Tuya Smart

Every time this app updates, functionality plummets. On Google Home, everything shows as offline. The Tuya app can't tell if something is off or on, so you have to hit power until it figures it out. I have one light that fully disconnects every other day. I have to manually turn it off and back on to reconnect. Of course this means none of the group settings or timers work. Removing all bulbs in my house from the app and reconnecting them in hopes it works multiple times a year isn't convenient.

I have to rate this low enough that someone might see this. The app is great when it works. It connects with Alexa to give me voice command of plugs and lights. But for some obnoxious reason devices disappear. I'm not talking disconnects, I mean REMOVED from the list. Then it becomes a nightmare of resetting and trying to reconnect the device. I have a special 2.4ghz WiFi just for my smart devices and it still can never find things in pairing mode. My bedroom fan has to reconnect once a month!

I have used this app for years, and it has always worked great! For the most part... Every now and then some of my light bulbs won't be connected again and I'll have to relearn how to reconnect them. Like every six months or so. I can never be sure if it is because of this app, Google Home, or Alexa though, lol. The main thing is that I can usually relearn how to connect my bulbs in 30 minutes or less. And considering how convoluted everything is these days, I'm plenty happy with that.