Meross Matter Smart Plug Mini, Easy Setup, 100% Privacy, Compact Size, Support Apple Home, Alexa, Google Home with Schedule and Timer, App and Voice Control, Power Protection, 2.4G Wi-Fi Only (2 Pack)

Honestly — these plugs blew me away. Truly plug‑and‑play, they connected seamlessly to Google Home and HomeKit right out of the box. Compact design, powerful Matter support, and affordable pricing make this 4‑pack a no‑brainer. Best part? The live energy monitoring is insanely accurate — I tracked energy consumption on a fan and server rack down to the watt. Full range Matter support, insanely fast set up, truly "plug and play" (no pun intended but seriously), an actual quality build (not cheap feeling whatsoever), low cost, good aesthetics, complete reliability, and small in size. -The absolute perfect combination for any smart home setup and a complete beast of a device. If you could only have one smart-home product, this should honestly be it. Controling your electronic devices and monitoring there exact energy consumption throughout there lifecycle phases is really the meat and potatoes of what a smart home should be- whether you want to set up complex automations, lower your energy bill and figure out what energy pig is raising your bill by fifty bucks a month (yes if you use these devices correctly one of them could actually pay for the rest very quickly in awareness by helping and more importantly providing consistent, 24/7 data to help you determine how much energy you are consuming with any given electrical device), or simply want to be able to use the responsive toggle feature from any location. WIth these plugs you can really make any antiquated device a smart device, and I am finding myself using them now even on some of my already "smart" devices to moniter energy consumption patterns. Couldn’t be happier — highly recommended for anyone wanting reliable, insanely fast, and energy‑aware smart plugs without breaking the bank.

TL/DR: If you have a mesh network, avoid these. Especially if you are using homekit. I have the meross smart plug which gave zero hassles to setup. Bought these since they were smaller and wanted to use them where I have some outlets that are recessed and the others wouldn't fit. I use Apple homekit on a mesh network. Apparently, this is the problem but the thing is, I am not even remotely special in that way. If it doesn't support this setup, say that upfront. It says it has to be 2.4ghz and my wifi broadcasts both 2.4 and 5. They make no mention of this being a problem. First time around, they paired, no problem. Showed up in homekit immediately but then promptly never worked. Some other details: 1. The instructions on how to reset these is not accurate. You have to press and hold the button multiple times until you get to an alternating amber/green flash, not just once. 2. After resetting them, they won't pair again. I get an error with a code that I cannot find anywhere. 3. Here's the kicker... Now that they no longer work I can't remove one of them from homekit and I have found no solution to getting it off which is ridiculous. The 'work arounds': 1. They want you to use their app and create credentials. I shouldn't have to do that. I doubt that would do anything to fix the issue but why should I do that when I didn't have to for your other products. 2. Turn off 5ghz on your mesh network OR walk away from your house far enough so that you only connect to the 2.4ghz network... How do I plug it in? IT'S AN OUTLET. Turning off 5ghz on my network requires a 'hack'. Nope. That, and I have plenty of 2.4ghz only devices in my house that work just fine, figure it out. I read another review that says there is documentation from Meross saying not to use a mesh network but there is no mention of mesh in either the product detail page or in the instruction manual. Anyway, returning. Worse off than when I started.

Easy setup directly straight into Apple Home. The WiFi on these gadgets have great range.

These were easy to setup, but I missed that they are only rated for 10A output. This means if using for a space heater in the US you have to set the heater to less than Maximum (common heaters have 3 heat settings, with the middle one being about the 10 amp max). My less than 5 star rating is not aimed at my oversight, but rather these are a bit less reliable than previous Meross products. The Matter/Homekit setup was a breeze and after it was easy to add them to the Meross app and update them. Both devices seemed to have less robust Wi-Fi chips than previous smart plugs/switches from Meross. They will fall off the network randomly. The firmware update helped a bit, but they’ve got more optimizing to do. Around the time I added these, my network started crumbling. I removed them from the equation and didn’t seen an improvement so I spent weeks troubleshooting and added an additional AP and moved an existing AP further away. After the expansion, things stabilized everywhere. I do still see these plugs fall off from time to time even though nothing else does. I’m sure Meross will do what they can with the firmware; they have a decent track record of updates. My rating is based on how inconsistent Matter is, and that these are less robust than older non-matter products. That said, I wanted a smaller smart plug that didn’t break the bank that uses modern standards, and this fits the bill. Matter’s initial setup is easier than some Homekit devices; but figuring out how to use it with various platforms is confusing. We use Home Assistant, Apple Home, and Alexa. Alexa will not connect to these over Matter protocol unless you have at least one newish fancier Alexa device. I still have not tried Matter protocol with Alexa as the “Meross skill” auto detected the plugs and connected them via Meross’s cloud service. The same goes for Home Assistant: these can be connected in theory by Matter, but they got automatically detected by the Meross plugin (which requires cloud connectivity). Apple Home added them as Matter devices and they work most of the time locally even when the internet is down. I will likely buy more Eve Energy’s in the future. My wifi snafu right after buying these has me second guessing wifi for most home automation devices. I’d really like a matter over thread wall outlet with normal 15 or 18 Amperage that reports electrical use in a format supported by Home Assistant. Provided they could be made reliably enough (at least 10 years of use if not more) I’d replace most outlets in my house for the added utility.

Matter is an excellent and simple technology as long as you have the proper environment. I was able to add these plugs to my HomeAssistant and Amazon with a very simple process. The size of these plugs doesn't interfere with using other plugs in the outlet.

💙🩶 Love these so far. Had to replace our older Belkin Wemo devices that often fell off the network. Seems like every few months I had to reconnect them. Love Belkin, but disappointed in those. 1. We already have a Meross 2-outlet outdoor smart plug. Works great x 3 years. 2. We have Apple HomeKit 3. With Matter compatibility, each of these took about 2 min to fully set up and name them in HomeKit. Wow. This is the way it should be! They are all working fine in low wall outlets where the Wemos struggled. 6 stars for easy installation to HomeKit! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I bought this smart plug to try it out, and at first, it worked perfectly — just what I was looking for. It connected easily with Alexa and was simple to use. However, after a few months, it disconnected and wouldn’t reconnect, so I had to reset it to get it working again. Still a good product overall, but be aware you might need to troubleshoot after some time.

I have meross plugs from a couple years ago, along with some switches and never had an issue. Didn't expect on with these. However, these are TERRIBLE in terms of safety. Anything you plug into them is super loose and doesn't really stay in. They kind of hang out, exposing the metal prongs. The connection is too loose. DO NOT BUY THEM! Perhaps I got a bad group of 4? Not sure. They are not as small as they look either. They can't be used in an outlet that has a flat plug already in it (on the bottom and you want to put this in the top empty socket). It won't fit - too bulky. You can't plug two in the same outlet either. I did buy these with the intention of not having these problems but here we are. Super easy to add to HomeKit - no issues. If there were no major issues, I would like and keep them. However, they're a fire hazard and should not be sold.