GE CYNC Smart Plug, Indoor Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Outlet Socket, Works with Alexa and Google (1 Pack)

Nice addition to my smart home setup
These work— Matter setup was easy and works well. They are set up directly in the Alexa app!I’m not a huge fan of Cync smart home products, especially their lightbulbs (I prefer Kasa and Philips Hue). But I have a couple older Cync bulbs that are not wifi-enabled (or something?) and don’t play nice with my Alexa. I read that if you add a wifi-enabled Cync product (like these plugs) to your smart home setup, it somehow fixes the issues with the older bulbs and makes them work properly with everything. And lo and behold, once I set up these plugs, my older Cync bulbs were communicating perfectly with Alexa!Those older lightbulbs still had to be set up in the GE Cync app. But I did NOT set up these newer plugs with the Cync app — I set them up using Matter (the instructions walk you through this). For Matter setup, you need a little QR code that’s on a sticker on each plug. In case I ever need to set them up again, I’m trying to hang onto the stickers by leaving them stuck on each plug. But if you lose any of them, the QR code is also printed really small on the back of each plug. The stickers are just more convenient.

So far so good.
So far so good. It works with the Alexa app alone. It doesn’t really advertise it. And it comes with a piece of literature that says you should download this CYNC app or something like that so this is what I did on my iPhone.Go to your settings turn on Bluetooth. Go to your Wi-Fi and put it on a Wi-Fi network. That is 2.4 some people don’t have that I had to go get a router and set it up plug it into my 5G router and then set it set the 2.4 G up. It just works better and it’s a lot easier to set your phone to that 2.4g net work.I downloaded the app but I never signed in. I never logged in. I never even opened it so I’m assuming that I didn’t need to do it but I did do from here on out wasOpen the Alexa appOn the bottom, go to devicesThere’s a plus sign on the top right hit that plusI think this is where your hit plugThey will ask you for your brand. The brand is GE it takes a second to register.Plugging your device into a plugIt helps if you were relatively close to the net work. When I said my plugs, I always make sure that I am really clothes are in the same room with the Wi-Fi net work, and I set it up and then I hand carry it to the actual room in the house that I wanted to go to. This works a lot faster in a lot more reliable.So plug in your plug and then hit find devices or something like thatAnd then you wait there may be another step once it find it it’ll ask you to set it upThat means you’ll pick the room rename it I don’t reading them I don’t pick the room I just tested and make sure it turns on and offThen I bring my six plugs or whatever to wherever I want them and plug them in and then in the Alexa app it’ll show me where it is and I will name where it is later. I’ll come back and start grouping those off and after that I start putting them into routines if I want things to automatically turn on and off.I have to be setting up a new house. My old loft was wide open, and I had about 30 different plugs, and I kind of got carried away and it was very very elaborate.Two out of my six plugs did not work when I plug them back in there was no light when I push the button on the side for a few seconds it didn’t work so I wanted to tell you how to fix that alsoOn the side push the button for a very long time I’m gonna call it like 10 to 20 seconds it’ll turn red. And then you let it go and it’ll be reset and it’ll be flashing green. Like I said two of these did that I had to reset them, but it took me a while. I was getting mad that I was gonna have to send them back but they actually really worked. And so far they feel really solid but I haven’t connected a ton of them up.So on a sidenote, I first tried to buy 5G sockets and I got like 15 of 12 or something and they just didn’t work. They clogged up the 5G system. Somehow I never had that problem with two point 4G plugs so I basically took them all out and just put them in a box and now I’m going to this and I’m hoping that I can change all my switches and all my lamps and everything so I can do the proper light settings. Hope this helps I don’t get paid to do this, so I’m not gonna spell check this.

Simple set up Smart bulbs for everyone !
Simple set up , ease of use, good quality. Product compatibility is with Cync software – download on your smartphone, create account and configure when you want it turned on and off. I use these to schedule decorative lights in the house during celebrations. Recommended!

These things are great!
As far as smart plugs are concerned, these things are very responsive. They work very well with Alexa and google. Some other smart plugs have a bit of a delay when processing commands from Alexa or google, but these don’t. If you haven’t used them before, get to know the light colors and what they mean, it will save you some time trying to figure out whether there is something wrong.It would be cool if they came up with a dimmer version for lamps.

Se me vendió en amazon México por prime day, pero la app no existe en la App Store en México y Alexa no lo reconoce automáticamente.