With the continuous development of mobile Internet and home WiFi, we have gradually entered the era of smart home, and more and more smart home products have emerged, including smart cameras, smart home kits, smart housekeepers, smart sockets, smart bulbs and other products. Today, what we bring to you is a smart home product produced by Maoha: Xiaomao Smart Housekeeper, which has 10 functions, including timing/delay socket, remote control appliances, WiFi relay amplification, visitor exclusive WiFi, super strong advertising shielding, remote video monitoring, intelligent human sensing, intelligent night light, voice control and intelligent control linkage. Why is this a product full of black technology? Let me take you to have a detailed understanding.

[Package&Appearance]

The overall packaging design of the kitten intelligent housekeeper is mainly simple. The white paper packaging box is used, and there is only a kitten logo on the blue bottom on the front.

The bottom of the box is printed with some introduction to the features of the kitten smart butler, and there is a QR code in the lower left corner. After scanning, you can download the mobile APP.

After opening the packing box, you can see the kitten intelligent housekeeper. There is a ring of sponge pad around for protection, which is firmly placed and can play an effective role in protection during transportation. In addition to the kitten intelligent housekeeper, there is also a manual in the package, which gives a detailed introduction to the use and features of the intelligent housekeeper.

The kitten intelligent butler still has some thoughts on the appearance design, which is like a cute kitten, and the shell is made of V0 grade safe flame-retardant PC material. The size of kitten intelligent housekeeper is 100.5mm * 55.5mm * 33mm, which can be easily held with one hand.

There are two LED indicators above the front of the kitten intelligent housekeeper. The upper one is a socket and an infrared indicator, the lower one is a WiFi and a configuration indicator. The kitten's two eyes are two sensors, the left eye is a light sensor, and the right eye is a human sensor. This design is very ingenious.

The lower part of the front is a five hole socket. The contact copper sheet inside the socket is designed with phosphor copper polishing and nickel plating to ensure safe use.

The product model, power supply voltage/current, USB output and WiFi standard are introduced on the top of the back of Xiaomi Smart Housekeeper, and the three hole plug below can directly supply power to the Smart Housekeeper.

There is only one switch button on the side of the intelligent housekeeper. Short press can be used to control the switch of the socket. Long press for 4 seconds can restore the factory settings and switch the network configuration mode.

At the top of the kitten smart housekeeper is a USB socket with an output of 5V/1A, which can be used for function plug-in expansion or phone charging. At the bottom are three LED lights, which can be used as night lights.

[Function Experience]

After downloading the MAOHA Smart APP by scanning the QR code, we can first see a propaganda picture about the functions of the kitten smart housekeeper. After the device is powered on and configured successfully, we can start our smart life.

After opening the MAOHA Smart APP, we first need to add devices. Click the "+" button at the upper left corner of the interface to enter the "Add Device" interface, and then conduct network configuration operations. We can use two network configuration methods, namely "One button configuration" and "Direct connection configuration".

After the configuration is completed, you can enter the main interface of the MAOHA Smart APP, where you can set the socket, body sensor, brightness and night light, as well as add remote control, visitor exclusive WiFi, WiFi enhancement and camera plug-in.

The kitten smart housekeeper has the function of smart socket. It can set multiple groups of periodic cycle time switches and delay switches. Through mobile phones, it can remotely manage the power switch of household appliances, turning ordinary appliances into smart appliances. Of course, this appliance must be powered on directly. If there is a switch, it needs to be turned on in advance. Connect the kitten intelligent housekeeper with the bedside lamp, and you can create your own exclusive intelligent bedside lamp.

The smart socket also has the real-time power and electricity statistics function, which can make statistics on the real-time power and power consumption of the appliances connected to the socket. After a simple test, the display is relatively normal, allowing you to understand the power consumption of the appliances at home, which is also a very practical small function.

The kitten intelligent housekeeper also has the infrared remote control learning function. At present, it supports the infrared remote control learning of TV, set-top box, air conditioner, speaker and fan. After expansion through plug-ins, it can also carry out radio frequency remote control. The method of infrared learning is also very simple. When learning keys, try to be close to the black area of the intelligent housekeeper to improve the success rate of learning.

After a simple test, the air conditioners, set-top boxes and televisions in the home can be perfectly controlled. However, we should pay attention here, because the kitten intelligent housekeeper also controls the household appliances by transmitting infrared signals, so the placement position is also very important.

Through the two cat eyes on the front of the kitten intelligent housekeeper, we can realize the environmental brightness detection and human body sensing functions. Through the above two functions, we can set the intelligent night light, which is also my favorite small function. The three LEDs at the bottom have moderate brightness, and are designed for downward scattering, with three modes of manual, automatic and intelligent options.

The kitten smart butler is also a WiFi amplifier. The built-in 300M wireless relay can amplify the wireless WiFi in the home. The WiFi relay antenna gain has been increased to 18dbm, strengthening the coverage area and ensuring smooth network. In the "WiFi enhanced" management interface, we can manage the network disconnection of the accessed devices through "Connection Management".

The kitten intelligent housekeeper was placed in the living room as shown in the figure. The router was in the study, and three points were selected for signal test. After the test, the WiFi signal at point A and point B was significantly higher than that of the original router, but the WiFi signal strength at point C was weaker than that of the router. The ability of the kitten intelligent housekeeper's WiFi signal to penetrate the wall was still somewhat different from that of the router.

The kitten intelligent housekeeper also has the function of "advertisement blocking". After it is enabled, some web advertisements and video advertisements can be blocked when browsing web pages and watching videos via the AP WiFi signal of the feline device. After the actual test, it is indeed effective. Here you can use Youku to watch the video on the mobile phone. Before the "advertisement blocking" is turned on, there will be advertisements before you watch the video. After the "advertisement blocking" is turned on, you will directly enter the video playing interface. However, after connecting the AP WiFi of the mobile phone, you need to manually confirm the "one button Internet access" every time before you can connect to the Internet. This is slightly inconvenient.

The WiFi function of the kitten intelligent housekeeper also has a special "visitor exclusive WiFi" mode, so that when friends arrive at home, we just need to turn on "visitor exclusive WiFi" to let friends surf the Internet, which can be isolated from the home network to avoid the disclosure of private content in our home network. Visitor WiFi will be automatically hidden 2 minutes after it is enabled, which can effectively prevent network scraping and password disclosure.

The kitten intelligent housekeeper supports the "intelligent control linkage" function, enters the "intelligent control task" interface, and starts the task setting operation through the "Add intelligent control task" button below. Currently, the trigger conditions that can be set include timing, presence and brightness (temperature and humidity can be achieved only with the support of corresponding plug-ins) The actions that can be executed include socket, night light, photo reminder and a specific key of the added remote controller. Finally, select the task execution mode to complete the entry of an intelligent control task.

At present, the remote control only supports the entry of one key. In the future, multiple groups of key combinations should be added, which will be more powerful. There are many ways to play intelligent linkage. You can set the combination according to your own preferences. For example, you can set a certain period of time at night. Within a certain brightness range, the night light will light up when someone passes by.

The kitten intelligent housekeeper also supports the "voice control" function. Entering the "voice" interface, you can voice control the socket, night light and household appliances through some simple voice commands. It can not only input simple switch on/off commands, but also control a key on the remote controller of the device through voice commands. At present, it supports three languages, namely Mandarin, Cantonese and Henan dialect. Through simple tests, the accuracy of voice recognition is good. Of course, there must be errors in recognition. It is recommended that we can carry out in-depth cooperation with some mature voice control manufacturers, To improve the voice control experience.

The kitten intelligent housekeeper also has a "camera plug-in" function, which can be connected to the drive free camera through the USB interface on the top, so we can carry out remote monitoring through the "Moha Smart" APP, and can also take photos or email alerts as needed. Of course, since there is no drive free camera in hand, the above is a simple experience with the help of the "prototype experience" function.

The latest "Moha Smart" APP has added a "prototype experience" function. Even if you don't have a kitten smart housekeeper in your home, you can also experience some special functions of the kitten smart housekeeper in advance through the "prototype experience" function, so that you can "taste" first, then buy, and start after feeling satisfied. This is a very good, very intimate small function.

Summary

The kitten intelligent housekeeper has a small body, but the energy contained in it is huge. It integrates many product functions, such as smart socket, wireless WiFi amplifier, light sensor, body sensor and infrared learning. It is really impossible to specify which kind of intelligent product it belongs to. It can only be collectively referred to as intelligent housekeeper. Of course, because the kitten intelligent housekeeper is also a new product, there must be some shortcomings.

Shortcomings&Suggestions:

· When the kitten intelligent steward is plugged into the ordinary socket, the use of the side socket will be affected. It is suggested that the size of the product can be further optimized;

· The infrared remote control learning function has certain limitations. It is necessary to find a suitable location to control the corresponding electrical appliances. You can consider increasing the infrared emission power and range;

· Although there are many functions, when it comes to daily use, due to the placement problem, only a few of them can be used at most.