Tuya Smart

Yay! Grid view finally restored 👍 but from latest update all Smart PLUGS have stopped connecting (they're from different manufacturers and are unlikely to have all gone at the same time) all lightbulbs still connecting, but hoping for a plug fix ASAP 😪 it seems like the permission to connect to wi-fi devices has gone AWOL, it's only connecting to Bluetooth devices.

I've been using Tuya Smart for a good few years now, it's a good system, I have lots of Tuya devices in 2 locations, generally it works well. However, the big problem is.. it's near impossible to get Tuya to send you "system" notifications! As Tuya want you to buy their very expensive subscription service, to receive SMS & Email notifications. ( I certainly can't afford it! ) For me, this has made the "cloud based" Tuya devices uneconomic. I'd look elsewhere if you can!

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.