MOES WiFi Smart IR Remote Controller Smart Home Infrared Universal Remote Blaster,One for All Control AC TV DVD CD AUD SAT etc,Compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant,No Hub Required

Quick and easy to set up, worked perfectly with my air conditioning unit.

A great device as a smart TiVo remote control on my cell phone. Set up is not the same as what the manual says so that took me a while to figure out. The Smart Life app is complicated. The instruction can be improved.

It works well, for what it does!The devices it’s comparable with are fairly limited, but you can program any IR remote. Super convenient to be able to control devices from your phone, but only the devices linked directly in the app are compatible with Alexa, not the remotes you teach it. You also can’t name your stored remotes. They will all be “Other”, but you can have a subtitle, in smaller text underneath, that you can customize. The control Alexa has is limited, as well. You can tell Alexa to turn your TV on or off, but not to change the channel, control volume, etc., but you still have full function from your phone.One really nice thing is, it has an extremely wide angle. If you set it up in a central location, you should be able to control most of your devices. I have mine mounted to the wall, and it still works great.

I use this to control a video projector that is in my attic being used to display a Holiday Window and replaced an IR repeater that was not so reliable and had to physically turn it on/off (first world problem). The included remote schemes didn't include my projector, but the button learn feature worked for me after a few tries. The ability to include with Alexa is great.When purchasing it, I wasn't sure if it would work well with my projector since you have to press the power button twice in a row to get it to turn off. Luckily, the Scene feature of the Smart Life app allowed me to create a button press sequence with time delays between them. This allowed me to not only control the time it comes on/turns off but to press the power button twice to turn it off. Now my projector works in concert with the rest of my Christmas lights to all come on at sunset and off at the specified time.I can confirm what others had commented about needing to have a separate 2.4GHZ wifi network connection and not a combined 2.4GHZ/5GHZ (combined with the same SSID/Network name). I had an extra wifi router lying around and was able to complete the setup. You may be able to accomplish this by setting up a guest network that only utilizes the 2.4GHZ band if your router allows for that configuration (I did not test to see if that was possible on my existing router).

I bought this so that I can control everything in my entertainment center on my phone. The funny part is that I can launch the Smart Life App and control my Vizio TV over IR faster with this device than I can launching Vizio's SmartCast App and control the TV over WiFi.Here's an illustration of how good this device and app are:Vizio SmartCast TV using SmartCast App (after having set up the app, app not running):1. Launch SmartCast App (wait a few seconds for the app to say:"Welcome to SmartCast, Tap Devices above to choose a TV,Sound Bar or other device to set up or control")2. Do not follow the instructions displayed in the app, if you doyou will never be able to control your TV as it won't let you setit up if it is already set up and it won't load the remote interfaceif you are on the set up screen, instead you just have to wait patientlywithout interacting with the app in any way. After what feels likea minute, the remote interface appears in the app with all but thepower button grayed out/inoperable, it will never appear if you areout side your home LAN, native WiFi control does not work over theinternet, only works within the same LAN that the TV is connected to.3. After what feels like another minute, the buttons are no longergrayed out and I can finally tell my TV what I want it to do.(Rarely can you switch inputs or adjust volume in under a minute if you didn't already have the app up and running before you decided you wanted to control the TV)Vizio SmartCast TV using Smart Life App and this device (after configuring app, app not running):1. Launch Smart Life (wait a second or two, often less than a second)2. Click SmartCast (wait a second or two)3. Click what ever button you want. (TV reacts to command in undera second), even works over internet, you can turn off TV when youaren't at home and the kids are watching TV instead of going to bed.(Worst case scenario 10 seconds elapse between deciding to control your TV and issuing the command)

Main reason for buying was to have a simple mechanism of controlling one device through Alexa. Setup was easy, despite lack of instructions, and this does work with my smartphone, albeit a rudimentary interface. However, I could not get Alexa to discover the device after multiple times trying, whether linking the Smart Life app or the Tuya app. It simply does not discover the device, which means I have no voice control. I wrote to customer service and explained my issue several times and they were frankly not helpful; they kept telling me to check all the things that I had been successful with and did not specifically address my issue.I bought this because the overall Amazon reviews were good. In hindsight I should have checked the reviews on the Smart Life app through Alexa, because there it seems many people are having the same trouble as me. So overall, for my purpose, this only gets 1 star; if I was not wanting Alexa integration, then would have been higher. It also bothers me that Amazon allows such the manufacturer to claim integration with an Amazon product when that is clearly highly variable, and certainly not consistent.