I bought this to control a TV & Satellite box but after reading some others reviews I realized that it would not do the job I was expecting it to do in that capacity. I'm grateful and thankful to those people for their reviews detailing why it won't work to control your TV (basically the device thinks its unplugged from the wall if "turned off" from a smart plug so turning it back on means rebooting tv's & satellite boxes) before I started unplugging and setting things back up only to find my dreams dashed. Seriously, search "TV" in the reviews search and see their knowledge and save yourself the hassle.

I figured I might as well try plugging an awkward to access lamp into one of the two plugs I bought before I initiated a return and was happy to find that the set up and connection process was effortless and fast. The app was easy to use on my phone, I literally just plugged the plug in, waited for lights to turn colors per the app's on screen directions and within a few minutes, it worked. I then connected my Google Home to it in another seamless & simple set up connection process and now I no longer have to contort my arm to find the switch for this lamp, I just say "Hey Google, turn on the lights" and on it goes. There's an audible click when it goes on and off that comes from the plug itself, it's a satisfying sound to me.

So I was bummed I couldn't use these for what I intended, but am thrilled that I was able to simplify something and expand my Google Home's capabilities. This was my first "Smart Home" purchase and I'm very pleased with the ease of this system. So trust the reviews, don't use this for your TV, but do use it for lamps or other appliances that don't need to reboot to be used. Also trust us that you're going to want the Mini plug if you want second outlet access. This one hangs too low over the bottom outlet if you plug into the top. Lesson learned. If I ever decide to add more smart plugs, I will go with the mini.

The TP-Link Smart Plug is a good product. It works well, and was easy to set up. TP-Link smart plugs are also 100% compatible with Google Home (Yes, I know most here probably use Echo. It works with it too!) The only drawback of this product is it's size. This thing is BULKY, and on a powerstrip will likely take up the space of two outlets. If you have the space to spare, not a big deal. If space is a concern I'd say go with the TP-Link mini. You'll spend a little more, but the space saving will be worth it.

I'm using one on my air conditioner which is amazing! At home I can say "Hey Google, turn on the air conditioner" and she does it. Out of the home, I can use the TP-Link Kasa app on my phone to turn the unit on or off. OR I can set up an IFTTT action to turn the AC on when I am within a predefined radius of my home. Welcome to the future, and for the price? Holy cow! You need this in your life.

Oh, one last thing. Don't make my mistake. I bought two of these. One was going to control my TV. Learned quick that turning "off" a smart tv and powering off a smart tv are two very different things. Basically, if I use the plug, I have to wait for my TV to reboot every time I turn it back on. Don't buy one of these for your television.

Installing this took some doing, and some patience in the process! TP-Link's tech support, though, was excellent, and helped me through it, and now we LOVE being able to tell Alexa to turn off our lights when we go to bed. Even better, our living room light switch (this switch) is not by the front door, so if we wanted to turn on the living room light when arriving home at night, we previously had to walk most of the way through to the other side before we could turn on the light, sometimes tracking with us whatever happened to have come out of the cat that day. (Our cat has some issues.) Now, we open the door, tell Alexa to turn on the light, and we SEE where we're stepping (and what we're stepping ON or IN)!

And my wife thought it wouldn't be great to be married to a nerd! This is great stuff!!! :-)

I love them with Alexa and trying to curb my wasteful habits, but the only pisser is these use a few watts themselves. I have 8 HS110s and 5 of these and no other parasitic loads on the circuits these live on. With the fridge, garage freezer, and pool not cycling my house sits about 85w static, if I open the circuits where these live it goes down to about 45w, leading me to believe the 13 devices are pulling about 40w. Just to chase my tail a little I energized the circuits where these live, saw the 85 watts again, then unplugged the 8 HS110s, and it dropped by about 25w leading me to believe the HS110s are about 3w each, and these switches are in the same neighborhood.

The Kasa app is a little sluggish but it's nice seeing the power of the HS110s and setting the away mode when I'm on the road. It works great with Alexa and I love "echo everything off" and hearing things turning off all over the house before I go to sleep.

UPDATE: After TP-Link saw my review, I received an email saying they wanted to help and asking me to click a link to customer support. Despite not wanting to waste more time, I fell for it, thinking I would get a live chat or a callback. Nope. I clicked on the link, which required me to send yet another email. I did not get a response until two days later asking me to call the main tech support number (which ihad already spent an hour with before, as described below).
I called twice today after getting yet another email telling me they were going to close my support ticket unless I called. Got the usual VM system. After being told each time that I was customer 1 on the wait list, within two minutes, the support service switched to another line or area, and kept asking me in Chinese and English to "please dial the extension directly." What extension? It gave no options. It repeated this message continuously. After a few minutes of hearing this repeated and no one picking up, I hung up. If I could reduce this rating to zero stars, I would.

ORIGINAL REVIEW: Worked fine for a few weeks, then stopped allowing consistent local (via phone or tablet on same wifi network) control. Worked fine if I turned wifi off on my phone and connected to devices via Kasa app remotely. On wifi, sometimes the devices could connect, sometimes no, telling me to "try again later". Spent over an hour with various tech support people. Upgraded firmware on each plug. When they told me to then reset and reconfigure one device to test, the Kasa app (on phone or tablet) will see and connect to the new device, but will not let me add any new devices anymore because it will no go past the device naming screen (even if I attempt to leave the default name). So the update and reset made the reconfigure plug device unusable. The other devices I updated (but did not reset) and they work fine for remote control. But i still cannot control them via my devices if they are on the same wifi network.

Another tech product that is supposed to make life easier, but makes it more difficult by requiring and wasting our time, by not reliably doing the very job they are sold. These "Smart Home" devices are dumb, and not ready for actual consumer use