The Eve Home Energy Smart Plug & Power Usage Meter will allow you to control your indoor lights, lamps and home appliances from anywhere with a simple tap of a smartphone or by asking your voice-controlled personal assistant Siri to see how much power they’re using. Designed to work with Apple HomeKit with Bluetooth and Thread connectivity, you’ll also be able to monitor power consumption and be informed on projected energy costs. This energy saving and efficiency improving Smart Plug & Power Usage Meter will allow you to easily set up schedules to control your appliances on autopilot as well as turning your floor lamps, fans and many other devices on and off, independent of your iPhone or internet connection. You can also keep watch of energy consumption in the process and see how much your lighting and appliances are going to cost based on your entered electricity rate.
What Is Matter & How Does It Work?
Matter is the future of smart home, allowing you to easily control all your different smart home devices, regardless of brand, from the app or voice assistance control of your choosing. Whether you use an iPhone, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant or similar, all your smart home devices will work together in your smart home system with easy setup, seamless control and consistent, responsive local connectivity.
Eve Home is Matter-supported and has the largest number of Thread-enabled products that are ready and waiting to be set up with Matter, only requiring a free and easy firmware update. If you buy an Eve Home device today, you’ll be ready to use Matter in no time.
Requirements: iPhone or iPad with the latest version of iOS/iPadOS 14. Controlling this HomeKit-enabled accessory automatically and away from home requires a HomePod or an Apple TV (4th generation or later) as a home hub.
In the box Eve Energy, Quick Start Guide
Colour: White
Power Input / Output: AC 100-240 V, 50/60 Hz United Kingdom: max. 13 A / 2500 W
Europe: Incandescent Tungsten Lamp Load: Max. 1 A / 240 W Ambient Temperature: 0 – 35°C Internal Fuse: 12.5 A Relay switched off by software at more than 11 A current Standby Power Consumption: < 1 W
Compatibility Type G (BS 1363) sockets & appliances
Wireless Connection Bluetooth Low Energy, Thread
Dimensions 72mm x 72mm x 71mm
Benefits:
Autonomous schedules
Siri voice control
Power consumption & projected cost
Bluetooth & Thread
Easy setup without bridge
Highest data privacy
Schedules enable you to automate lights, humidifiers, fans and other vital devices
Control your connected devices from anywhere
Automations seamlessly connect your HomeKit-enabled accessories
Monitor power consumption
This technology makes your smart home network more responsive, robust, and increases its reach
The Eve Energy smart plug is a simple-to-use smart plug with support for HomeKit. It can be controlled via Eve’s own app and the Apple Home app, as well as Siri, and can even track your energy consumption. However, if you’d like control of it when you’re not at home, you’ll need a HomePod Mini, HomePod or an Apple TV 4K.
Pros
+Energy monitoring
+HomeKit integration
+Thread smart home support
Cons
-No Alexa or Google Assistant support
-Requires a HomePod or Apple TV for control when away from home
Eve is a brand that’s been around since 2014, growing a reputation for making premium-quality smart home devices that exclusively offer HomeKit support. From the best home security cameras and other security devices, such as motion sensors to the best smart lights, Eve offers a range of gadgets to automate your home.
Eve Energy is a new version of the brand’s single-socket smart plug, which connects to the internet to ensure you can control the device connected to the plug via the app or using Siri. It also monitors the power consumption of the device connected to it.
However, this new version uses Thread smart home technology to link the plug to the internet, rather than Wi-Fi, which improves the stability of the connection, putting an end to smart home devices failing to respond. Thread-enabled devices create a mesh network that all such devices can use, rather than an individual Wi-Fi connection between the devices and the internet. This means that if a particular device loses its connection, other Thread-enabled devices can share their connection so that it doesn’t become unresponsive.
