system, allowing it to monitor activity in a specific area and trigger other sensor-related devices. The sensor can be easily installed in any convenient location in the house. The response time is a minimum of 15 ms. The included battery lasts for nearly 2 years of continuous operation. Mi Motion Sensor can be used in many different ways. For example, when combined with a Smart lamp, it turns on the light when motion is detected. Or it can simply send a signal to the owner, in case it becomes part of a security system. Each of these options can be easily configured and controlled through its own app.

Installation of the device is trivial. just place it in the desired place or attach it using the double-sided tape included in the set.

Xiaomi Mi Smart Plug. remote-controlled electrical outlet

The Mi Smart Power Plug controls the flow of electricity to selected devices and allows you to remotely use the equipment via a mobile application. No more worries about an unplugged iron or TV, you can easily check if they are using electricity from your phone and turn them off if necessary.

This way you can also start and stop other household appliances, such as air purifiers. The Xiaomi Smart Plug uses Wi-Fi connection technology and can be controlled from anywhere in the world using the app on your phone.

Summary

The described set performed exceptionally well in relation to its price. The devices connected without any problems with the phone. Stylish and minimalist design makes the sensors fit into any type of interior. One small drawback is the fact that the application interface isn’t translated in completely, and single Chinese characters show up. However, this does not cause a significant problem as the most important functions are clear and in Polish.

• Modern, minimalist design
• Durable materials
• Connectivity in three standards. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and Zigbee 3.0
• Easy and quick device configuration in the app
• Works with Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant

• No Polish manual
• Incomplete translation. Individual Chinese characters in the application menu
• You have to find something thin and long to press the button to pair and reset the sensors as no such tool is included