Millet smart family set experience 199 price value is not worth?

I am looking forward to this suit because Xiaomi is the more advanced layout in the current smart home system. The domestic smart home platform has Haier, Midea, etc. Most of Haier’s smart home appliances are self-owned brands, and the United States and Haier are the same. Smart home hardware is mostly white appliances or small appliances, and the cost of one experience can be small.

The rest of the calculations are Xiaomi, Zhan Teng, which are the brands that start with the surrounding. What kind of intelligent security cameras, sockets, and other hundred yuan-level guys still experience the experience, because of this, I am the smart home of Xiaomi. The suit is very interesting, the price of 199 is not cheap but not expensive. As for the end? This is the question we are going to answer today. I will also talk about my own views on smart home in the Xiaomi Smart Family Suite.

Although smart home is a concept that has been around for more than a year, it is still a frontier thing. The current smart home industry is still in the early stage of development. Different standards are different. Small brands sell products and big brands take the platform to talk about it. Ecology. In my eyes, Xiaomi can already be regarded as a platform-level brand. Smart cameras, routers, purifiers, smart sockets, air conditioners, etc. have already launched a lot of smart home hardware, and there are other smart home kits that can draw other ZigBee protocols. The gateway of the device. In the future, the lineup of hardware or home appliances in the Xiaomi Smart Home Client will only be even larger.

If you have more millet equipment in your home, this smart home app list will be very full, they share an APP control

The platform is extremely important to users. Before the birth of the universal standard, only the platform-level smart home devices can complete more device control under one client. For example, if you buy Sony's smart TV, Samsung's smart washing machine, Haier's smart air conditioner, each of these three need to access their respective APP to achieve mobile phone control. Whether the future can be assembled by a certain software or platform is still unknown, but personal feelings are not great.

Four modules bundled to sell Xiaomi smart home set experience

Xiaomi Smart Family Set

After talking about the platform, we pulled back to the main line to see the product. Xiaomi's smart home kit includes gateway, door and window sensor, human body sensor and wireless switch. The other three hardwares except the gateway are very mini, and there is no need to plug in. According to Xiaomi's publicity, it is not necessary to replace the battery for 2 years. Very Small and worry-free.

I just thought that it would be very difficult to install this device. After all, there are 4 sets of functional hardware. But in fact, the whole process is very simple, even after I plug in the gateway and open the client, I will promptly guide me to adapt. Because both sensors and wireless switches do not require power, they can be placed anywhere, and they can be automatically associated with the gateway, saving a lot of work.

Millet gateway and sensor, will alarm or turn on the night light when motion is detected

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Can be set to automatically enter alarm mode starting at 9 o'clock every working day

We briefly introduce the four hardware in the package. The first is the gateway. Xiaomi does not regard him as a pure intelligent device center. Xiaomi's multi-function gateway has the strength of front-end face. It has a built-in speaker and a full-color LED around it. The speaker allows it to sound an alarm when it detects abnormal human activity, and it can also be combined with a smart switch as a doorbell. The LED can also be turned into a night light with the human body sensor, and the LED of the gateway will automatically illuminate when you detect the night action.

In terms of experience, I am very satisfied with the sensitivity of the gateway alarm. As long as it is in the alarm mode, every time someone walks through the human body sensor, a prompt will pop up. After trying, even if you just open your phone and connect to the Internet, the APP can alarm. It should be started with the system. As long as there is no manual shutdown process and service, the alarm will not be missed.

Focus on bed before going to bed, turn off the lights

The wireless switch is the doorbell by default, and there will be a tone after pressing. However, after I experienced it, the transmission distance from the gateway is not large. If you use the gateway as a night light, it must be installed in the bedroom. The general bedroom is in the innermost area of ​​the room, far away from the door, and there is a metal security door with a shield signal in the middle. When I experience it in my home, I can't use the doorbell function when I close the door. I can open the security door.

In addition, if you are installing outside, you need to consider the doorbell's own anti-theft. What is the meaning of the doorbell? In my opinion, the doorbell is more like a hard-to-join feature. If you really want to use the doorbell in the bedroom, the gateway in the living room, when the wife or baby needs you, press the doorbell to call you who are watching the movie. The life scene is also slightly useful.

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Wireless switch single double click can set a set of self-powered home linkage scheme

Another function defined by the wireless switch is the switchgear. At present, other smart appliances connected to my mobile phone include Xiaomi Box, Yeelight Smart Light and Small Ant Intelligent Camera, but the devices that can interact under the intelligent scene interface only display the smart lights and The gateway, that is, wanting to use it to turn off the TV can not be achieved. If you buy a millet air purifier or a smart socket, it can also control the switch of the socket or the purifier. This is a bit of a meaning. You can use the key to disconnect it from the door before going out. The electrical power supply is gone.

From the setting of the wireless switch, this little guy is still not bothered in the development process. It can trigger the doorbell or the switch's customization at the same time, and also divides the different custom actions of clicking and double clicking. This switch can also be defined with multiple click actions. For example, the device I am connecting now has smart lights, air purifiers and smart sockets. Stick it to the door and click to complete all these devices on or off. It is possible to control all connected appliances at the touch of a button when going out or just entering the house.

The phone will pop up an alarm prompt after detecting the action of opening and closing the door.

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Door and window and human sensor linkage scheme

The function of the human body sensor and the door and window sensor is similar. It detects the activation of a defined action or alarm after a human body motion, such as the night light function introduced earlier. We can also define that the air purifier automatically switches to silent mode after detecting someone entering the room.

In my opinion, the current open function of this package still has some limitations. For example, if the anti-theft is used as a demand, then if the sensor of the millet detects abnormal motion, can the small ant smart camera be turned on to turn on the camera mode to record the abnormal state in the home? Looking further, can you link the small ant smart camera to push an indoor photo at the first time instead of needing me to manually enter the control end of the small ant camera to see the home situation?

For the functions of these four products, I personally are impeccable, no matter the sensor sensitivity or the timeliness of the client notification is very good, and the function connection prompt of the smart home APP is also very human, basically no difficulty in use. However, my question about it is how to link with other intelligent hardware. Now, some Xiaomi's own intelligent hardware can't interact with each other. The challenge of interaction between other brands or different protocol devices is definitely greater. This is the current smart home device. The biggest problem.

Is it reasonable to use a mobile phone as an interactive center for smart homes?

If you ask what is smart, the first reaction may be mobile phone control, wherever you can operate the phone. But when you are asked how to control these smart home devices, there may be only one answer, the phone is controlled. At present, smart homes are more like being led by users to get used to, and everyone is advocating the use of mobile phones.

In the case of the smart light bulb, in addition to the hard switch of the electric light, the second operation mode provided by the smart home is the mobile phone switch light, but unlocking the mobile phone, opening the control terminal APP, entering the interactive interface of the light bulb, pressing the switch This process, I think that I really did not go to the lights before pressing the switch to save trouble.

Of course, this is the previous smart home. I can see that the Xiaomi Smart Home Suite has slightly changed this product thinking. At least I have a wireless switch that can be defined as a switch light. But there is another problem. He can only define two sets of actions, such as setting the click to turn on the light and double-clicking to turn off the light. Although these two actions can close other electrical appliances at the same time, but in addition to powering off the electrical appliances before going out, no one wants to control the purifier or smart socket when switching lights? In short, a wireless switch is not enough, buy multiple back to high cost and configure each appliance.

A few days ago, Xiaomi has been promoting the cooperation with the United States i-smart smart air conditioner, which can be linked with the Xiaomi bracelet, perhaps able to detect the amount of user activity to control the air conditioning speed or temperature. In fact, this is also a good smart home control idea, I think it can even replace the mobile phone. For example, after Xiaomi has a smart watch and built a voice assistant like Siri, perhaps a voice can connect to the smart home device from the cloud. Going home and talking about turning on the lights or turning on the TV, etc., is much faster than using a mobile phone button. Using a smart watch is more useful than setting the voice controller in your home. After all, the watch is always ready to follow. Beside our users, it has the same innate advantages as mobile phones.

What do people do and what they are playing?

Another point about smart home is the user's needs. The current control is that the user is led by the manufacturer, and the demand is roughly the same. This means that the smart home stays at the level of the peripheral accessories, starting with a small demand such as a light bulb, a socket, and a security device. Because some brands of smart homes are still competitive, we don’t open up and cooperate with each other, so that more appliances can be added to smart homes, and it is impossible for different brands of smart home devices to interact under the same platform. This is why I think smart homes are not practical enough. One of the reasons.

Double-click the gateway to open the key or operate the phone to let the gateway enter the alert mode to protect the indoor property security.

Take this smart home kit as an example. Perhaps the most I need is the door and window sensor, but you have to buy the entire package to use this function module. In addition, if you bought a smart camera with fluorite before, it is not currently possible to interact with Xiaomi's door and window sensor. Even under the Xiaomi smart home client, the sensor does not interact with the smart camera. Therefore, I think that the maturity of smart home devices still has a lot of room for improvement, and the usability or playability is far from mature.

Today, I talked to you about this set of products and my views on smart homes through Xiaomi’s smart home kit. In fact, users who have contact with each other should have the same feelings. Back to the product itself, let's make a summary. For this smart home device, I think the product itself is still very good. The highlight is the multi-functional gateway and wireless switch, which greatly enhances the practicality of this device.

As for whether it is worth buying, you still have to look at everyone. After all, everyone needs different needs. People who live in a rental room like me worry about the camera at home or which baby is stolen. The demand is full. After all, the function of this device. Positioning must be based on security. Maybe there are many netizens who like the night light of motion-sensing. This kind of user needs to weigh whether other products in the set are necessary. After all, it is a bundled set of 199 yuan. If you simply need night light, it is estimated that you will only have a single night. The similar products of the lamp function, perhaps those products have more fine lighting functions at night, and the price is more accurate and more advantageous. At this time, the purchase of the package depends on the comprehensive measurement results.